WHAT IS ISKCON?

ISKCON – FISKCON – MISKCON – ITSACON – OR – ITSGONE ?

Srila Prabhupada: “At the present moment in our ISKCON campus, politics and
diplomacy has entered. Some of my beloved students, on whom I counted very, very much,
have been involved in this matter, influenced by Maya.” (Letter to Uddhava, 7-27-70)

What is ISKCON?
According to Srila Prabhupada’s above statement the present ISKCON is a political diplomatic campus, run by students influenced by Maya!

This statement of Prabhupada implies that Krishna has left ISKCON and Maya has taken over. The ISKCON you see today is not the same as envisioned by Srila Prabhupada. It might look like it, but it is not, (it is a con), and Śrīla Prabhupāda nor Krishna are inside of it any longer.

Definition of ISKCON
Prabhupāda: ISKCON. That is a short-cut of “International Society for Krishna Consciousness.” (conversation march 9, 1974)

International society for Krishna Consciousness is an interesting name chosen by Prabhupāda. He could have called it Krishna Consciousness Society International, or by any other Name. However his chosen name is so perfect, that it leaves no space for the flickering mind, to misunderstand or misinterpret the meaning of this movement.

As instructed by Prabhupāda, ISKCON is an international society for Krishna Consciousness. A society in which we can practice Krishna consciousness and help others to become Krishna conscious, by following the instructions of Krishna, given to us by His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.

Societies practicing and propagating anything other than love of Godhead, Krishna Consciousness, under the guidance of Prabhupāda, are not ISKCON.

The purpose of ISKCON according to Srila Prabhupāda
(a) To systematically propagate spiritual knowledge to society at large and to educate all peoples in the techniques of spiritual life in order to check the imbalance of values in life and to achieve real unity and peace in the world. » more here «

It is obvious that ISKCON has been infiltrated and being used by a nefarious society of leaders and followers, to discredit the real purpose of ISKCON as given by his Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. ISKCON is also being used freely to imply something which it’s not. This is done purposefully by these offenders, and pretenders, and sometimes mistakenly by others.

The topic ISKCON is not only an interesting one, but also one that causes great concern. Here are some statements from differen devotees, with different realisations, regarding ISKCON:

ISKCON is full of unsavory social & sexual deviants.
It appears clear to me, Iskcon provides safe refuge, and a smoke screen for perverts & violent devotees with psychopathic & sociopathic characteristics, to act out unwell atrocities against women and children.

ISKCON is considered an apasampradāya.
For those of you who are attached to living in ignorance, ISKCON is considered as good as an apa-sampradāya by many genuine Vaiṣṇavas from the other sampradāyas. They don’t care to read our literatures, because they have rejected the movement by observing its deeply pitiable condition and that of its inhabitants, especially the Gurus. They have a solid culture and they know what the real standards are. ISKCON has become a laughing stock within the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava sampradāya.

ISKCON is demoniac
Considering the ISKCON child abuse, exploitation of women, the poisoning of the Founder Acharya and changing his books, all these are certainly demoniac. The ISKCON society leaders, consisting of bogus gurus, preach perverted philosophy and behave like demons. If a society is run by demoniac people, than what becomes of the society? Abuse, cover-ups, deviations and hypocrisy are ever-expanding in todays ISKCON.

ISKCON infiltrated by Demons
and tossed out Srila Prabhupada’s exact, strict instructions for His ISKCON, and now we see a changed ISKCON… Prabhupada’s preaching is compromised in ISKCON. Prabhupada disciples are in danger of being banned for speaking his truth of His movement… simply for speaking his words. For example, if we speak about the Women’s Lib movement being bogus, now we are labeled ‘Taliban’! Makes one wonder seriously what kind of people join ISKCON, then disrespect Srila Prabhupada’s exact words and instructions, and cause dissent and doubt and disrespect for his words. They question him and do not take seriously his words on so many topical issues. They refute the Vedic versions, but still call themselves ‘ISKCON devotees’?

ISKCON disobeying Srila Prabhupada
There are many example of compromises in ISKCON that are borderline demonic. What happened and is happening now in ISKCON is disobeying Srila Prabhupada! Is that not one of the ten offences to chanting the Holy Names? To disobey the orders of the Spiritual Master or consider him an ordinary man? We see ongoing, compromise, changes, deviations, lackluster preaching to the Indians and the public in our temples in the West.

