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BHAKTI CHARU
SWAMI'S "CURRENT LINK" BUNK
by Urdhvaga Das (ACBSP)
I would like to reply to Bhakticharu Swami's "Guru-Ashraya" paper.
This paper is severely lacking because it not only falls short of describing
"guru-tattva",
but mainly deals with forced re-initiation, already refuted in VVR #10. I will
not go into details here, because BCS's "guru-asraya" paper has already
been very scholarly refuted by different devotees; but I wonder why BCS hardly
mentions Srila Prabhupada, who is not only the example of the perfect guru,
but also the diksha and siksha guru of so many devotees? The essential point
in the "guru-asraya" paper is completely avoided by BCS, namely that any devotee can accept
Srila Prabhupada as his siksha guru and follow him directly through
his vani (books). Did BCS avoid this because Srila Prabhupada has gone
back to Godhead now and we need a new guru as the "current
link" to explain to us what Srila Prabhupada
really means to say regarding guru-tattva as described in Srimad-Bhagavatam?
Or how do we understand the following statement in the "guru-asraya"
paper:
"In order to receive the real message of Srimad Bhagavatam, one should approach the current link, or spiritual master, in the chain of disciplic succession."
Of course, one
has to understand the message of the Bhagavatam through the person Bhagavata.
That is why Srila Prabhupada wrote his own purports. Our Srimad Bhagavatam is
unique because the verses of the Bhagavatam are directly complemented with the
purports of Srila Prabhupada, who is the bonafide maha-bhagavata ; therefore,
the book Bhagavata and the person Bhagavata are combined in Srila Prabhupada's
Srimad Bhagavatam.
Therefore, there is no need for a third party, "the
so called current Iskcon links" to (mis)interpret
what Srila Prabhupada really means to say. Why is it that Srila Prabhupada's
books are no longer able to communicate directly to his readers? Didn't it work
with you BCS? Aren't they the Law books for the next 10,000 years? Otherwise,
what is the use of our mass book distribution if Srila Prabhupada is no longer
directly available through his books, but only through the interpretation of
so called current links? Srila Prabhupada himself said in his last words:
"There is nothing new to be said. What ever I had to say, I have already said in my books. Now you must try to understand them and continue with your endeavours. Whether I am present or not present doesn't matter. I'll always be with you in that way. (quoted from BTG, Vol. 13, 1-2)
But BCS concludes his paper as follows:
"Now that Srila Prabhupada is no longer
physically present, those who
truly take shelter of him are those who take shelter of his servants."
Bhakti Charu -
NO NO NO - you are nonsense - Prabhupada did NOT say we should take shelter
of his servants - NO - Prabhupada said we shoud take shelter in his
books and directly associate with him through his books.
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Reporter (2): What will happen to the movement in the United States when
you die?
Prabhupada: I WILL NEVER DIE.
Devotees: Jaya! Hari bol! (laughter)
Prabhupada: I SHALL LIVE From MY BOOKS, AND YOU
WILL UTILIZE.
Reporter (2): Are you training a successor?
Prabhupada: Yes, my Guru Maharaja is there. Where is my photo of Guru
Maharaja? I think... Here is.
He
reasons ill who tells that Vaishnavas die
When thou are living still in sound.
The Vaishnavas die to live
and living try to Spread a holy life around!
Indian Lady:
... is that spiritual master still guiding
after death?
Srila Prabhupada:
Yes, yes. Just like Krsna is guiding us, similarly spiritual master will
guide us. (General lectures, 69/09/23)
Devotee: Srila Prabhupada when you're not present with us , how is it possible to receive instructions? For example in questions that may arise...
SRILA PRABHUPADA:
Well the questions are answ... answers are there in my books.
(Morning Walk, Los Angeles, 13/5/73)
So utilise whatever time you find to make a
thorough study of my books. Then all your questions will be answered.
