Everything HG Aindra prabhu wanted to say is in his last Vyasa Puja offering. His books will probably reveal the same.

Read this article:
http://harekrsna.com/sun/editorials/08-10/editorials6390.htm

Anyone know the meaning of the word Aindra ?

http://faculty.washington.edu/prem/mw/ai.html

ccd: That's for radhav - the meaning of the word 'aindra'. I forgot to quote his query, sorry.

From a senior Prabhupada disciple who has read it:

"One part of it is a humorous critique of ISKCON leaders... written in the style of Kusakrata's translation of Probodhananda Swarasvati's Sri Vrindavan Mahimamrita-- 'What do I care if our so-called sannyasis have their silk kaupins ironed by their volumptous female dicsiples... what do I care if they have prepatory meetings before their prepatory meetings'.... and so on."

"There is one part which I think is inappropriate in that it describes in detail his siddha swarupa and the intimate exchanges she has with Krsna..."

"I like Aindra... but there is a part of him that I have to question... it seems to me that he needs to draw attention to himself... and the presence of that need or taste for attention/fame/adoration announces the absence of the higher taste. I like his kirtan though... but I have to say I think his book is questionable."

Can you guys see the http://www.voiceofvraja.org/ ? is it down or up or what?

Is coming soon..

[p]Firstly before we all fall into the trap of criticizing another devotee who has given much on his path and service to the devine absolute and to Srila Prabhupada let us say good things in the memory of Aindra Dasa. Here is a picture of Aindra Dasa before his disappearance that came with this quote: "With extreme anguish we inform the world of the disappearance of His Grace Aindra Prabhu on the night of July 16, 2010 in Vrindavan India. Sri Aindra Prabhu was the leader of the 24 Hour Kirtan in Vrindavan since 1986 which constantly chants the Maha Mantra 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."[/p]




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I have just read Aindra Dasa's main statements on the Sampradaya Sun, and it has to be said that his conclusions are non different to what Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted for all of us, and that is to be in the deepest mood, not in awe and reverance but right in the centre a direct invitation to the pastimes of Radha and Krishna, is that not what Sri Caitanya is offering? Is that not what he was criticized for? Breaking open the doors to the loving realm of godhead and freely distributing them to all and sundry without qualification as we are all so fallen? and yet following in the footsteps of the mahajans and accepting the invitation that Srila Prabhupada has delivered to the world. There is nothing new here it is what Srila Prabhupada concludes in his Chaitanya Charitamrta and Nectar of Devotion and would anyone expect something new?.[/p]

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However there always seems to be someone who is ready to stand in the way of that. The little side issue of reiterating what many Iskcon Sannyasi's have become and that is anything but what a real Sannyasi is supposed to be. Yes there always some exceptions but I have more faith in a simple man with no position who is humbly supporting his family and internally is making progress to towards the divine centre where the supreme couples pastimes are ever present. The example of the Iskcon Sannyasi draws a neat but tired example/paradox of how one can easily get distracted, especially in high ranking positions, I believe Aindra was essentially saying it is much better to have a simple humble position. Anyway even if this statement by Aindra offends you its a small transgression in the life of total dedication to Sriman Mahaprabhu so exercise forgivness.[/p]

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The invitations have already been handed out it is only up to us to accept the invitation and walk the talk with simplicity, humility and the greatest respect for all Vaisnavas that have gone before us. Yes in the age of electronic media and the Internet deep intimate discussions will surface, for some this will come as a shock and for others it will be very timely and re-assuring on their path to the divine centre. Some will pass through the doors the trials and tests and enter into the divine godhead while others may falter and some will deny and seek to prevent others entry by declaring it a falsehood.[/p]

[p]Aindra was indeed a humble but great soul, as few get to depart the city of nine gates (the material body) from the holy city of Vrindavan[/p]

He reasons ill who says that Vaisnavas die,
When thou art living still in sound!
The Vaisnavas die to live, and living try
To spread the holy name around.

-Bhaktivinode Thakur

[p]Many thanks to Mishra for high lighting a great soul like H.G. Aindra Das[/p]

Its the oldest story in the book, if you are qualified to read the PhD thesis then read it, if you are not then don't. But why should everyone dumb down simply because a few object to the subject or are simply at unease to the contents, when clearly it is the conclusion of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and verified by Srila Prabhupada in the Chaitanya Charitamrita and Nectar of Devotion. Yes Srila Prabhupada was always tough on new comers that wanted to dive in deep before they had even read the Bhagavad Gita and rightly so.

Granted its a contentious issue to publish or not to publish these topics it has been for centuries and will always be, however the truth and the supreme pastimes can never be denigrated by our low thoughts and comments.

[p]If found this on the PADA website:[/p]

"As far as his book is concerned Aindra Prabhu and I talked at length on what must be done. We planned to launch it from my home with fortnightly readings and bhajans for those who were interested. This we due to the pressure that the Vrndavan GBC and other GBC members put on him to stop the publishing of his book.

As many of his godbrothers knew of Aindra prabhu and my plans to promote, distribute and reprint his books – several offers have been made to help in funding the initial book publishing.

