10 Cult Detox – 3 ISKCON Books That Changed My View on Prabhupada, Punk rock, Guru Politics

Recommending some controversial ISKCON books including one on Krishnacore Straight Edge punk rock, biographies of Swami Prabhupada, & a debunking of the acharya/guru system in ISKCON. Live 1.28.2023

0:00 – Gayatri Mantra & reading from Sri Dharma Acharya's book "Living Dharma"
1:45– Religion is a journey, changes in show format (future episode on John de Ruiter recorded with problems and deleted)
5:18 – Religion is personal, lived experiences in arguments
8:02 – Questioning ISKCON and bad reading recommendations, honesty as a devotee
12:30 – Vic DiCara's book "Train Wrecks & Transcendence" on conversion to ISKCON and Krishnacore Straight Edge punk rock (airplane flight in which this was read detailed in live show #37) @VicDiCaraAstrology
18:32 – Satsvarupa dasa Goswami's biography of Swami Prabhupada "Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita Volume 2: Planting The Seed: New York City 1965-1966"
21:42 – Satsvarupa dasa Goswami's biography of Swami Prabhupada "Prabhupada: He Built A House In Which The Whole World Can Live"
22:59 – My ISKCON crossword puzzle book
24:35 – Krishnakant's book "The Final Order: Proves Srila Prabhupada Is ISKCON's Initiating Guru" on the questionable organization of ISKCON (For this and "Back To Prabhupada" magazine see the ISKCON Revival Movement https://iskconirm.com/) (Correction: Krishnanant's work pre-dates the book "Killing For Krishna")
30:33 – Controversy helps us grow
32:54 – Closing thoughts

Find Vic DiCara's Krishnacore memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Train-Wrecks-Transcendence-Collision-Hardcore/dp/1533073260/
Get "Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita Vol. 2" NYC here: https://www.amazon.com/Planting-1965-1966-Biography-Srila-Prabhupada-Lilamrta/dp/B001283TPC/
Get "He Built A House In Which The Whole World Can Live" here: https://www.amazon.com/Prabhupada-Built-House-Which-Whole/dp/B000KYRZOK/
Get my ISKCON crossword book here: https://www.amazon.com/Krishna-ISKCON-Legacy-Crossword-Puzzle/dp/1716459370/
Find Krishnakant's "The Final Order" here: https://www.amazon.com/Final-Order-Prabhupada-ISKCONs-Initiating-ebook/dp/B014I4L7HI/
Find "Living Dharma" book here: https://www.amazon.com/Living-Dharma-Teachings-Pravartaka-Acharya/dp/098625262X/

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