(Letter to Upendra, 7/1/76)
Every one of you must regularly read our books at least twice, in the morning and evening, and automatically all questions will be answered. ( Letter to Randhira, 24/01/70)
If I depart there is no cause for lamentation. I will always be with you through my books and orders. I will always remain with you in that way. (BTG 13:1-2, December 1977)
74-11-22
Letter: Bahurupa
In my books the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness is EXPLAINED FULLY so if
there is anything which you do not understand, then you simply have to read
again and again. By reading daily THE KNOWLEDGE WILL BE REVEALED TO YOU AND
BY THIS PROCESS YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE WILL DEVELOP.
Note: This clearly indicates that Srila Prabhupada's books are understood through their own potency, and that there is therefore no need for a physically present guru to understand the books. Our Srimad Bhagavatam is unique because the verses of the Bhagavatam are directly complemented with the purports of Srila Prabhupada, who is the bonafide maha-bhagavata ; therefore, the book Bhagavata and the person Bhagavata are combined in Srila Prabhupada's Srimad Bhagavatam. Therefore, there is no need for a third party, "the so called current Iskcon links" to (mis)interpret what Srila Prabhupada "really means to say". sic
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Conversations
Prabhupada: So I cannot speak. I am feeling very weak. I was to go to other
places like Chandigarh program, but I cancelled the program because the condition
of my health is very deteriorating. So I preferred to come to Vrndavana. If
death takes place, let it take here. So there is nothing to be said new. Whatever
I have to speak, I have spoken in my books. Now you try to understand it and
continue your endeavor. Whether I am present or not present, it doesn't matter.
73-11-25.
Letter: Cidananda
I should be returning to Los Angeles the last week of November and I should
be more than happy to see you there. Please always
try to remember me by my teachings and we shall always be together.
Just like I have written in the first publications of Srimad-Bhagavatam, "THE
SPIRITUAL MASTER LIVES FOREVER BY HIS DIVINE INSTRUCTION AND THE DISCIPLE LIVES
WITH HIM.", because I have always served my Guru Maharaja and followed His teachings
I am now even never separated from Him. Sometimes Maya may come and try to interfere
but we must not falter, we must always follow the chalked out path layed down
by the great acharya's and in the end you will see.
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Conversations
Prabhupada: So there is nothing to be said new. Whatever I have to speak, I
have spoken in my books. Now you try to understand it and continue your endeavor.
Whether I am present or not present, it doesn't
matter.
"I shall remain your personal guidance,
physically present or not physically, as I am getting personal
guidance from my guru maharaja" (Srila Prabhupada to Tamal Krishna, 14
July 1977)
Urdhvaga: We should not deceive ourselves into thinking that Iskcons
conditioned souls are infallible gurus. We rather should take shelter with Srila
Prabhupada, who is the perfect guru for all. He will never disappoint us. Srila
Prabhupada is still available for anyone who is sincere in his heart, but if
Prabhupad is substituted for ordinary souls posing as absolute gurus, then one
certaily will be deceived.
Srila Prabhupada's
ritvik instruction, outlined in his letter of July 9, addressed to all devotees
is self- explanatory and anyone can understand it whose brain substance is not
contaminated by bogus philosophy preached by Iskcons false successor acaryas,
self appointed faggots gurus worshiped in a homosexual
paedophile guru lineage. Religious propagandist and pseudo-gurus
disguised as devotees exploiting the members and assets of the society. -Demoniac
Kali-yuga disciples-
"There are many jealous people in the dress of Vaishnavas
in this Krishna Consciousness movement, and they should
be completely neglected. A false acarya may try to override a vaishnava
by a high-court decision, (2/3 hand vote) but Bhaktivinoda Thakura says that
he is nothing but a disciple of Kali-yuga." (CC.Madhy., Ch.1, Text 218
/ 220, purport)
"Srila Prabhupada: A devotee should have intelligence to know who is deviating. Surrender by your intelligence but don't surrender your intelligence." (SP to Bali Mardana, 1974)
BCS's "current
link philosophy" in support of "voted
in successor acaryas", with a "less
then liberated guru thesis" and a
"minimum
qualification theory", is completely
nonsensical in any context and is not confirmed by shastra and is a negation
of Srila Prabhupada's presence in his "vani".
