34 Does ISKCON BRAINWASH to get members? Is ISKCON a cult? BOOK RECOMMENDATION

0:00 – Intro, announcements, Om Shri Swaminarayanaya Namah 7x
2:41 – Reading from "Train Wrecks & Transcendence: A Collision of Hardcore & Hare Kirshna" by Vic DiCara of the Krishnacore punk rock movement, Cro-Mags
6:30 – Researching if ISKCON/Hare Krishnas is a brainwashing cult, investigating Freemasonry story, reading books opposing my views are forced to prove their points
13:46 – Recommending 1987 book "The Dark Lord: The Cult Images & The Hare Krishnas In America" by Larry D. Shinn
14:31 – Is ISKCON a cult, problems with book, excellent literature review of religion & psychology books
22:25 – Does ISKCON brainwash like cults according to book, religious conversion in ISKCON vs other cults, shared traits of cults vs ISKCON
35:34 – Book spurred by kidnapping & deprogramming of ISKCON member who sued family, debunking religious de-programmers
37:30 – Overview of book's conclusions, is ISKCON Hindu, my connection to & history with ISKCON

Live 5/6/2023, live and off the cuff.

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