***** Dasi, Hare Krsna, This quote is quite powerful "One can distinguish between a neophyte Vaisnava and an advanced Vaisnava by their activities." The activities we have witnessed from these "new gurus" are not from advanced devotees. Can not help but think about who is left from the original "gang of 11." And now some of them seem to be on the come back trail (which for their souls sake I hope is true).
At the same time, most devotees suffered so much in so many different ways due to their "mushroom" school of management, and most of these victims will not come back to the institution ever again. I can't help but wonder what is really going (behind the scene) today. For example, every time I see quotes from a certain X sannyasi, I still cant help wondering why does he still likes to sit with 16 year olds? As he was a grown man, why is he still attracted?
Then again ... there is the lack of repairs and lack of people in many temples in the Americas, so their whole program is broken down etc etc. Where are all the donations being spent? I am trying so hard to be positive, but at the same time their history is all there. Is ISKCON management totally corrupt, or is it just a mess due to incompetence? Or are they both corrupt and incompetent? Trying to be supportive of the temples in my realm, but its not easy. Hare Krsna.
[PADA: This is a good summary. ys pd]
Hari Bol, pamho AGTSP
ReplyDelete"Trying to be supportive of the temples in my realm, but its not easy."
Please stop donation to fraudulent ISKCON. If the money is misused for the name and fame of the bogus Gurus you will have to suffer the sinful reaction. I also lost money to a false Guru and it took 1,5 years to get rid of the sinful reactions. So better to learn by hearing and not the hard way.
"Achyutananda: If a man says, “I am giving you this donation because it is a spiritual organization,” but if the money is misused, does that man benefit?
Srila Prabhupada: If money is misused, then both of them become implicated. If it is not used for Krishna, then both of them becomes under the laws of karma."
[Srila Prabhupada, Conversations, March 14, 1976, Mayapur]
Compilation of Srila Prabhupada quotes
http://iskcontimes.com/greatest-danger-movement
You can always donate to the only bona fide ISKCON Temple following Srila Prabhupada's final order regarding intitiations:
http://iskconbangalore.org/sevaslist
Or just start your own independent Nama Hatta Program with Srila Prabhupada as the only Guru and invest your money in original books and Prasadam distribution.