It is simply the same old bogus philosophy which has caused so much chaos in
our movement.
These "guru-asraya papers"
are sastra-ninda, or a twisting of the Vedic philosophy, to suit BCS self-motivated
ends of being an exclusive current link. What TKG did on the gross platform
(Perverting the guru system), BCS is doing on the subtle platform (perverting
the philosophy). That BCS has more philosophical misconceptions than
TKG can be seen by the fact that he has become the judge, jury and executioner,
i.e., he has already proclaimed himself as guru, sastra and sadhu, by speculating
on and miss-interpreting the guru-tattva issue in his "guru-asraya"
paper; by comparing his god brothers to the Kesi demon; and by twisting sastra
and preaching bogus philosophy in support of current links, excluding Srila
Prabhupada as a non physical link.
Bhakti Charu
why are you stopping devotees from accepting Srila Prabhupada as guru? Are you
better then Srila Prabhupada? Why are you forcing devotees to accept
self-appointed, bogus Iskcon gurus, who fall down after some
time? Why can't they accept Srila Prabhupada, when he says he is with
us through his books? Or could it be, that devotees can't understand the books
anymore because Jayadvaita changed them?
It is heartbreaking to see how new disciples in Iskcon are forced to worship
their "present day living survivor
gurus" (who fall down after some time), being
denied direct access to and through Srila Prabhupada. Iskcon devotees have to
see their so called "current living
links" on the same platform as Srila Prabhupada,
infallible equal in all respect, with the same worship. Prabhupada is secondary
because he is not a living guru. It is such an impudence and arrogance of Iskcon
kanistha-gurus to teach their disciples such bogus philosophy.
New devotees are not even being allowed to accept Srila Prabhupada as their
siksha-guru, or instructing spiritual master, what to speak of diksa-guru, although
Srila Prabhupada says: "I'll always
be with you in that way". Isk con gurus are claiming
from their disciples both positions, to be their initiating as well as the instructing
guru. So where does Srila Prabhupada comes in? Is he not needed anymore?. Because
of BCS's philosophy: "Now
that Srila Prabhupada is no longer physically present........"
new devotees are forced to worship fallible gurus in a bogus current link sampradaya,
excluding Srila Prabhupada in the chain of disciplic succession.
Urdhvaga
das: Bhakticharu you are nonsense rascal No.
1, Kali-Chela pseudo devotee and false guru who preaches bogus philosophy, stealing
Prabhupadas disciples. You protect those who have poisoned our guru, keeping
quite, because of your rubber stamp guru certificate you received from them
in a homosexual re-coronation ceremony, supporting the vicious homosexual pedophile
worship "as good as God" lineage. We despise
you and spit on you. Pfui!
Srila Prabhupada: "I am practically seeing that as soon as they, our students, begin to learn a little Sanskrit, they immediately feel they have become more than their guru. Then the policy is to kill their guru and become guru themselves". "As soon as he learns that Guru Maharaj is dead, now I am so advanced I can kill guru and become guru. Then he is finished." (Srila Prabhupada 1976).
GURU CHEATING NOT EFFECTIVE (April 22.77).
Prabhupada: People complained against [a GBC for trying to appear as a guru].
...You become guru, but you must be QUALIFIED FIRST of all. THEN you become.
...What is the use of producing some RASCAL GURU?
Tamala Krishna: Well, I have studied myself
and all of your disciples, and it's clear fact that we are ALL CONDITIONED SOULS,
so we CANNOT BE gurus. MAYBE someday it may be possible....
Prabhupada: Hm. [agrees]
Tamala Krishna: ...but not now.
Prabhupada: Yes. I shall produce some gurus. I shall say who is guru,
'No you become acharya. You become authorized.' I retire completely. But the
training must be COMPLETE.
Tamala Krishna: The process of purification must be there. ...No rubber
stamp.
Prabhupada: You can cheat, but it will not be effective. Just see our
Gaudiya Matha. Everyone wanted to be guru. A small temple and "guru."
