PADA: Why did ISKCON leaders remove this woman from ISKCON?
BY: B. RADHA-GOVINDA
May 03, Gita Nagari, Port Royal, PA —Regarding Gopavrndapala prabhu’s article regarding our lack of effectiveness in preaching Krishna consciousness:
Maybe it’s because we don’t present Krishna consciousness “As It IS.”
Krishna Himself says, it’s a rare soul who will seriously take to Krishna consciousness, (BG 7.3, 7.19), but if Krishna consciousness is not being presented as it is, as it’s supposed to be, and we’re instead giving some mish-mosh, then where will be those rare souls who will come if they’re looking for Krishna, Krishna Bhakti?
We don’t have to compromise anything regarding presentation of this Krishna Bhakti process, unless it’s we who want the compromise, using ISKCON and the facilities given by Srila Prabhupada, for our own sense gratification, (and that of our friends), rather than for the purposes Srila Prabhupada gave them development of Krishna Bhakti, and giving such a process for development of Bhakti to others. Krishna KNOWS where to send the jiva for what they desire, especially if and when they’re desirous of coming to Krishna: (CC 2.19.151)
Brahmanda bhahmite kona bhagyavan jiva guru krsna prasade paya bhakti lata bija
After all, Krishna is within the heart of the jiva, knowing our desires, (BG 15.15, 18.61), sitting along side as witness,
samane vrkse puruso nimagno nisaya socati muhyamanah
justam yada pasyaty anyam isam asya mahimanam iti vita sokah
When you have compromisers from ISKCON’s top, presenting a watered-down, materially compromised philosophy, with intent for doing business, of all levels, including making a name for oneself, getting position, (ever aspiring for a “bigger and better” one), fame, pratistha, trying to attract women (or men, even children), for sex, be it subtle or gross, and money making, you’re going to get compromisers, including the GCBs (green card beggars) who come to live in the temples where they can also be GBBs (green buck beggars), who “render service” for salary, and couldn’t care less about how haphazardly they “render their ‘service'” (sometimes their not even showing up to “render the service,” including offering the arotike, dressing the Deities, or cooking an offering. (And how many of these people are preaching, and if so, what??? Are they preaching the crows that Srila Prabhupada talked about who come to the USA looking for money…).
So this is what we have in so many of (or what were) Srila Prabhupada’s temples. Now they are like ghost towns, with Hinduized gobble d gook being passed out as Krishna consciousness, and a bunch of eaters, sleepers and maters living in the temples for their own sense gratification. (I’m not referring to any of the serious devotees who are living in the temples, but the sense gratifiers who are using Srila Prabhupada’s temples for their own materialistic purposes.)
When Srila Prabhupada’s books have been compromised – slaughtered by Jayadvaita and cronies – Bucks are the basis (of everything in present-day ISKCON), Purity is a farce, Preaching is business (or a nuisance), and Cheating is the principle, the GBC are Greedy Big Cheaters, and so many ISKCON gooroos are goats, dedicated to worshipping the genitals, how do you expect good people to be coming to take up Krishna consciousness?
Even so many of the good, older, serious devotees left this garbage to go practice Krishna consciousness in their own homes. The GBC is not encouraging devotee association but ass ociation.
And what about Radhanath – “big” “elevated” (puffed up) misrepresentative – with his garbage; the compromising “go along to get along” doing his interfaith wale and twirl-along singing and dancing for “God” – to “bring harmony” to the to the world. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada brought the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra. This guy sings “Kumbaya”.
Can you imagine Srila Prabhupada going along with this nonsense? “Yes, my disciple: You go along and join them. Let’s sing and dance along together and make peace for God.” (But we know that ISKCON devotees holds such a compromiser in “high esteem,” even glorifying such a nonsense compromiser as “a ‘pure’ devotee.” Go figure…)
You qouted Srila Prabhupada regarding how to spread Krishna consciousness: “Remain true to the authorities – Krishna, the great saints and acaryas – and everything you say will come out nicely…”
If our ITS GON leaders would have held on to Srila Prabhupada’s Lotus Feet, and followed His instructions, not that of their own materialistic desires, ISKCON would be preaching gloriously, but material desires grabbed hold of them, thus their holding on to Kali’s feet, and thus Kali’s entering into the ISKCON “gold,” his thus taking hold…
We have to remain faithful by our minds, words and actions to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s, and thus, Srila Prabhupada’s mission, otherwise how can we preach Their message effectively? By holding on to the Lotus Feet of Srila Prabhupada, living and preaching according to His guidance and instructions, we will attain Krishna consciousness, and it will be spread to others.
(CC 1.12.10) acaryera mata yei sei mata sara tanra ajna langhi cale sei ta asara
“The order of the spiritual master is the active principle in spiritual life. When one disobeys the order of the spiritual master he immediately becomes useless.”
Your servant,
B. Radha-Govinda
Hare Krishna
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