Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world.” These terms are used in the original text of “Bhagavat-Gita” and are only commented by Srila Prabhupada.įor instance, in chapter 16, “The Divine And Demoniac Natures”, there is a detailed description of demons: “Pride, arrogance, conceit, anger, harshness and ignorance - these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of Pṛthā. However, argue the Hare Krishna lawyers, the terms that are being analyzed by the specialists, aren’t the author's own commentaries. The word “demon” in Russian language means “evil spirit, fallen angel”, that is, contains a negative meaning and reflects reality perceived negatively by the public consciousness,” – is said in the expert conclusion of the Tomsk University experts. “In examined text there is often found a word “demon” (and its single-rooted formations) used with the purpose of identifying none-Krishnaites in broader sense (representatives of other lines of this religion, representatives of other religions, atheists).

The experts of the Tomsk State University, on whose analysis of the “Gita” the accusation was based, found elements of extremism, for example, in connection with such terms in purports of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada as “thief, demon, fool, the ignorant”: The Communications office of the Russian Society for Krishna Consciousness argues that it can be seen from materials of the case that the court was considering the whole book, not separate comments by Srila Prabhupada. His visit started with a press-conference in the agency “Interfax-Siberia”, after which the professor gave lectures in Tomsk universities and theological seminaries.Įarlier the First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Alexander Buksman has said that the public prosecutor’s office considers elements of extremism not in the sacred text of the ancient masterpiece of the world philosophy – «Bhagavad-gita As It Is» - but in the comments of Bhaktivedanta Swami. The leader in the Expert Commission for Religious Examination at the Ministry of Justice, has recently visited Tomsk, the city in which the court case against “Bhagavad-Gita as it is” is being held. They go on to accuse the Russian Hare Krishnas of many sins, which can be summed up with the word “extremism”. Some Russian scholars, as well as prosecutors, understand from the above statements that “Krishna is personified in the teachings of Moscow Society for Krishna Consciousness as a deity of death and destruction”.

… “blazing fire”, with “fearful mouths” and teeth, “between which heads of some warriors are trapped and smashed” (Chapter 11, texts 26-27)». “I am all-devouring death…” (Ch.10, text 34). Krishna describes Himself in the “Bhagavad-Gita” in the following way : “… among the dispensers of law I am YAMA” (Chapter 10, text 29).

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