Message From ISKCON's Niranjana Swami

THE DEDICATED NEEDS TO SINCERE VALUE THE COMMUNITY OF EACH OTHER

I often say one thing: it's always wonderful to see that new people come into Krishna's consciousness, but it's sad to see that old devotees leave. Also many times I have noted that we cannot say that our movement is expanding because new people come into it, but at the same time the old devotees leave.

[PADA: Ummm nope. We did not "leave." We were banned, beaten, chased with baseball bats, sued, exiled, got all sorts of death threats -- and sometimes -- our folks were assassinated. We did not leave, we were jettisoned out by the leaders of your program. And that is evidently because -- we were alerting the leaders to their pedophile "gurukula" problem, and other crimes. 

Ooops! This is what they always say "they all just walked out and left." Nope, we were booted out, and viciously and violently.] 

It's hard for me to close my eyes to the fact that there are senior devotees who feel dissatisfied in the society of devotees. 

[PADA: Worship of deviants and pedophiles as gurus never happens in the society of devotees, it only happens in the society of deviant and pedophile guru programs. We cannot juxtapose the two entities.] 

This anxiety doesn't leave me. I can't just forget this and think it doesn't exist. This burns my heart. Therefore, I find some comfort, stressing the importance of how devoted it is necessary to truly appreciate each other's society.

[PADA: Right, the pedophile gurus are appreciated and supported, while those who dissent their pedophile gurus are not appreciated, and driven out on a rail. Even a young mother with little children is now getting death threats for her dissenting from their ISKCON GBC's pedophile guru process. There is no mercy for anyone who does not promote pedophiles as messiahs, evidently. So people are leaving, being fed up with having the pedophile's messiah's program hijacking ISKCON.] 

I can come 1-2 times a year and spend a few days here and as long as I'm here it's fine. But what happens in the lives of devotees when I leave? I feel the need to leave something behind. Therefore, I always try to give instructions to help devotees cope with their flaws and anarthas, and enable them to appreciate the society of devotees in my absence. It is wrong to think that communication is only available when a spiritual teacher arrives. 

If I can leave behind something that will help the devotees appreciate each other, I consider it an important contribution because it will give strength to our movement and also give it a future.

[PADA: Right, we have to appreciate the pedophile guru society, and ISKCON people are trained to shun, ban, remove, threaten, harass and drive us out.]

I'm not eternal, and neither are my spiritual brothers and sisters. What is our hope that Srila Prabhupada's mission will continue for 10 years if we cannot convey our descendants the mood of appreciation and gratitude towards each other? No doubt, there are signs of expansion in our movement. 

There are so many new people coming. Wonderful to see this. But I'm also thinking about how these new people will become old devotees and how they will be able to remain in a society of devotees. This will happen not only because from time to time their spiritual teacher will arrive. 

For them to have some hope for survival, they must also be able to appreciate the society of those devotees near them on a regular basis. New people will also evaluate both Krishna's consciousness and this movement on how you all communicate with each other. And especially they will watch the old devotees communicate with each other.

[PADA: There is no communication. We are blocked, banned, removed, harassed, given death threats, sued, beaten, shot and etc.]

Staying in the society of devotees will be tested by time. Time will test all of us. Sometimes, in order to keep His garden blooming, Krishna also has to burn weeds. 

[PADA: Well yes, hee hee, the ISKCON GBC's gurus are being burned out in scandals -- or being complicit in scandals -- left, right, and center. They are being made to look like fools, exposed in the media and etc. Krishna is taking their empire down all the time, and exposing them. Right now they are being exposed for keeping yet another pedophile in the post of their biggest messiahs, and hundreds if not thousands of people are joining in the protest, and more will join tomorrow. That is how Krishna is taking them down, brick by brick, every day.]

In other words, when we see devotees leaving movement, the reason for this may also be that Krishna disappears His garden. Therefore, we should all try to become valuable flowers in Krishna's garden. Don't make a bad impression about our movement and its leaders by your behavior.

[PADA: Keeping pedophiles in the post of guru is not an example of good behavior, and there are people who say you guys are keeping pedophiles in the post of guru just in order to drive people out -- on purpose. Then you can exploit the empty buildings as a Hindu deity showing business.]

Accept Shrila Prabhupada's mission and learn to give yourself to this mission by helping others in Krishna's minds. Prabhupada wanted all his followers to preach and set a good example. Therefore, I organize such meetings with these thoughts, because it is very important for me to see and hear how you are connected to the society of devotees. This reduces my concern because if I feel devotees don't have a connection to the vaishnav society, they might not be sitting in that room next year.

I notice not only those I see in the audience. I also notice those I do not see. If I don't see someone, I always try to figure out why I can't see them. This could be some good reason. Still, the point is, I want you all to continue coming to these festivals year after year. I want to see that you are strong and that you have a good connection with the society of devotees. I feel like this is the best service I can offer you all right now and please let me continue serving you this way. Okay? Thank you. Thank you.

Niranjana Swami

[PADA: And what about the ex-gurukulis who are suffering permanent PTSD like symptoms, whose lives have been hampered permanently, after encountering your guys pedophile's guru process? Did they also just "leave"? Or did your program destroy their lives and they had to run and hide from your hideous and odious program -- to save their souls from further abuse? ys pd]