Hare Krishna Movement Chennai Inauguration

PADA: Goody. We get very nice questions from various folks participating in this program in India and elsewhere. One of them has been listening to PADA's videos @ http://youtube.com/pada1008 and he says he really likes them and he is asking about some of the details. Other people in a lot of other programs, ok not asking so much questions, self-evidently because they really do not like our idea of re-establishing the acharya as Srila Prabhupada. Anyway, we need to make independent programs separate from the ISKCON GBC, and we are glad at least some people are doing that in different ways. 

A PADA friend in Alachua says "the biggest devotee community in the USA" has a lot of illicit activity going on -- and many people there simply boycott the temple. And he says -- there are drug problems, illicit sex problems, even criminal problems. And he says instead of Krishna's materials, there is a lot of interest in things like New Age style "relationships counselling," or things which amount to helping couples with their sex lives, and other types of New Age self help psycho-babbling etc. 

Very little interest in actual Krishna consciousness, and moreover he is convinced the GBC are using some sort of black magic tantrics to control people by devious means. Umm, heard that before too. 

And he credits all that with -- a lack of enthusiasm for Krishna consciousness -- due to the corporate guru process promoted at the temple there. So its a problem when the community is promoting the wrong acharya, its dispiriting for the entire community. So we are very glad when people anywhere promote the proper acharya, that is at least a foundation point for further progress. Without accepting the real acharya Srila Prabhupada, things seem to deteriorate. At least these people are making some others who inquire about the issues, educated people are required for any progress. 

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