ISKCON The great sinister movement
Srila Prabhupada said in his Letter to Hamsaduta: “Regarding the poisonous effect in our Society, it is a fact and I know where from this poison tree has sprung up and how it affected practically the whole Society in a very dangerous form. But it does not matter. Prahlada Maharaja was administered poison, but it did not act. Similarly Lord Krsna and the Pandavas were administered poison and it did not act. I think in the same parampara system that the poison administered to our Society will not act if some of our students are as good as Prahlada Maharaja. I have therefore given the administrative power to the Governing Body Commission. (GBC) …. You are also one of the members of the GBC, so you can think over very deeply how to save the situation. It is a fact however that the great sinister movement is within our Society.  …. I have not heard anything from Krsna das or Syamasundara., so all of you may try to save the Society from this dangerous position.” [Srila Prabhupada Letter to: Hamsaduta 2 September, 1970]

Srila Prabhupada is very precise with his usage of words and he says the word “movement” which is not just one or two individuals. In fact not just a movement but THE GREAT SINISTER MOVEMENT. Srila Prabhupada herein says, that there is another movement within our movement. That means there is another IskCon within Iskcon. So, Srila Prabhupada clearly differentiates between two types of Iskcon (another movement within our movement) So we actually have two Iskcons, but the other Iskcon is the great sinister movement, as Srila Prabhupada stated. And He again says: THAT IS A FACT.

They will want to crush down this movement. So this will be up to Him. Krsna or Krsna’s movement, the same thing. And Krsna was attempted to be killed by Kamsa class of men and his company, the demons. So it will be there; it is already there. Don’t be disappointed, because that is the meaning that it is successful. Krsna’s favor is there, because Krsna and Krsna’s movement is not different, nondiff…, identical. So as Krsna was attempted to be killed, many, many years before He appeared… At eighth child, if the mother produces child yearly, still ten years, eight years before His birth, the mother was to be attempted to be killed. So there may be attempt like that. And Lord Jesus Christ was killed. So they may kill me also. [Srila Prabhupada Room Conversation, May 3, 1976, Honolulu]

ISKCON’S KALI CHELA’S
Many Iskcon devotees adopt artificial vaisnava-identities – or as Bhaktivinoda says: kali-chelas – and they deceive themselves and others. They are just hypocrites. And Iskcon has lots of them. Yes, you are right: the problem is that NONE of these people are honest, and they want to uphold some IMAGE, rather than be real humble people who are struggling and striving like so many other people, to develop their Krishna consciousness. THE MAJOR problem in ITS GON is the pretentiousness and conceit of the devotees, starting from the leaders: yad yad acarati sresthas… down to the ordinary devotee: trinad api sunicena… They are trying to live up to some false image of a great “pure devotee” and other devotees are also trying to live in some false image of themselves as being so “advanced”. Thus, because so many people are being FALSE about where they REALLY are at, there are so many problems. So discrimination and common sense is always needed to understand who is who.

Has ISKCON Been Infiltrated By Kali-Chelas?
It is now well established that the GBC and their Gurus have deviated from the instructions of His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda and established their own corporate organization in place of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s ISKCON. Therefore the organization that we believe to be Śrīla Prabhupāda’s ISKCON is not in fact ISKCON but is an entirely different organization than the one that Śrīla Prabhupāda founded in the sixties and seventies.
Their [the GBC’s] real motive for doing this is not disclosed but their methodology and techniques are typical of any infiltrative movement which seeks to co-opt or destroy another organization and not that of naïve but sincere seekers of the truth who are loyal to His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Śrīla Prabhupāda. We may naively and/or hopefully think that this could never happen to us, especially to us… to Śrīla Prabhupāda… but we simply have to face the stark fact that it has happened and it has happened to us… » more here «

ISKCON Pseudo Vaiṣṇavas
“Unfortunately, in this Age of Kali there are many mundane persons in the dress of Vaiṣṇavas, and Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has described them as disciples of Kali.”

CC Madhya 1.220, Translation and Purport:
In accordance with the instructions of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the two brothers, Rūpa and Sanātana, immediately touched the lotus feet of these Vaiṣṇavas, who all became very happy and congratulated the two brothers for having received the mercy of the Lord.

This behavior is indicative of real Vaiṣṇavas. When they saw that Rūpa and Sanātana were fortunate enough to receive the mercy of the Lord, they were so pleased that they all congratulated the two brothers. A jealous person in the dress of a Vaiṣṇava is not at all happy to see the success of another Vaiṣṇava in receiving the Lord’s mercy. Unfortunately, in this Age of Kali there are many mundane persons in the dress of Vaiṣṇavas, and Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has described them as disciples of Kali. He says, kali-celā.

He indicates that there is another Vaiṣṇava, a pseudo Vaiṣṇava with tilaka on his nose and kaṇṭhī beads around his neck. Such a pseudo Vaiṣṇava associates with money and women and is jealous of successful Vaiṣṇavas. Although passing for a Vaiṣṇava, his only business is earning money in the dress of a Vaiṣṇava.

Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura therefore says that such a pseudo Vaiṣṇava is not a Vaiṣṇava at all but a disciple of Kali-yuga. A disciple of Kali cannot become an ācārya by the decision of some high-court. Mundane votes have no jurisdiction to elect a Vaiṣṇava ācārya. A Vaiṣṇava ācārya is self-effulgent, and there is no need for any court judgment. A false ācārya may try to override a Vaiṣṇava by a high-court decision, but Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura says that he is nothing but a disciple of Kali-yuga.

ISKCON’S spiritual master business
“By a false display of religious sentiments, they present a show of devotional service while indulging in all sorts of immoral activities. In this way, they pass as spiritual masters and devotees of God. . . to mislead the people in general, they themselves become so-called acharyas, but they do not even follow the principles of the acharyas.  These rogues are the most dangerous elements in human society. Because there is no religious government, they escape punishment by the law of the state. They cannot, however, escape the law of the Supreme, Who has clearly declared in the Bhagavad-gita that envious demons in the garb of religious propagandists shall be thrown into the darkest regions of hell. Sri Isopanisad confirms that these pseudo religionists are heading toward the most obnoxious place in the universe after the completion of their spiritual master business, which they conduct simply for sense gratification.” (Sri Isopanisad, Mantra Twelve, purport)

ISKCON’s history
We have seen over the last few years a groundswell of public opinion on how ISKCON has been taken over by so-called devotees who have used and abused Srila Prabhupada’s name and his movement, ISKCON, to their personal advantage. At this point in ISKCON’s history we must focus our attention on the issues relating to the hostile takeover of ISKCON by individuals who have proven time and time again to not have Srila Prabhupada or his true followers’ best intentions at heart.

Two ISKCONs are in existence today.
One is the true ISKCON, which is Srila Prabhupada’s gift to us. The other one is what I prefer to term “FISKCON” or Fraudulent ISKCON. This FISKCON is the creation of individuals who have “hijacked” the true ISKCON and have corrupted it to meet their own agenda. The basis of this FISKCON is a “CON”, a lie. They have no authority to be in control of the true followers of ISKCON or to represent its Founder/Acarya, Srila Prabhupada. » more here «

What’s So ISKCON About “ISKCON”?

How can poison, administered to a healthy body, be called one with that body?  Is TM automatically one with the Krishna Consciousness movement because both entities are based upon teachings initially imported from India?  Let us return to a previous question: Is ISKCON one? Depending upon how you understand and answer it, the response can be in either the affirmative or the negative. Can the corruption element now dominating the movement (which we refer to as “ISKCON”) be considered one with ISKCON?

We cannot agree with such a questionable idea, as it is both nonsensical and dangerous.  The duality of ISKCON and “ISKCON” has been known for years: Some have called the latter upa-ISKCON, some have called it GBC/ISKCON, others FISKCON, others IT’S-GONE, others IT’S-A-CON, others MISKCON, etc.

We choose to call it the fabricated, so-called “ISKCON”.

As such, there is ISKCON and there is “ISKCON”.  They are as different as the highest heaven and the lowest hell.  Now, is ISKCON one?  Well, yes it is—as long as you do not include “ISKCON” in it.

Do not disingenuously claim that all of this is gibberish, too difficult to understand.  It must be understood!  It may be difficult to accept, but it is not difficult to comprehend.  Check that: It is impossible for the fanatics to understand—but we are not writing this article for them.

When His Divine Grace talked about “another ISKCON” in the spiritual world, he was not introducing something at all compatible with “ISKCON.”  Instead, he was talking about just what he says it will be: Another ISKCON.  It won’t at all be like “ISKCON,” and, as far as that goes, it will also be quite different from what ISKCON was as well.

This issue is not utopian; it is practical.  We are not talking about existential difficulties here; we are talking about intentional deviation that continues unchecked.  Personally, I would prefer writers to at least use quotation marks around the acronym when they criticize it as a corrupt entity.  Things were not utopian when ISKCON was functioning in a bona fide way—there were problems regularly, some of them severe—but, back in the day, the spiritual connection was always there.

Such is not the case anymore when it comes to the covering and corrupting influence of the “ISKCON” Boyclub, especially when considering its core GBC.  In summation, ISKCON is one, and “ISKCON” actually has nothing to do with it.  ISKCON is Srila Prabhupada, and since this is so, your author personally prefers to think of Srila Prabhupada rather than the acronym.  The triumphalists have a conception on the other side of the spectrum, but, let me assure both them and you—barring their being able to secure an unlikely government takeover—that “ISKCON” will not spread its vitiated propaganda to every town and village of the world.  Lord Caitanya’s movement will be spread—that is sure and certain—but that will never be accomplished by “ISKCON”.

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