Nomenclature or Substance?
What happened to his Institution? Our God-brothers in the position of GBC had a very important role to play in the preservation and expansion of ISKCON. They had been given the responsibility to be the “Watch dogs”, to be the one who would bark the loudest if any transgression had taken place. Why have they failed?
Since Srila Prabhupada’s departure we have witnessed the gradual disintegration and corruption of this wonderful society, a society that is meant to unfold the prediction of ten thousand years of spiritual awakening in human society.
Spiritual life begins with a submissive attitude of inquiry and service to the Spiritual Master.
The Spiritual Master is the via-media between the conditioned soul and Sri Krishna the Absolute Truth. The Spiritual Master ensures that the disciple is finally delivered from the clutches of repeated births and deaths in this material world. Srila Prabhupada taught us that The Spiritual Master is free from the defects of human nature (committing mistakes, propensity to cheat, imperfect senses and subject to illusion). Why then there have been so many downfalls? Why have the GBC not protected the most important institution in Vedic society? Why have they allowed conditioned souls with all of the above mentioned imperfections to sit on the most exalted seat, the Vyasasana, the seat of Sri Vyasadeva?
It’s obvious that a great mistake has been made, a mistake that has destroyed the faith of countless devotees not only in Srila Prabhupada and his society but also their faith in Sri Krishna. A great disservice has been done.
So many devotees service has been destroyed; so many good devotees have been thrown out of their father’s house by unscrupulous and callous leaders. Why?
When the GBC met Srila Prabhupada in Vrindavana in 1977 they very aware that His Divine Grace could have left the world any time soon giving his poor health. They asked him many questions. One very important question was regarding initiations “specifically at the time when he was no longer with us”.
Srila Prabhupada spoke about Officiating Acharyas and he also spoke about that there could be “regular gurus” had his order being received.
The only regular Guru we know is Srila Prabhupada or someone on his level of realization and purity. A self-realized soul free from the above mentioned human defects. And then we have the officiating Acharyas or those who were supposed to initiate on his behalf.
That they were to initiate on his behalf before his physical departure is not an issue. Everyone agrees with that. Our GBC’s only choices then were only really two, continue to initiate on his behalf or accept that the initiator Spiritual Master was a “regular” one, a Vaisnava on the topmost level of spiritual realization, a resident of Goloka Vrindavana, an intimate associate of Sri Sri Radha Krishna.
In fact there was an attempt to fool all of us into believing that the original 11 Acharyas were indeed on that platform. Those who objected were ruthlessly removed, persecuted, beaten and even murdered by the power that be.
In 1987 there was an attempt to reform and a meeting was convened in Sridham Mayapur where a 50 men committee was established to review the guru issue and find a solution to the problem. However the greatest hoax in human history was conceived by distributing the poison of Guru ambition to all thereby disintegrating the very fabric of Vaisnava culture.
Subsequently laws were concocted to contain the ongoing degradation thereby deepening their involvement in the greatest aparadha ever committed.
We want answers, we deserve answers. Our duty is to speak the truth. If we don’t know it then we cannot concoct one to suit our interests. What is the truth? Thousands of devotees have taken initiation again and again because they had faith in the leadership of ISKCON, believing that is what Srila Prabhupada established. That faith has been betrayed. This is a great sin.
Are the GBC ready to stand by their commitment and vouch that those who are in the position of Spiritual Master are indeed “regular” gurus taking the responsibility of delivering the disciples back home back to Godhead? If not the next question is who delivers the disciples from the clutches of material nature? Who takes the responsibility of taking them back to the spiritual Kingdom?
I know the answer and I am at peace with it. But what about all the devotees who have been told lies after lies? What about them finally getting some straight answers?
If Srila Prabhupada is accepted as the deliverer guru as rumors are spreading that that is indeed accepted by many of the GBC then the answer is self evident. Srila Prabhupada is the Spiritual Master and they are his disciples. I am not attached to nomenclature even though the word ritvik has been spoken by Srila Prabhupada. The fact is however that if Srila Prabhupada is the dispenser of Divya Jnana and the remover of the sinful reactions then he is the Diksha guru. Diksha means just that.
The next question is what is the role of those who gives the name and performs the fire sacrifice? They can’t certainly be gurus for they simply perform the formality of initiation.
What is their position then? I know the answer of this question also. However over the years the word ritvik has been so demonized that the simple hearing of that word creates a sense of disgust.
I am interested in substance not names or positions. Srila Prabhupada is the Spiritual Master of all members of ISKCON as everyone is following his discipline, his instructions. You call others any name you want but their role is only to fulfill the formality of initiation. Why then so much pomp and worship? This deviation has created the problem in the first place.