What kind of guru?
Srila Prabhupada:
We haven't got to manufacture. To manufacture ideas is troublesome. Why should
we take the trouble? And as soon as you want to manufacture something to my....,
that is DANGEROUS. ...That you are singing every day, "what our guru has
said, that is our life and soul." ...As soon as this POISON will come -suppress
guru and I become Brahman- everything FINISHED. Spiritual life is finished. Gaudiya
Matha finished, ...VIOLATED the orders of Guru Maharaja.
...And as soon as you manufacture, fall down. This manufacturing idea is
very, very dangerous in spiritual life. ...Our mission is to serve bhakta visesa
and live with devotees. NOT THAT YOU TAKE THE PLACE OF GURU. THAT IS NONSENSE,
VERY DANGEROUS. Then everything will be spoiled. As soon as you become AMBITIOUS
to TAKE THE PLACE of GURU-gurusuh nara matih. That is MATERIAL DISEASE.
Srila Prabhupada:
Don't be allured by cheap disciples. Go on steadfastly to render service first.
If you immediately become guru, then the service activities will be stopped; and
as there are so many cheap gurus and cheap disciples, without any substantial
knowledge, and manufacturing new sampradayas, and with service activities stopped,
and all spiritual progress choked up. (SPL (VI 1987) 68.8.17)
Srila
Prabhupada:
"This is the function of the GBC, to see that one may not be taken away by
maya. The GBC should all be the instructor gurus. I am the initiator guru,
and you should be the instructor guru by teaching what I am teaching
and doing what I am doing. This is not a title, but you must actually come to
this platform. This is what I want." (to Madhudvisa 4 Aug, 1975)
Srila
Prabhupada:
"I am the Spiritual Master
of this institution, and ALL the members of the Society, they're supposed
to be MY disciples. They follow the rules and regulations which I ask them
to follow, and they are INITIATED BY ME spiritually" - (Srila Prabhupada
Radio Interview, 12 March 1968, San Francisco)
Srila
Prabhupada:
"I wish that each and every branch shall keep their separate identity and cooperate
keeping the acharya in the center. On this principle we can open any number
of branches all over the world. The Rama Krishna mission works on this principle
and thus as an organization they have done wonderfully." (letter
11th Feb. 1967)
Srila Prabhupada:
He [Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati
Goswami Maharaja] never recommended anyone to be acharya of the Gaudiya Math....
If Guru Maharaja could have seen someone who was qualified at that time to be
acharya, he would have mentioned. Because on the night before he passed away he
talked of so many things, but never mentioned an acharya. Therefore
we may not commit the same mistake in our ISKCON camp. (Srila
Prabhupada, letter to Rupanuga das, April 28, 1974)
DEEPAK KI JAI
3 different people have responded to my request to Rama Kesava Das to support
his assumption that the word 'current link' means a physically present 'living
guru' with evidence from Srila Prabhupada. They are Ananda Das, Robert Newman
and Rama Kesava Das himself. Firstly Ananda Das wrote a lengthy article called
"Hundredfold hairsplitting cannot save Rtvik theory". Ananda Prabhu
however has helpfully summarised the contents of his article in an abstract. Extracts
from this abstract are given enclosed in speech marks " " thus, with
my response following underneath.
"ABSTRACT: Deepak Vohra declared that, absent proof, he would not approach an accessible, living guru, but attempt a theoretical relationship with a departed guru." I declared no such thing. My article was only two paragraphs long, in which I simply asked Rama Kesava prabhu to substantiate his speculation that 'current' means 'living'. Ananda needs to read what I actually wrote, and respond to that, instead of responding to some imaginary 'ritvik theory' he thinks I am proposing.
"Ananda das suggests that, even without specific words from Prabhupada requiring aspirants to approach a living guru, such is the clear intent of past practice, as well as of Prabhupada's books and numerous lectures." This is a contradiction. How can a 'clear intent' come from Srila Prabhupada's books and lectures unless expressed in SPECIFIC WORDS? Srila Prabhupada only ever communicates using words, and in order for them to express an intent which is 'clear', they must be 'specific' and clear, not vague and unclear. Yet Ananda prabhu says that this 'clear intent' is evidenced 'even WITHOUT SPECIFIC WORDS'.
