By Bhakti Ananda Goswami
April 2, Vrindavan, India — Hare Krishna! Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga ki jaya! Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
So many devotees gave their entire lives, including their families, and were plundered, neglected, abused and rejected by their non-Prabhupada “Leaders” in the visible corporate ISKCON. Many are still giving their all, and still being plundered, neglected, abused and/or rejected by some of the “Leaders” in corporate visible ISKCON. But there is the actual spiritual ISKCON that is invisible and inclusive of the devotees who have been rejected / ejected from the visible Institution.
Of course there is an over-lapping between the visible legal corporate ISKCON and the invisible ISKCON. Certainly Srila Prabhupada knows who is and who is not a member of HIS invisible, spiritual ISKCON.
Unfortunately it is the visible ISKCON that has legal control over who gets a room in the Holy Dhama and Prasadam or not, or who gets recognition and help in their preaching work or not, or who gets the education that they were promised or not, etc.
The visible ISKCON institution seems much more concerned with spending millions of dollars in court battles fighting other devotees and building gigantic projects than it seems to be concerned about taking proper care of the devotees whose lives it abused, used up and threw-out like some kind of trash.
When the visible ISKCON gets its moral priorities in proper order, by finally doing justice to the devotees that it has ab-used and discarded, then it will finally properly honor and please Srila Prabhupada.
Some of the neglected and abused Gurukulis who did not get a proper education, or even basic care to start with, have been profoundly dis-advantaged for the rest of their lives. Other adult devotees lost their most productive years ‘working’ for ISKCON, to the point of destroying their health, and now have no retirement security at all, and are completely shunned and neglected by ISKCON. When the powerful persons who actually control ISKCON decide to properly honor such devotees, ISKCON will become all that Srila Prabhupada wanted it to be.
As long as corporate ISKCON puts ANYTHING before the welfare of the devotees, it will be betraying Srila Prabhupada, who LOVED his disciples, and wanted only the very best of simple sattvic living and high thinking for them.
pamho prabhus
agtACBSP,
Present GBC might think that way, they’ve made a clever coup by engaging thousands of devotees to establish global ISKCON. And, after pioneer work is done, kick them all out and privatize buildings and properties. Their logic: “Since these devotees are brahmins, they are educated to tolerate”.
As usual, conditioned souls reckon without host. Fate will catch up with them. To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction.
Prabhupada: “Why my problem? Krishna can know how to solve problem. So we have no problem practically. Krishna’s problem. Krishna will see to it. Just like Arjuna was encouraged that nimitta-matram bhava savyasacin. “You don’t worry about your victory. I have already arranged.” So we should have such faith and conviction and let us try. Let us do very sincerely and seriously. Then everything Krishna will do. I haven’t got to do anything.”
Krishna will surely arrange to change present invisible iskcon to be visible again as in the early days of Matchless Gift era where the whole world could live with SRILA PRABHUPADA as the only eternal well wisher, jagat guru, and best friend in charge to deliver the fallen souls of this age.
SRILA PRABHUPADA ki jai
agtys
ys a.c. seva das
haribol
By (Saint) George this Bhakti Ananda Goswami really is a Goswami!!!
Everyone should attempt to peruse and comprehend even a fraction of his magnificent body of work.
Blessings to this incredible devotee with such a big heart and mind!
Lord Krishna ki jaya!
Lord Ananta Balarama ki jaya!
Glory to Srila Prabhupada!
Why would they kick them out – they have them as slaves forever – they will only kick those who ask questions.
“Slaves forever”
Prabhupada: “No, this is not slave mentality. This is actual liberation, because our constitutional position is to remain. We are servant of Krishna.”
This is the way of karmi thinking, exploit and throwaway, at one point a worker is exhausted, has to be replaced.. GBC says, thousands of devotees asked the wrong questions, therefore we had to get rid of them.