So several months ago it was highlighted that some felt my blog postings were anti-iskcon an interesting notation coming from a closed conversation were I was not given even a trial or right to reply.
interesting given my blog and social media outlets allow the right to reply and although i may not agree with the individuals point of view that this is alright indeed to disagree but still get on is not always a bad thing.
it does however highlighted the sensitivity when it comes to social media and commets whilst revealing the mind of some of the readers and so I want to clarify a few points.
1) This is a personal blog it is representitive of my mind and my own faulty understandings
2) You do have a right to reply and we can agree to disagree or hold views that are diverse this is healthy and productive
3) I do like the concept of mentorship but not in it’s current form
4) I do like and agree with some of the precepts of what is now called Krishna west (we need many valid paths to make the whole world Krishna conscious)
5) Yes I do make mistakes and get things wrong.
However I take exception at being labled anti-iskcon for even in my working life outside of Iskcon I don’t have to agree with my boss unless we are saying that no one can hold or say anything unless they agree or toe a party line.
So ending on a question, is disagreeing an anti-iskcon traight?
Our weekly Wednesday evening harinam party started in 1996 and has been going strong since. The party organisers locate the routes so that each year all towns, villages and streets of Mauritius will have had the opportunity to join in the jubilant chanting of Hare Krishna. On the Sunday evening prior to the harinam, a team of devotees goes to the village where the next harinam will be held to invite the inhabitants of the area to the event. They also collect donations for prasadam distribution during the harinam and a feast at the end of the procession. 
The Iskcon Temple of Vrindavana, Krishna Balarama Mandir, has its own live broadcasting facility on their http://vrindavan.tv/ website where they have two channels trasmitting 24/7 in different video qualities to fit everybody's internet speed connection.
In addition to this their stream from this year's Boat Festival, occured today, was simultaneously picked and redistributed by the DishaTV cable television which has a vast audience as also by other national networks! This resulted to a fenomenal crowd watching simultaneously that superated the 1.000.000 number according to their facebook page announcement 
Haridasa Thakura Dasa: It's easy to pick out people’s faults. We subconsciously keep track of all the flaws of all the people in our lives.
Whether someone is vain, self-centered, arrogant, petty, bitter, or obnoxious, we can easily slap a label on every person we meet. We see the faults of politicians, celebrities, and criminals, but we also know the flaws of people in our everyday lives, whether our family members, friends or co-workers...we've got them nailed.
It’s our nature to evaluate the person in front of us, to figure out if we can trust them or if we should be on our guard.
We should try to see people as God sees people. God looks at people differently than we do. He sees the entire life history of that person and knows every thought, motive and feeling and how he/she has changed over time. Most importantly, He sees them, heart and soul. 
We don’t take their milk, okay… (booming voice), “If everyone becomes vegan and like millions and millions of people in the world don’t drink milk, then the milk industry will feel it and milk consumption will go down and less cows will have to suffer for all this. That reduces the temporary suffering of the cows! Yay! We got some temporary benefit for the suffering of those cows”.
But what if we take the milk and offer it to Krsna? We give those same cows eternal benefit that cannot be destroyed by anything. Let devotees take all the milk, as much as possible, and offer it all to Krsna! In this way, give the cows as much eternal benefit as possible. The rest of the world should become vegan (laughing). We should have lots of milk, lots of it and we give milk sweets to the vegans :-) 
We are currently working repairing/restoring/replacing the three large domes on top of the altar. 
