Post Views: 171 RtViks Admit their Deviation With this one deviation, all the RtViks sophistry falls apart. Even a new bhakta knows that the whole Gaudia Vaishnava philosophy is held together by the principles taught by Narottama dasa Thakura: sadhu-sastra-guru-vakya, cittete kariya aikya. One should follow the principles of saintly persons, scriptures and the spiritual… Continue Reading
Post Views: 82 RtViks Scotoma Challenge Page RtViks are very proud about how vigilantly they follow Srila Prabhpadas instructions, and from that they then leap into a vial campaign of Vaishnava aparadha. Even a very neophyte devotee knows that if you want to succeed in becoming Krishna Conscious it is imperative that you always engage… Continue Reading
Post Views: 39 The Los Angeles Wonder Aluminum Rathas! Jayananda prabhu built the original Los Angeles Rath carts in 1978. They were completed for a fantastic festival that proceeded down the boardwalk and culminated in Venice (Muscle) Beach. By 2003 they required annual repair because the carts were parked along the ocean and deteriorated from… Continue Reading
Post Views: 74 Debunking the RtVik Bungle Towards the end of 1998 ISKCON was faced with a variety of growing panes. Srila Prabhupada had left this world 20 years earlier and the task of leading his Hare Krishna movement into the unchartered territory of the future was left in the hands of his disciples. They… Continue Reading
Post Views: 29 Last Attempt to De-Escalate the RtVik Declaration of War Against ISKCON – In January of 1999 the RtVik-Generals rented the Masonic Lodge next to the temple in Los Angeles. It had been promoted as a good-faith meeting that invited devotees to make presentations regarding RtVik ideas and how they might be applied… Continue Reading
Post Views: 46 The RtVik-Reform-Show By January 1999 RtVik-Fever descended on Los Angeles. The Masonic Hall around the corner from New Dwarka was rented for the day and all the RtVik-Generals came to town to declare their ultimatums. Prior to this, they evaded the operative question: “Is the RtVik agenda intended to replace the traditional… Continue Reading
Post Views: 19 The concept of a post-samadhi RtVik initiation by Srila Prabhupada was dreamed up as a reaction to the growing pains that ISKCON encountered towards the end of the year 2000 millennia. The concept of ISKCON Zonal was set up after Srila Prabhupada departed as a quick way to meet the demands of… Continue Reading
Post Views: 181 The Bangaluru Files is a short history of how the large temple in Bangaluru south India came into existence. Originally funded and built by a large team of Jayapataka Swamis disciples, it dramatically switched hands in the late 1990s and began promoting the RtVik-Charade. It is currently the shining-star example RtViks are… Continue Reading
Post Views: 83 Plain Vanilla About RtVik is a collection of short articles by senior devotees that explain in the most simple and easy way, why the RtVik concept of initiation is such an embarrassing charade. It is included here for those who are genuinely interested in understanding why nobody who is well educated in… Continue Reading
Post Views: 84 There is a class of individuals who have so much invested in keeping the Poison Conspiracy alive that even when there is an avalanche of court-worthy evidence presented that proves such a horrible thing could have ever occurred, still they cling to this rumor like Dyurodhana clung to his pride. The only… Continue Reading