GBC Gurus Minimizing Srila Prabhupada? (GD)

 

Why Is His Seat Bigger 

Than

Srila Prabhupada's?

GD: Why Is Srila Prabhupada Minimized on His Vyasa Puja Day?

If ISKCON gurus can sometimes have five days of Vyasa Puja Offerings, why only one day for Srila Prabhupada? Don't we want to hear the Vyasa Puja homages from ALL of Prabhupada's grand - disciples too? I do. It's pure nectar.

Are we minimizing glorification of Srila Prabhupada when we don't facilitate all the grand disciples to make their offerings? If there is not enough time, why do we facilitate several days of offerings for current ISKCON gurus ... but only one day for Srila Prabhupada? What's up with that?

If one day for Vyasa Puja is the standard given to us to worship the spiritual master, then why are my initiating guru godbrothers sometimes being given five days Vyasa Puja's? And in bigger seats as well? Insult to injury.

Why are five days not being given to Srila Prabhupada?

Is this a reasonable question to ask? In Moscow, three years back, they had a five day Vyasa Puja offering for one of the ISKCON initiating gurus. Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja was only one day. Why? This is not just in Moscow, but happens in Mayapur and other temples also. 

Why does this happen at other temples around the world? Why can't the grand-disciples spend five days glorifying Srila Prabhupada? Isn't he our Founder-Acarya? What is wrong with this picture?

One time I attended Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja Celebration in Vrndavana, and an ISKCON initiating guru there had his celebration a few days later. I noticed how my godbrother guru's feast was much more opulent that Srila Prabhupada's feast, and I asked the Temple Commander ... why this was so? 

He explained that there used to be many more disciples of Srila Prabhupada there, who used to come to prepare the feast, but they don't come anymore. I wonder why? Is it because I watched this guru remove his godbrothers from managerial posts when they didn't agree with him and replace them with his own disciples? 

I had observed this starting way back in the 80's. I later found out in the GBC Lawbook that this is classified as "spiritual abuse". The Temple Commander further explained that his guru, my godbrother, had many disciples in New Delhi that liked to prepare opulent feasts for him. 

I thought to myself, "Isn't it the duty of my initiating guru godbrother to tell his disciples to make Srila Prabhupada's feast more elaborate than his own"? And Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa seat should be bigger than his own. They keep saying ... they are not claiming to be pure devotees ... then they sit in a big giant Vyasa seats and claim they are the next Vyasa. And their seat is bigger than Vyasa's.

Why is he minimizing Srila Prabhupada and promoting himself more? Am I being envious for asking why can't Srila Prabhupada have five day Vyasa Pujas ... if this is becoming a standard for some of my godbrothers?

Last year that same initiating guru had a huge Vyasasana, center stage, where his feet were being washed ... and Srila Prabhupada had a baby sized Vyasanana put off to the side ... about 1/4 the size of the initiating guru godbrother. His disciples were rudely leaning against Srila Prabhupada's Vyasasana like it was a post to lean on ... while listening to the initiating guru's speech. 

I told a GBC this ... and he said that his disciples are thinking that he is better than Srila Prabhupada ... and that he should be instructing his disciples not to be worshipping him with such pomp, while minimizing Srila Prabhupada. Of course nothing actually changes. The same bogus Vyasa puja ceremonies are going on ... and just getting more emphasizing the GBC's gurus. This is not going to be pleasing to Krishna.