Dedicated to my spiritual master His Divine Grace Abhaya Charan Bhaktivedanta Swami 'Srila Prabhupada'
Introduction
Hare Krishna,
In 1977, Srila Prabhupada left His material body and left His mission of Krishna Consciousness into the hands of a Governing Body Commission constituting 11 disciples which He had handpicked. These disciples were supposed to be the administrators of all ISKCON temples worldwide who would discharge their functions on behalf of Srila Prabhupada. Like before, as was practiced even when Prabhupada was physically present in this world, the GBC would, with the help of individual temple presidents would continue the initiations of disciples with recommended procedures on His behalf who would be formally accepted as disciples of Srila Prabhupada. So they would be the GBC & associates would be functioning as ‘ritviks’ whereas the ‘diksha guru’ would be perennially Srila Prabhupada Himself. All those closely associated with ISKCON movement are well aware of the official documented directive that His Divine Grace left in this regard.
Vision of Srila Prabhupada
Being a foresighted visionary Prabhupada could sense what was in store in the future if He would not leave behind clear-cut instructions on these matters. So, Him registering the society of ISKCON in 1966 and the July 1977 directive was a well thought of move knowing the nature of this world. He also never appointed a Guru or a successor Guru who would take over after He would wind up His pastimes in His physical realm. The simple question to be asked here is if Prabhupada had known some eligible disciple would emerge from his ranks of disciples why would He painstakingly spend His nights translating Vedic wisdom and writing more than 80 volumes. The answer is because He knew that none of them would qualify for a spiritual master can ‘see-through’ His disciples heart, mind & character. All His followers must then morally respect His sound judgment in this matter & as obedient disciples must not be claiming to be an Acharya who will replace Prabhupada as Diksha Guru.
The betrayal
But the members of the GBC (sadly & ironically who, almost all, were His first rung disciples) chose to voluntarily violate this unsaid but obvious order of their Guru & chose to do the contrary. In the process they put the entire fraternity of ISKCON at stake. This strong betrayal of the Guru would cost them dear was only a rhetoric that would then lead to the abysmal downfall of these ‘pseudo-gurus’ & their not-so-innocent followers (not-so-innocent because some knew the actual facts). Recent history has borne witness to this & yet some foolish materialists-disguised-as- guru & their equally foolish followers don’t seem to learn from their fellow-connivers fate. Or are they blind to the obvious reason for the roaring success of ISKCON Bangalore under the able guidance of Madhupandit Dasa & Chanchalapathi Dasa – it being, Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON Bangalore, which is the only temple under the flagship of ISKCON where Srila Prabhupada is the sole ‘Diksha guru’. When the spiritual master is the centre of your services then where is the question of failure? It would be wise of the detractors of this saving-grace-of-ISKCON group namely ISKCON Bangalore, to introspect & do some soul-searching as to where they went wrong. This will be their panacea for the wrongs they committed at the lotus feet of our beloved Srila Prabhupada - after all He is Karunasindhu & adama-janara bandhu.
The most grievous type of vaishnava-aparädha is called gurv-aparädha, which refers to offenses at the lotus feet of the spiritual master. In the chanting of the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this gurv-aparädha is considered the most grievous offense. Guror avajnä sruti-shästra-nindanam (Padma Puräna). Among the ten offenses committed against the chanting of the holy name, the first offenses are disobedience of the spiritual maste. SB 4.21.37
Conclusion
Phalena paricéyate: one's success or defeat in any activity is understood by its result. There are many karmis in the dress of devotees, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead can detect their purpose. The karmis want to use the property of the Lord for their selfish sense gratification, but a devotee endeavors to use the Lord's property for God's service. Therefore a devotee is always distinct from the karmis, although the karmis may dress like devotees. SB 8.9.28
Dr Jagadeesh TG
Prabhupada Dasa
RadhaKrishna Sevak
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Introduction
Hare Krishna,
In 1977, Srila Prabhupada left His material body and left His mission of Krishna Consciousness into the hands of a Governing Body Commission constituting 11 disciples which He had handpicked. These disciples were supposed to be the administrators of all ISKCON temples worldwide who would discharge their functions on behalf of Srila Prabhupada. Like before, as was practiced even when Prabhupada was physically present in this world, the GBC would, with the help of individual temple presidents would continue the initiations of disciples with recommended procedures on His behalf who would be formally accepted as disciples of Srila Prabhupada. So they would be the GBC & associates would be functioning as ‘ritviks’ whereas the ‘diksha guru’ would be perennially Srila Prabhupada Himself. All those closely associated with ISKCON movement are well aware of the official documented directive that His Divine Grace left in this regard.
