Category: Preaching

When Criticizing Women Becomes a Blind Spot

By Ajit Krishna Dasa

In some devotional discussions, it has become fashionable to list the “faults of women” — often using long, sensationalized narratives about female manipulation, deception, instability, or hidden agendas. These narratives present themselves as “traditional” or “strict,” but they rely on selective quotation and ignore something fundamental:

Śāstra gives at least as many — and often far harsher — warnings about the faults of men.

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Why God Allows Evil: The Masochism of the Soul

By Ajit Krishna Dasa

Introduction

The question is familiar, almost worn out by repetition: If God is all-good and all-powerful, why does He allow evil and suffering? Why should a child be born into war, a mother bury her son, or a man be driven to despair by loneliness, disease, or betrayal? And if such things are real—and they are—then how can we claim that this world is governed by a benevolent and omnipotent God?

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Self-Deception and Vaisnava Theology: Understanding the Soul’s Will to Forget

By Ajit Krishna Dasa

Why do we turn away from truths we already know deep inside? Vaiṣṇava theology describes self-deception not as innocent ignorance but as the soul’s conscious attempt to forget its eternal role as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. Out of envy and the desire for independence, we suppress reality, and māyā gently provides the illusions that make the lie livable. At our core, we still know Kṛṣṇa, yet on the surface we resist Him, creating contradictions—like atheists who rely on morality and reason that only make sense if God exists. This self-deception fuels saṁsāra, false philosophies, and even subtle ambition within spiritual life. But bhakti offers the cure: not gaining new knowledge, but removing the coverings that hide the truth we already carry. Through honesty, humility, and hearing from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books, the soul’s real identity begins to shine again.

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Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura and the Transcendental Argument

By Ajit Krishna Dasa

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.87.2

“Śukadeva Gosvamī said: ‘The Supreme Lord manifested the material intelligence, senses, mind and vital air of the living entities so that they could indulge their desires for sense gratification, take repeated births to engage in fruitive activities, become elevated in future lives and ultimately attain liberation.’”

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No God, No Logic: The Epistemic Suicide of Atheism

By Ajit Krishna Dasa

The Illusion of Neutral Logic

Many people—atheists and theists alike—believe that logic must be a valid epistemic tool simply because it cannot be denied without being used. “Even denying logic requires logic,” they say. “So logic must be valid.” This argument sounds compelling, but it is deeply flawed. It confuses necessity of use with justification. Just because something must be used does not mean it is grounded in truth.

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Rewriting Krishna’s Reality?

By Ajit Krishna Dasa

People love to act like they can make up reality as they go. They change their pronouns, call themselves a different gender or species — as if simply declaring it could make it true. They do the same with morality: deciding abortion isn’t murder if they call it “choice,” or hookup culture isn’t empty if they call it “freedom.” Every one of these moves comes from the same deep root — the desire to define reality on their own terms. And that’s a dead giveaway that they want to take God’s position. They want the power to say what is real and what is right.

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A Vaisnavism Response to the Problem of the One and the Many

By Ajit Krishna Dasa

One of the most enduring questions in philosophy is the problem of the one and the many. How can unity and diversity coexist in a coherent way? Is reality ultimately one, or is it many? If only unity is real, how do we explain differences? If only plurality is real, how do we explain coherence, order, and meaning? Without reconciling these, knowledge and life itself become unstable.

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Do Devotees Die? The Death of a Myth!

By Ajit Krishna Dasa

In some corners of the devotee community, there’s an unspoken rule—or even open pressure—not to say that a devotee “dies.” It’s sometimes treated as offensive, incorrect, or even sinful. But this is not based on śāstra, nor on the example of our founder-ācārya. In fact, such social taboos often function more as subtle forms of control than as expressions of truth.

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Religion, Fear, and the Reptilian Brain: Why People Reject God Before Understanding Him

By Ajit Krishna Dasa

It is important to acknowledge at the outset that many people have legitimate emotional and intellectual reasons to be suspicious of religion. Certain prominent theological systems promote the notion that God hates particular individuals or groups, withdraws His love from them, and condemns them to eternal punishment with no possibility of redemption. In such systems, divine love is conditional and retractable — and consequently, followers of these religions are often encouraged to withhold their compassion from those outside their belief system. This portrayal of God as selectively loving and eternally punitive leaves lasting psychological scars and colors the way many people instinctively react to any discussion of God or religion.

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Can Theists and Atheists Debate Meaningfully? A Vaisnava Perspective

By Ajit Krishna Dasa

The Common Objection: No Shared Foundations

Some argue that meaningful debate between the theist and the atheist is impossible. Their reasoning is simple: if one accepts that reality is founded on the Supreme Person, and the other denies any transcendent source, what real dialogue is possible? Aren’t they just speaking past one another, trapped within incompatible presuppositions?

This objection seems persuasive at first glance. After all, if our basic assumptions about reality, truth, and meaning differ, what common ground could we possibly share?

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