"Book-initiation is a meaningless pretense, he says; one must apprentice with a guru capable of administering correction." No one as far as I know has ever proposed 'book initiation.' Certainly not I. Initiation must always be from a spiritual master, not a book. And this idea of 'apprenticing with a guru capable of administering correction', was never practiced by Srila Prabhupada, since he never MET the majority of his disciples, and thus they were never administered 'correction' personally in the capacity of being an apprentice.
So just from the abstract, Ananda prabhu: Makes it clear that he will not be responding to what I actually said, but instead he will answering imaginary 'straw man' 'ritvik theory' arguments. Contradicts the basis of his whole thesis, which is to prove that Srila Prabhupada expressed a clear and specific intent, by saying he did so without needing to use specific words; yet Srila Prabhupada only ever commuinicated via 'specific words' to express a 'clear intent'. He definitely did not use vague words to express something 'clear', and he certainly did not use sign language.
He also proposes a Guru-disciple model that was not practiced by Srila Prabhupada. And since Srila Prabhupada is an acarya, which means he teaches by example, we also know that whatever he did not practice, he did not teach either. Since the abstract gives the substance of the article, we can be sure that the article will not contain any material which will be relevant to either what I said, or what Srila Prabhupada taught, and hence is of no relevance to this debate. Indeed having read the article, I can confirm that all the points which Ananda prabhu makes can actually be responded to by regurgitating the above 3 points. I will give but one example:
Ananda prabhu opens his article by saying:
"Mr. Vohra persists in attributing great importance to the term "current link", declares that it must, a priori and forever into the future, only refer to the ISKCON Founder-Acharya Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, then "challenges" us to find in the "Vedabase" a sentence he himself invented." I never said the term 'current link' must refer to Srila Prabhupada 'forever into the future'. I only asked that Rama Kesava Prabhu substantiate his assertion about what HE declared the term meant.
I also did not ask anyone to find a sentence I invented. I asked Rama Kesava prabhu to substantiate a concept which HE invented, which is that 'current means living'. Rama Kesava prabhu said that "The words 'current link' clearly mean that we must approach a living guru, .". I simply asked where Srila Prabhupada states this speculation, since it was Srila Prabhupada who used the term 'current link', and we can only ascribe to it a meaning that Srila Prabhupada himself gives.
In this way the whole article can be responded to by simply repeating the 3 points made above, with which I responded to his abstract. I therefore humbly suggest that Ananda prabhu re-writes his article so that it both addresses what I actually said, and what Srila Prabhupada specifically said, thus making it of value to this discussion.
Next we come to Robert Newman and Rama Kesava Das's attempts to respond to my request that Rama Kesava Prabhu provide support from Srila Prabhupada to support his speculation that the words "current link' clearly mean that we must approach a living guru".
The reply from Mr. Robert Newman, agrees that no such support can be found from Srila Prabhupada's teachings. However, he states that such support is not necessary since it is a matter of "common sense" that "current link" must mean someone who is physically present. Another reply from Rama Kesava Prabhu also agrees that no such support can be found from Srila Prabhupada's teachings. He also agrees with Mr Newman that no such support is necessary. He gives a different reason however. He states that we can interpret the word "current link" to mean 'physically present', since this is what historical practice would teach us - i.e. all Diksa Gurus previously have been physically present.
However, neither of these methods - "common sense" and "historical practice" - have been sanctioned by Srila Prabhupada as the method by which to understand his words. Without such sanction, everyone can propose his own method by which to understand what Srila Prabhupada's words 'really' mean. Some even say we should understand Srila Prabhupada's words by interpreting them in line with current scientific evidence, or by having them double-checked by Narayana Maharaja etc. Everyone will have his own method. We already have two here from two different individuals. There is no end. That is why we need AUTHORITY from Srila Prabhupada that we can understand his words by a method other than - his words. So before we consider the arguments put forward by Mr Newman and Rama Kesava Das, we first need a statement from Srila Prabhupada sanctioning that their arguments are even valid. Then we can examine the actual arguments in more detail.