Vision of Srila Prabhupada
Being a foresighted visionary Prabhupada could sense what was in store in the future if He would not leave behind clear-cut instructions on these matters. So, Him registering the society of ISKCON in 1966 and the July 1977 directive was a well thought of move knowing the nature of this world. He also never appointed a Guru or a successor Guru who would take over after He would wind up His pastimes in His physical realm. The simple question to be asked here is if Prabhupada had known some eligible disciple would emerge from his ranks of disciples why would He painstakingly spend His nights translating Vedic wisdom and writing more than 80 volumes. The answer is because He knew that none of them would qualify for a spiritual master can ‘see-through’ His disciples heart, mind & character. All His followers must then morally respect His sound judgment in this matter & as obedient disciples must not be claiming to be an Acharya who will replace Prabhupada as Diksha Guru.
The betrayal
But the members of the GBC (sadly & ironically who, almost all, were His first rung disciples) chose to voluntarily violate this unsaid but obvious order of their Guru & chose to do the contrary. In the process they put the entire fraternity of ISKCON at stake. This strong betrayal of the Guru would cost them dear was only a rhetoric that would then lead to the abysmal downfall of these ‘pseudo-gurus’ & their not-so-innocent followers (not-so-innocent because some knew the actual facts). Recent history has borne witness to this & yet some foolish materialists-disguised-as- guru & their equally foolish followers don’t seem to learn from their fellow-connivers fate. Or are they blind to the obvious reason for the roaring success of ISKCON Bangalore under the able guidance of Madhupandit Dasa & Chanchalapathi Dasa – it being, Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON Bangalore, which is the only temple under the flagship of ISKCON where Srila Prabhupada is the sole ‘Diksha guru’. When the spiritual master is the centre of your services then where is the question of failure? It would be wise of the detractors of this saving-grace-of-ISKCON group namely ISKCON Bangalore, to introspect & do some soul-searching as to where they went wrong. This will be their panacea for the wrongs they committed at the lotus feet of our beloved Srila Prabhupada - after all He is Karunasindhu & adama-janara bandhu.
The most grievous type of vaishnava-aparädha is called gurv-aparädha, which refers to offenses at the lotus feet of the spiritual master. In the chanting of the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, this gurv-aparädha is considered the most grievous offense. Guror avajnä sruti-shästra-nindanam (Padma Puräna). Among the ten offenses committed against the chanting of the holy name, the first offenses are disobedience of the spiritual maste. SB 4.21.37
Conclusion
Phalena paricéyate: one's success or defeat in any activity is understood by its result. There are many karmis in the dress of devotees, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead can detect their purpose. The karmis want to use the property of the Lord for their selfish sense gratification, but a devotee endeavors to use the Lord's property for God's service. Therefore a devotee is always distinct from the karmis, although the karmis may dress like devotees. SB 8.9.28
Dr Jagadeesh TG
Prabhupada Dasa
RadhaKrishna Sevak
www.twitter.com/drjgdsh ,
www.doctor-soul-healer.blogspot.com ,
www.folknet.in
Facebook - Jagadeesh Gurumurthy
Indya rocks - Dr Jagadeesh TG's Blog
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