Guest guest Report post Posted August 25, 2003 Samebody know who is that H.H. Ramakrishnananda Swami? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted August 27, 2003 He is a Siksha disciple of Tamal Krishna Goswami. He has his own little organization, but he is not ISKCON. very interesting... Hare Bol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theist 1 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 Does he have a web site or somewhere to go for more info. about him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted August 27, 2003 Yes, his web site is: www.ramakrishnananda.com Hare Krsna Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 He changed his name to Har-Tzion. And now has changed it back to Ramakrishnananda. Remember we had a discussion about him several months ago. He is the one with the female sannyasis Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theist 1 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 That was fast Hare Krsna Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted August 27, 2003 Har-Tzion was his name before initiation, but regarding female sannyasis. I know he is the only Sannyas in his organization and there are no other. not to mention women sannyasis... Hare Krsna Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 Well, then you have not known him for long. About 9 mos or so ago he had a fire at his ashram and decided to go back to being Har-Tzion again and changed his website etc to reflect that decision. He had three female sannyasis at the time - the lead one and his personal secretary was named Swami Durgananda. I do not remember the others names. After the fire they all changed their names. Now I see he has gone back to his old name and I do not see any mention of his female sannyasis on his revised website. Their pics were on his old site. Ask Stonehearted - he was the one that mentioned the female sannyasis in our last discussion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stonehearted 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 He's Swami Ramakrishnananda again? He seems to be alittle like Madonna in that he seems to reinvent himslef periodically. He has presented himself differently at different times. His Web site did have him as Har-Tzion just sa few months ago. He seems to be a disciple of just aboutanyone you can name, including some Gaudiya vaishnavas. He also seems to have penchant for collecting certificates attesting to his spiritual accomplishments. He is no doubt an interesting, perhaps charismatic, man. I'd approach him with great caution. And yes, he did previously have two or three women sannyasis on his site a couple of years ago, all young and very attractive. Caveat emptor! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I_love_krishna_ 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 I remember some one had a post up named Har Tzon... or something, a few months ago... Anyway, He is fake. He changes his identity alot... well that shows dishonesty right there and he is not good at it either /images/graemlins/smirk.gif I think the stuff on who goes to hell should be studied by Har tzoine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 He does change himself quite often. I have also noted that when he went from Ramakrishnanada to Har-Tzion - he took off most of the gurus from his list and now has put them back on - including Srila Prabhupada. I remember the pictures of his female sannyasis - they were in saffron but also obviously had on make-up. And yes, they were all very young and attractive. No pics of male disciples or sannyasis at all. I read his forum a couple of times on his old site and found it to be rather confusing. I just looked at his new site and the forum is very recent none of the old stuff on it. Stonehearted's advice of caution should be heeded. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 I remember you saying when he was Har-tzion. Did he ever write back to you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stonehearted 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 I just looked at his site again. Now he shaves his head!? And he has purged from his site all his picures of him with other "holy men" who aren't connected with ISKCON. Instead, he has a bunch of pictures of him with Tamal, who he now says is his guru (well, is Tamal gonna say he's not? and notice how the pictures are cropped to make sure only Ramakrsishnananda is in there) and a bunch of other ISKCON leaders. It's nice that he's chanting Hare Krishna and encouraging others to do the same, but I'd be very wary of his association. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 of him alone appear to have been taken at New Vrndavan - a lot of them with portraits of Srila Prabhupada. I think this is mis-leading and will make people think he is associated with ISKCON and is an ISKCON guru. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I_love_krishna_ 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 I asked him how we can control the mind and direct it toward krishna , it was a basic question and then I came to this forum and people started to say he was fake... I freaked out and thought if he was going to reply . I dreaded it because it was going to be a fake reply and I didn't want him to bother me, anyway, he did reply by saying "What is mind? Unreal?" Never heard from him again. /images/graemlins/smile.gif Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted August 27, 2003 I had noted on his old forum and now his new one that he often answered questions with a question. He also answers with quotes from non vedic literatures. Dances around a lot of the questions also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted August 27, 2003 Forgive me, maybe I dont know enough. But it seems to me that there is very little doubt that he IS a disciple of Tamal Krishna Goswami. The is a whole 8 pages article about how he got initiated. with loads of pictures of him with Tamal Krishna, so I guess he just faked that also? And if that is not enough, just listen to the lecture of TKG where he says in his own voice that Swami Ramakrishnananda is his Disciple. So! I think that is enough to show that he is not faking anything, and that he is a disciple of Tamal Krishna Goswami. So why shouldn't he put pictures of Tamal Krishna and Srila Prabhupada? Hare Krsna Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 a disciple of Kirtanananda a disciple of a babaji in India a ritvik disciple of Srila Prabhupada besides being a disciple of TKG. And on his old site there were a few more listed. He changes his story quite often besides the make-overs. He used to have the Osho look and now has more of the ISKCON look. And I have to say that something he posted in his old forum had an Osho flavor also but I will not get into that. As with anyone you might seek as a spiritual master - do not jump in blindly, do the research - and ask plenty of questions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theist 1 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 that guy. Well let's hope he is undergoing a positive change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 If he is sincerely chanting Hare Krsna and inciting others to do the same and opening hearts to the Lord then good. I just have some reservations - Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Govindaram 1 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Hare Krsna You know... In years to come everyone will be chanting Hare-Krsna, then it will be impossible for anyone to remain impure! <font color="red"> HARE </font color> <font color="orange"> KRISHNA </font color> <font color="red"> HARE </font color> <font color="orange"> KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA </font color> <font color="red"> HARE HARE </font color> <font color="red"> HARE </font color> <font color="blue">RAMA </font color> <font color="red"> HARE </font color> <font color="blue"> RAMA RAMA RAMA </font color> <font color="red"> HARE HARE </font color> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
golden_light 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 So why does he present himself as Acharya??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 your questions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
I_love_krishna_ 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 Yeah! /images/graemlins/smile.gif Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted August 28, 2003 I found this posted on a message board. ***************************************** 10/18/01 Time: 4:23:41 AM Remote User: Comments This message is only to recommend this wonderful site in the internet about meditation with the great jewish Enligthened Master RABEINU DAVID HAR TZION the special site is www.har-tzion.com Thanks! ***************************************** This was in 2001 and now two short years later...a Vaisnava acarya. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
