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Who’s Crazy

24 Jul 2020 1 Comment

by The Hare Krishna Movement in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Donald Trump, Sociopath Tags: ingiedelity, lack of empathy, lake of remorse, manipulative, need for stimulation, pathological, pathological lying, promiscous sexual behavior, shallow emotions incapacity for love, Sociopath, sociopaths, Who Is Crazy

Who’s Crazy

For some time now I have been meaning to look up the word Sociopath. Srila Prabhupada has wrriten a very nice essay, which was published in our Back To Godhead Magazine, entitled, “Who Is Crazy” (which is at bottom of post). Today we see leaders and public figures who seem to fit the category of ‘Crazy’, or ‘Sociopathtic’. So I wanted to look into the description of the Sociopth, to get a better understanding.

…The so called democratic government means some of the sudras, rascals without any knowledge of the highest aim of life. By hook and crook they get some votes and get the responsible chair in government. Naturally they can whimsically enact any law which is against the interest of the people in general. (Letter to: Madhudvisa Kenya 15 September, 1971)

Profile of the Sociopath

This is a summarization of some of the common features and descriptions of the behavior of sociopaths:

Pathological Lying Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.

Manipulative and Cunning They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.

Whatever Happened to the Revolution?

19 Jul 2020 Leave a comment

by The Hare Krishna Movement in A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Allen Ginsberg, chanting, George Harrison, peace Tags: Allen Ginsberg, counterculture, Hare Krishna Mantra, Mantra Rock, peace, peace movement, peaceful protest, spiritual movement, spiritula revolution, Srila Prabhupada

Whatever Happened to the Revolution?
by Padmapani das

For many of us who came of age in the sixties and seventies, the counterculture and its promise of an alternative society based on love and peace was an important part of our lives. Art, music, poetry, philosophy, ecology and human rights were just a few of the buzzwords floating through the collective psyche of the sixties generation. Revolution was in the air. “The establishment” was doomed and soon to be replaced with a kinder society. Peace would reign supreme, and all peoples of the world would unite and be free from the chains of oppression. Or so we thought.

At the time, it appeared that massive cultural changes were about to sweep away the capitalist system (or the “military industrial complex,” as we liked to call it). Every day there was a new victory for change. Underground newspapers proliferated, broadcasting the latest progress reports: the sit-ins, the love-ins, the be-ins, the antiwar and civil rights demonstrations, the Democratic National Convention of 1968, the Chicago Seven Trial, Woodstock, etc. Something was happening here, and it was big.

Vegetarian Life

18 Jul 2020 Leave a comment

by The Hare Krishna Movement in Albert Einstein, People, Vegetarian Cooking, Vegetarian Recipies, Vegetarianism Tags: basic vegetarian recipes, Hare Krishna, hare krishna cookbook, Prasadam, the Hare Krishna cookbook, vegan, vegetarian cooking, vegetarianism

Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for the survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. -Albert Einstein

I personally feel it is very important to eat as healthy as possible. That is one of the reasons I plant a garden. Although not everyone has that luxury to plant a garden, still there are so many fresh fruits and vegetables available in every American grocery store, there is ample opportunity to eat a healthy vegetarian diet.

Back in 1972 when I first became a vegetarian, the challenge was learning how to cook vegetarian meals. Therefore I am including the first cookbook that taught me the basics as a free pdf download (just click on link at bottom of post). Wishing you all a happy and healthy life. -V

Bob Dylan and the Devotees

13 Jul 2020 1 Comment

by The Hare Krishna Movement in Uncategorized

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My wife ran across this post on Facebook and read it aloud to me. I have always been a big fan of Bob Dylan and George Harrison, so I was intrigued by it and thought I would share it here. -V

By Patita Pavana dasa

There are a few ISKCON old-timers, relics of the ’60’s—including me—who feel that Dylan was sort of planted into the wonderland of that era’s counter culture by a guiding hand of destiny. Much of his influence was positive in directing the young people away from a stone-like social order that was on the verge of self-destruction with the Viet Nam War in full swing and a giant Cold War overhead. His anti-establishment message has led us to consider that at least a few of his songs were at least a little prophetic.

Was Dylan empowered to sing of the coming of the Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu line of disciplic succession? As crazy as it sounds, at least to some devotees it makes perfect sense that he could be the prophetic voice of a minstrel who was planted by the will of the Supreme Lord into the crowd of the day’s social rebels. In his song “Lay Down Your Weary Tune”—reminiscent of the Srimad Bhagavatam’s 2nd canto of describing the Supreme Lord in Nature—he sang of God’s endless orchestra in the sky and ocean. Many devotees consider that his “Mr. Tambourine Man” is a prophecy of the coming of Srila Prabhupada and of the sankirtana movement. His “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” speaks of the hopelessness of modern civilization.