Thank You
Your servant,
Deepak
Charu Swami
you have said in the book NTIP Page-121,para-2 (quote) " Since I was one of Srila
Prabhupada's servants at that time, taking care of his food and medicines, according
to that book (Someone has Poisoned Me), I am naturally a suspect......" (unquote)
Yes, it was you who killed Prabhupada by offering him (out of ignorance?) poisonous
food and milk which Tamal and Bhav have prepared with arsenic.
However, in the Toronto meeting referred to above, BCS did get an opportunity
to reveal how he is the master of hypocrisy par excellence. We have exposed in
previous IRM newsletters how BCS will say one thing which people want
to hear, but PRACTICE something completely different. Like re-naming his Vyasa-Puja
festival the 'Srila Prabhupada Memorial Festival', but still managing
to squeeze in lavish worship for himself in the middle of this so-called 'Srila
Prabhupada Memorial Festival'! The following are some more gems that fell out
of his mouth at the meeting:
a)
"Like some individuals are very open, like Bhakti Marg Maharaja, he is kind of,
even, he was telling me yesterday when he gives initiation he tells his disciples
that you are actually Prabhupada's disciple and I am taking care of you, trying
to help you to become engaged in Srila Prabhupada's mission. Now that's actually
the crux of the whole thing, that if everybody understands and make that point
clear to their disciples then I think that a lot of our problems will be solved."
(Bhakti Caru Swami)
Here
BCS states that he agrees with Bhakti Marg Swami that AT INITIATION the disciple
must be told that they are actually SRILA PRABHUPADA's disciple. To tell the disciple AT
INITIATION that they are Srila Prabhupada's disciples is of course 'hard-core
ritvik' and goes much further than even the watered-down 'officiating
acarya' proposal which was put to him at the Toronto Meeting! Yet BCS does NOT
do this himself, but rather continues to agree with the rest of the GBC that the
idea that at initiation the initiate becomes Srila Prabhupada's disciple
is a most dangerous, deviant and heretical idea. He also of course continues to relate
with 'his disciples' as if they are HIS disciples and NOT Srila Prabhupada's -
Guru daksina (monetary offerings meant for the genuine Guru), regular Guru-puja,
Vyasa-puja offerings and celebrations etc.
b)
"After Harikesa fell down in 1998, in 1999 I proposed that it's obvious that
we are going in the wrong direction. Now, when you go wrong , when you know you're
going in the wrong direction, what do you do? You stop to find the right way.
So for the time-being, let's stop giving initiation and find out what is actually
the problem and what is the solution to this problem, whether we can find a solution
and until then, let us stop. And then in simple words even my friend were, sort
of, er, kind of, er, became rather negative."
(Bhakti Caru Swami)
He
claims after Harikesa fell down in 1999 he agreed ISKCON's Gurus were going
in the wrong direction and they should STOP initiating, and figure out the right
thing to do. Of course, BCS himself did NOT stop giving initiation, but rather,
by his own words, 'continued going in the wrong direction', something which he
continues to do to this very day.
c)
"Yes, I agree, to begin with, I think at the beginning I said our main problem
was introducing a defective initiation system. And that defective system may have
been watered down to some extent but its still prevailing."
(Bhakti Caru Swami)
But
this 'defective initiation system' which is 'still prevailing, is the very same
one which BCS continues to practice with vigour. Just last week, BCS performed
a whole bunch of initiations at Bhaktivedanta Manor in England.
d)
"Like in 1987, although we had a reform, after so many gurus fell down, there
was a fifty man committee was formed and there was reform it was not actually,
at least my perception is that it was not actually a reform. It was kind of watering
down the same misconception and continuing. Like what we did was we appointed
some more gurus and opened up the world for anybody to initiate wherever he wanted.
