Sunday, April 1, 2012

Bhakti Ananda Goswami writes

[PADA: Good analysis. ys pd]


Bhakti Ananda Goswami (sannyasa of the Gaudiya Matha) 
Hare Krishna! Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga ki jaya! Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!

So many devotees gave their entire lives, including their families, and were plundered, neglected, abused and rejected by their non-Prabhupada 'Leaders' in the visible corporate ISKCON. Many are still giving their all, and still being plundered, neglected, abused and/or rejected by some of the 'Leaders' in corporate visible ISKCON. But there is the actual spiritual ISKCON that is invisible and inclusive of the devotees who have been rejected / ejected from the visible Institution. Of course there is an over-lapping between the visible legal corporate ISKCON and the invisible ISKCON. Certainly Srila Prabhupada knows who is and who is not a member of HIS invisible, spiritual ISKCON. Unfortunately it is the visible ISKCON that has legal control over who gets a room in the Holy Dhama and Prasadam or not, or who gets recognition and help in their preaching work or not, or who gets the education that they were promised or not, etc. 

The visible ISKCON institution seems much more concerned with spending millions of dollars in court battles fighting other devotees and building gigantic projects than it seems to be concerned about taking proper care of the devotees whose lives it abused, used up and threw-out like some kind of trash. When the visible ISKCON gets its moral priorities in proper order, by finally doing justice to the devotees that it has ab-used and discarded, then it will finally properly honor and please Srila Prabhupada. 

Some of the neglected and abused Gurukulis who did not get a proper education, or even basic care to start with, have been profoundly dis-advantaged for the rest of their lives. Other adult devotees lost their most productive years 'working' for ISKCON, to the point of destroying their health, and now have no retirement security at all, and are completely shunned and neglected by ISKCON. When the powerful persons who actually control ISKCON decide to properly honor such devotees, ISKCON will become all that Srila Prabhupada wanted it to be. As long as corporate ISKCON puts ANYTHING before the welfare of the devotees, it will be betraying Srila Prabhupada, who LOVED his disciples, and wanted only the very best of simple sattvic living and high thinking for them.

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