We have received news of the untimely departure of Sriman Puru dasa, well known and loved by many devotees around the world.

I have attempted to understand all the emotionally surcharged writing in Gokulananda dasa's article of today. He has informed us that I misunderstood his use of the term "patient revolutionary", which apparently was meant to refer...

At this point in time, it's my personal opinion that the GBC have been rendered impotent by the impunity with which the powerful global Zonal Acarya/maha-diksa gurus have acted and operated in their institutional roles. But there is a ray of hope, which became evident during the Mayapur...

The Day Two report includes a list of eight proposals, but these do not appear to have captured the group's attention. Instead, the main agenda over the next few days was Gopal Bhatta's program of strategic planning. He sat as Chair of the GBC meetings over the...

I have tried to decipher what my friend and neighbor Gokulananda dasa is trying to communicate in his article, which appears to be his attempted impersonation of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. For those who don't know the author, Gokulananda prabhu's first language isn't...

Radhanatha Swami was joined in his fondness for Kirtanananda by Bhakti Tirtha Swami, who also saw fit to break the GBC rules and invite Kirtanananda to Gita Nagari. Likewise, he invited Vakresvara Pandit to Gita Nagari, knowing that he was under GBC sanction for illicit sexual...

This counterpoint is in rebuttal to the brief remarks made by my friend and Godbrother, Gokulananda dasa, in his article of this date entitled "Let Not the Crows Drown Out the Kirtans". One might wonder how such a short article could result in...

In his recent "Letter from Prison", Tirtha dasa is found to contradict himself regarding Kuladri’s involvement in the Sulocana murder. In his January 1, 2007 letter he stated: “Everyone knows who Radhanath Swami is. Thousands of...

Throughout this New Vrindaban episode, we as followers of Srila Prabhupada have had to open our eyes concerning the circumstances behind the New Vrindaban murders. The issue is obviously polarizing an already fractured community. Many devotees would prefer to maintain the...

Not having first-person knowledge of the many events described in Tirtha's recent letter, we obviously can't formulate a detailed response like the one Janmastami dasa presented. We can, however, ask logical questions based on our reading...

In his article of January 3rd, ISKCON's literary sharpshooter, Ravindra Svarupa, responded to discussions that have been unfolding here in the Sun in the wake of my original Obeisances article about Radhanatha Swami. Ravindra Svarupa has now encapsulated his whole concept of fault-finding into a neat package...

We were interested to read the response from Ravindra Svarupa to recent Sun articles regarding Radhanatha Swami and the New Vrindaban murders. For myself and many other longtime members of ISKCON, Ravindra Svarupa's article exemplified the mood of the ISKCON GBC. His response was practically...

It goes without saying that for the last few weeks, the big 'breaking news' at the Sun has been the New Vrindaban murders. As I've mentioned in previous articles, I had known little about the actual circumstances behind the murders, beyond what was made public over the years. Because I'd never...

In his initial and subsequent article on HH Umapati Swami, Navadvipchandra dasa mentions that he was inspired to make his comments on account of an article I had previously written in regards to HH Radhanatha Swami "Wonderful Story". It appears that Navadvipchandra is far more...

The CPO report begs enumerable questions, which we've included in bold brackets in the body of the report. Beyond that, there's no official declaration coming from the GBC, or from Bhavananda himself for that matter, as to why Bhavananda is back in the control tower at Mayapur.