Reacting to Vaishnava guru Chris Butler (aka Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa). He is a former member of ISKCON (during the lifetime of Swami Prabhupada) who started his own group of Krishna devotees in Hawaii, today called the Science of Identity Foundation, and said to be Krishna or "akin to god" by ex-devotees. He is famous for his negative teachings of Muslims, LGBTQ, and being Tulsi Gabbard's former spiritual guru. This video is not about Tulsi, her family, her recent nomination as Director of National Intelligence, nor the cult accusations surrounding Jagad Guru, but just looking at what he says in the moment (which is my approach to all guru reaction videos). Live 2.15.2025.
Science of Identity Foundation Official website: https://www.scienceofidentityfoundation.net/
Official youtube channels: https://www.youtube.com/@ScienceofIdentityFoundation & https://www.youtube.com/@JagadguruchrisbutlerNetzine
A website of his writings: https://siddhaswarupananda.com/biography-jagad-guru-chris-butler
Criticism of Tulsi's involvement: https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/12/senators-urged-to-examine-gabbards-deep-and-intense-ties-to-hawaii-sect/
Negative description of Chris' background: https://prem-rawat-bio.org/nrms/gurus/chris_buttler.htm
0:00 – Intro to reaction videos | personal interest in Tulsi Gabbard's political career, views of Tulsi in light of Chris Butler's cult leader reputation | Tulsi 2028
15:19 – Chris talk part 1 reaction: what is moving forward in life, personal mottos for life via Jeff Jewell & Patrick Stark
22:04 – Reaction con't: finding value in failed experiences
26:14 – Reaction con't: desire for fame & worship, crazy college professors, Jerry Falwell
33:05 – Reaction con't: mid-life crisis | staying with something due to investing time in a failure vs starting over
40:07 – Reaction con't: materialism, keeping books to impress people
59:29 – Overview of Chris & early 80's
1:02:49 – Chris talk part 2 reaction: sharing article on Chris' influence on Tulsi
1:08:20 – Reaction con't: Repetition to distract | lack of guru spiritual substance
1:40:12 – Concluding thoughts
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