Myth: “GBC has got authority to vote in new diksa gurus in ISKCON”
Anti Ritvik Myths debunked (#53)
Myth: “The GBC has got authority to vote in new diksa gurus in ISKCON.”
Truth: Srila Prabhupada never gave his GBC any right to authorize and supervise diksa gurus in ISKCON. Moreover, current maya-ISKCON GBC is not the same GBC Srila Prabhupada created, it’s a different, deviated entity controlled by unauthorized gurus, so they have no authority at all.
Maya-ISKCON anti-ritviks often refer to their GBC governing council, which has been actually hijacked by unauthorized “gurus” since 1978 and later turned into a separate entity ISKCON GBC Society of West Bengal which does not follow important GBC principles established by Srila Prabhupada (like some Direction of Management provisions etc.), and has no legal connection/successor in title status to the original ISKCON Inc.’s GBC body. That is, maya-ISKCON’s present “GBC Body” is not spiritually or legally authorized entity controlled by bogus gurus. It’s a transformed/deviated governing body that simply operates under ISKCON GBC’s label. Therefore, which of their resolutions from 1978 till the present day has had real authority?
There is a scan of Sulocana dasa’s letter to Subhananda dasa written in 1985 that states: [Read More…]
Soul’s Origin: Crow And Tal-Fruit Logic
BY: MAHESH RAJA
Jan 25, UK (SUN) — We never had any occasion when we were separated from Krsna. Just like one man is dreaming and he forgets himself. In dream, he creates himself in different forms: now I am the King discussing like that. This creation of himself is as seer and subject matter or seen, two things. But as soon as the dream is over, the “seen” disappears. But the seer remains. Now he is in his original position.
Our separation from Krsna is like that. We dream this body and so many relationships with other things. First the attachment comes to enjoy sense gratification. Even with Krsna, desire for sense gratification is there. There is a dormant attitude for forgetting Krsna and creating an atmosphere for enjoying independently. Just like at the edge of the beach, sometimes the water covers, sometimes there is dry sand, coming and going. Our position is like that, sometimes covered, sometimes free, just like at the edge of the tide. As soon as we forget, immediately the illusion is there. Just like as soon as we sleep, dream is there.
We cannot say therefore that we are not with Krsna. As soon as we try to become the Lord, immediately we are covered by Maya. FORMERLY WE WERE WITH KRSNA IN HIS LILA OR SPORT. But this covering of Maya may be of very, very, very, very long duration, therefore many creations are coming and going. Due to this long period of time it is sometimes said that we are ever-conditioned. But this long duration of time becomes very insignificant when one actually comes to Krsna consciousness. Just like in a dream we are thinking very long time, but as soon as we awaken we look at our watch and see it has been a moment only. Just like with Krsna’s friends, they were kept asleep for one year by Brahma, but when they woke up and Krsna returned before them, they considered that only a moment had passed.
So this dreaming condition is called non-liberated life, and this is just like a dream. Although in this material calculation it is a long, long period, as soon as we come to Krsna consciousness then this period is considered as a second. For example, Jaya and Vijaya. They had their lila with Krsna, but they had to come down for their little mistake. They were given mukti, emerging into the Brahmasayujya after being killed three times as demons. This Brahmasayujya mukti is non-permanent. Every living entity wants pleasure, but Brahmasayujya is minus pleasure. There is eternal existence only. So when they do not find transcendental bliss, they fall down to make a compromise with material bliss. Just like Vivekananda founded so many schools and hospitals. So even Lord Brahma, he is still material and wants to lord it over. He may come down to become a germ, but then he may rise up to Krsna consciousness and go back to home, back to Godhead. This is the position. [Read More…]
Myth: “The ritvik system stops disciplic succession (guru parampara)”
Anti Ritvik Myths debunked (#52)
Myth: “The ritvik system stops disciplic succession (guru parampara)”
Truth: Guru parampara is not a stereotyped method of changing bodies of gurus, but a broader and more flexible principle that ensures continuation of spiritual knowledge and spiritual progress of disciples. Srila Prabhupada ordered to continue his current guru status and his ritvik initiation system. So, as current transcendental guru, he doesn’t stop the parampara but continues its functioning via his orders, books, murtis, representatives, standards, and mercy. It’s unauthorized “successors” with self-exposing track-record are those who can’t really function as diksa gurus and unable to continue the guru parampara but actually block it for their followers.
1. The key point: it’s Srila Prabhupada himself who ordered ritvik initiations on his behalf to be maintained in the future, particularly when he is no longer with us
Now, these are proven facts that there was a coup and hijacking of ISKCON in the 1970s, poisoning of the acarya’s body, concealment of his instructions and unauthorized occupation of the guru position and further seizure of ISKCON assets, misinforming and misleading ISKCON followers by the hijackers. What kind of “continuation of parampara” can the renegades have? Dozens of punished and suspended bogus gurus, endless sex scandals related to them, etc. clearly prove the falsehood of their statements that they “continue the parampara.” This is one of their favorite slogans: “we have to continue the parampara,” which in fact is just a cover they use to veil their insubordination to Srila Prabhupada and all sorts of their absurd speculations, sahajiya deviations, etc., up to horrible crimes. It’s not Srila Prabhupada’s disciples/Prabhupadanugas/pro-ritviks who reject or stop parampara, it’s anti-ritviks who have turned the parampara institution into a mockery, and brought disgrace to ISKCON all over the world. From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step. Their own guru admitted: [Read More…]
prabhupadanugas
- Myth: “Ritvik initiations are against tradition”
- Pandava Nirjala Ekadasi
- Poison Issue
- Master Peace
- Myth: “Ritvik initiations are against sastra”
- Duly Noted
- Myth: “One cannot take shelter of Srila Prabhupada anymore, since he is param-guru”
- Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa as seated beneath a wish-fulfilling tree in Vṛndāvana on a throne decorated with valuable jewels
- Testify
- Myth: “Srila Prabhupada was unqualified guru if he couldn’t leave a pure devotee, a successor guru””
- An ocean of mercy
- Srila Prabhupada’s Exalted Hidden Glories: Shaktyavesha Avatara, Present Acharya, Current Link
- Myth:”Pro-ritvik devotees are like whimsical rioters who try to impose a revolution”
- Life Steps
- Myth: “Rivik initiations system is like rejected disciple Ekalavya”
- Free Wheelin
- Myth: “Ritvik system is Christianization of Vaisnavism”
- Down by the river
- Myth: “Ritvik initiation system is mayavada”
- Flag day
- Myth: “If we can accept Srila Prabhupada now then we can instead accept some previous acarya as our guru”
- Sri Madhavendra Puri’s Devotional Service
- Lecture by Srila Prabhupada on Sri Nrsimha-caturdasi (Appearance Day)
- Factual Analysis of Tusta Krsna Letter in Detail
- Myth:”There is no need to get authorization from one’s own guru to become the next diksa guru”
- Heliograph
- Myth: “Ritvik system disrupts guru-disciple relationship and ongoing supervision by guru”
- “I”nternal Documents
- Disappearance day of Sri Vrindavana dasa Thakura (tirobhava tithi)
- Myth: “There is strict sampradaya history of accepting only physically present gurus”
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