Prabhu, I do not fear the GBC on this matter which is made especially so since Aindra prabhu is no longer present and cannot be hurt by anyone, so I will do my very best to make sure that his wishes are done.

I am suggesting that a trust is formed with specifically RadheShyam, myself and several of his close friends to manage his book. I know that this is not specifically the area of responsibility of ISKCON but as I know you were also close to him and that you need to know.

Anyway prabhu, thank you for hearing me and for all the assistance and sensitivity in which you have dealt with the arrangements to do with our friend Aindra Prabhu
Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada, Krsnacandra dasa"

Seems there is some controversy over his death as you will read in this link, however it also appears that Krsnacandra will publish Aindra Prabhu's book.

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I have no knowledge how accurate or truthful the information in this link is but here it is for anyone to read:[/p]
http://www.prabhupadanugas.eu/?p=13056

[p]Yes thanks ccd, I must endeavor to get a copy of Aindra's book, the more I hear and read about Aindra Das the more inspired I become. Here is a really video about Aindra Das.[/p]


Aindra Dasa: "The Heart of Transcendental Book Distribution"
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[youtube]H42bNDcIsTE[/youtube][/p]

[p]One only has to listen to Aindra Das in this video and it seems there was opposition to him publishing his book, yes well somethings just never change, and I am really happy they got it published in the end.[/p]

Ah, somebody with the book could make a digital copy to circulate it as much as possible? I think its too important to limit it to a few hard copies!

ccd:

There is no digital copy (except for the cover look,,0:-)

Are there two editions of the book, or how come there are two covers?

Well, I have never before seen a holograph that would give a clear picture at such small difference of angle ...

Baker:

[quote]

mishra:

Ah, somebody with the book could make a digital copy to circulate it as much as possible? I think its too important to limit it to a few hard copies!

But making digital copies without the permission of the author or rights holder is illegal.[/quote]

Related: http://www.pariprashnena.com/discussion/24/is-devotee-related-digital-content-to-be-open-source/

In summary, authors find that the more their digital content is freely spread more profit they make in the hardware copy sales and all the other ways of monetizing. Welcome to XXI century. :)

From the video above I see we now have Bhagavad Gita Cards (Move over Tarot cards the devotees are in town! lol)

Bhagavad Gita Wisdom Cards available in the krishna store
http://store.krishna.com/Detail.bok?no=4664

There is no real-life photo of the book in the video. The only way to check is to order the book:-) (Why have I not thought about it). The book is being translated to spanish and russian too. Let's wait.

I had to message the devotee who did it:-)


Caitanya Candrodaya Das 26 September at 19:16
Prabhu, why are the two covers, different (is it front and back?) or is it two editions of the same book or two volumes? Little difficult to understand (but I understand the philosophy behind it.)

Thank you for clarity.

ysccd

Bhagavat Purana Das 26 September at 19:23
It´s one (1) book but the cover has (what´s it called? holography? Where when you slightly move it, the picture changes)...One is Gaura-lila, and the other is Krishna-lila...there is one famous bbt picture that portrays the same theology. ;D

Here it is, enjoy!

I guess it demands you to become fit. I kind of fit in all categories listed, so don't know what to do.

I like it so far. (Need to order a book from Vrindavana in hardcopy)..

Hare Krishna it might be an idea to ask the publishers before sending a pdf version online. I understand the arguments for digital media being openly available etc, however it's not right to encourage unauthorised distribution especially in Vaishnava circles. Better to ask and convince the organisers who try hard to publish this, to release digitally else it is akin to stealing. (Maybe this is authorised then please ignore me (-: )

As far as I understand in the past the spiritual culture was for books of knowledge to be obtained with blessings via mode of goodness and the books were worshipped and treated with respect. Unfortunately the fast food information age seems to have reduced that reverence and by looking at books as only digitised contents we desensitise ourselves of the real mood to be a reciepient of real knowledge. A part of Sattva guna means to start each endeavour properly, I'm sure each devotee will have there own opinion opologies for any offense.

If one reads Aindra's book one gets a distinct opinion that Aindra was not into false and prestigious copyrights and claiming ownership of the devine cause, on the contrary his spirit was much inline with Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu of breaking open the store house and giving the devine message to all and sundry in the hope that one, just one person on this planet may really seriously take to the path and reach the devine center.

lets talk plainly, "rights" means two things, the right to not have the content changed and the right to distribute it for money. First part it is very clear, the book is unchanged. Second part its likely to be no money or business sought by Aindra or his heirs. Vrindavan, you are confusing book selling with digital broadcast.

Hare krishna prabhu

"Second part its likely to be no money or business sought by Aindra or his heirs. "

This may be the case or not, by saying 'likely' means you don't know. My only point is that it's courtesy to ask and find out before distributing someone elses works.

An example of unathorised distribution might be someone spending some time making a software program /book for devotees, they plan to sell it for whatever reason - to recoup some costs, raise money for something etc but then someone posts the program/book on a public site before it's even publically released as someone thought the owner will recoup more costs if its given out publically or that it's spiritual and should benefit everyone else.

Nothing to do with "power and money hungary", more about about showing respect to authors and publishers, wheteher it's the small man on the street or a big powerhouse.