Let us come together. This is my humble prayer. Let us discuss once again how to reunite this family of Vaisnavas. Let us not leave any stone unturned.
Dear Godbrothers do not be swayed by ignorance and remain attached to a false concept of life. Haven’t we learned enough from past history? How many more good souls have to fall from their perceived positions before we wake up? Let the society of Vaisnavas, present and future freely worship Srila Prabhupada as their Spiritual Master their deliverer, their Via-media to transcendence. This is my humble prayer.
Your insignificant servant
Sattvic Dasa
Dear Sattvic pr thanks for reminding that ISKCON is still disconnected from the parampara. When irregularities take so many years to solve normal sane people cannot see how there is trustworthy leadership.
ReplyDeletePADA's campaign of exposing deviant ISKCON leadership caused all over Europe ex-ISKCONites to leave ISKCON for good and joined Narayana Swami's camp.
So basically nobody is there to listen, they are all gone, approx 2000 devotees.
Latest example, Prabhavishnu's 1500 ex-disciples. PADA is telling them, there is no future in ISKCON, it is spiritually defunct.
In other words, PADA is sending these devotees to join the Australian Gaudiya-matha. They have temples, farms, restaurants, and, since there were no scandals, good reputation.
If someone says, I want to be a Prabhupadanuga, well, this is not parallel movement, it is a reform movement. And, as PADA repeatedly states, he is trying to reform this estate agency called ISKCON since 35 years.
In other words, these folks have occupied Prabhupada's buildings, are living there with extended families, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and wont come out.
PADA is going there with leaflets that they vacate those buildings since 35 years, but still, they wont leave.
Meanwhile they changed statutes that these temples are no more ISKCON property but privatized.
So it may be like that that PADA is seen there standing and passing out his leaflets for another 35 years. Could be when PADA finally goes there in wheelchair that they will give in?
We said the Gaudiya Matha supports homosexuals as gurus all along since 1936, and they even they supported the homosexual and pedophile GBC gurus, and RM thinks that means -- they have a ggod reputation? Supporting child molesters acharyas means -- good reputation according to RM?
ReplyDeleteRM has no idea what is good or bad, plain and simple. Nobody except RM thinks supporting child molester acharyas is a good reputation, even my karmi friends know that supporting child molesters as messiahs is terrible, only RM thinks this is wonderful reputation? What is wrong with RM, he does not know the Gaudiya Matha supporting of molester acharyas is his ideas of having a good reputation, this means RM is a very sick man? Why does RM think support of pedophile gurus gives them a good name? Sheesh! ys pd
It is because of taxidrivers like at PADA - former temple taxi drivers - who drove all those ISKCON criminals to the airports to escape punishment. Therefore nobody was convicted and GM could spread out, at first as kind of shadow movement.
ReplyDeleteMight be correct, GM is no better, but still, 99% of ex-ISKCONites go there and stay there. Now PADA says, we dont know nothing?
PADA did not realize that meanwhile thousands ex-ISKCONites are at GM? Therefore we invited PADA to see on site. When PADA was exposing deviant ISKCON consequently all defected to GM. Now PADA says, we dont know what happened? Real morons!
So basically PADA doesnt know because there is no contact. By telling like, see above - "you are all in the camp of molester acaryas" - PADA broke ties with thousands of devotees. Very good preaching!
First telling them, leave ISKCON, then where they should go, when joining GM, "now you are right in the pedophile gurus camp". Question is, to whom PADA is preaching? Only answer, to himself, self-healing process.
We put Kirtanananda in jail, not you. We sued them for $400,000,000, not you. You did nothing except attack us, because you are their defender. Its because of people like you tripping me up that I was not able to get more justice. You said the Gaudiya Matha are the good followers, so you sent people there. I said they are supporting child molesters as gurus, and you harassed me, so you sent them to the GM. I did not say I knew nothing, I said people like you syaing they are the good followers is why they went there, you created the exodus by harrassing me. I said this is the advisors for the molesters, you said they are the good followers, you got people to go there. I got all kinds of people to NOT go there. And you are attacking me because you wanted people to go thter. Attacking me helps people go to the GM. Attacking me helps more crimes take place, you are causing your own problem. I also never told people to leave ISKCON, I have lived near ISKCON temples for years, I encourage people to support the local temple. You are a liar. Notice the only thing you ever talk about is PADA, you have no program of your own, your only program is to attack us, which helped the molesters and the GM the entire time. Discrediting me helps them, you are their servant. ys pd
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