Whereas previous to that it was a kind of zonal acarya? So that I think is the
main mistake where we started, that took place after Srila Prabhupada's disappearance
that has never been properly rectified."
(Bhakti Caru Swami)
Here
BCS openly admits that the zonal acarya Guru hoax of 1978-1987 was NOT reformed.
He admits that the main mistake has never been properly rectified i.e. it is still
continuing today. Yet for the last 17 years he has made ZERO
attempt to rectify this deviation, and instead he has continued 'going
in the wrong direction', vigorously practising and promoting this same 'watered
down' misconception. Rather, he HAS been very active in trying to suppress
those who have been trying to 'properly rectify this 'main mistake' - the IRM.
e)
"Like I noticed that the first ones to leave the movement were the leading devotees
who did not become initiating spiritual masters. Like, er, to name a few, like
Acutyananda, Gurukrpa, Gargamuni. Like they were all leading devotees but they
didn't become gurus. Many of them were GBCs and then we noticed that those who
did not support the gurus, they were systematically driven out of the movement."
(Bhakti Caru Swami)
And
guess who was one of those who supported the Gurus while they 'systematically'
drove these devotees out of the movement? The person who DID support the Gurus
and hence did NOT get thrown out? Yes, Bhakti Caru Swami.
f)
"And personally I felt that it was becoming fragmented because Prabhupada's
position hasn't been properly established. Theoretically we may have established
but we haven't practically applied it. Like one of the main things is that we
have to understand is that in ISKCON everything belongs to Srila Prabhupada, not
only the assets and properties belong to Srila Prabhupada, but even the individuals
also belong to Srila Prabhupada. [...] And everything moving and non-moving, as
they say, belongs to Srila Prabhupada."
(Bhakti Caru Swami)
If
everything belongs to Srila Prabhupada, then obviously so do the disciples. Yet
BCS is still initiating like crazy trying to scoop up as many disciples as possible
for himself. If he truly believed everything belonged to Srila Prabhupada then
he would hand all his disciples back to Srila Prabhupada - not be rushing around making
more for himself!
g)
"But after Prabhupada left, we actually started a philosophy or started an understanding,
that now Srila Prabhupada is gone, and now the gurus, mainly the diksa gurus,
are the sole responsibility of their disciples. Now, had it been a situation where
the institution wasn't there, then probably that could have been the case but
generally that was the old traditional understanding in India that the guru leaves
the planet and the disciple initiates and then it is that guru's responsibility
to guide his disciples. But ISKCON was something very different from that. Like
those situations are when an individual opens an ashram, and has a few disciples
personally training them and they were in this way responsible for their spiritual
life. But when you look at ISKCON, there you can see that it's an institution,
it's a worldwide international organization with so many centres, so many devotees,
and this structure has been created by Srila Prabhupada."
(Bhakti Caru Swami)
Again
here BCS is saying the very opposite of what he is doing. The very reason the
GBC give for propping up their unauthorised Guru system is that "the guru leaves
the planet and the disciple initiates and then it is that guru's responsibility
to guide his disciples." The same system BCS practises. BCS is however correct
in saying that in ISKCON there was another "structure created by Srila Prabhupada".
It was known as the ritvik system and was clearly documented in writing in many
places, and is the very system that BCS does NOT follow!
In
summary, this has to be one of the most brazen displays of hypocrisy ever witnessed.
BCS admits that what is going on in ISKCON today, and hence what he is doing,
is WRONG - but he continues to do it anyway.
He
admits they should have stopped initiating in 1999 - but HE didn't.
He
admits that the correct thing is to say to the disciples they are Srila Prabhupada's
disciples, since everything in ISKCON belongs to Srila Prabhupada anyway - but
HE doesn't do this.
Rather
he carries on initiating, taking more and more worship, daksina and disciples.
It seems in today's ISKCON you can say any damn thing and get away with it. You
can admit that everything I am doing is wrong, but I am still going to do
it anyway, and like all good cults, no one takes a blind bit of notice. In the
meantime, Srila Prabhupada's movement continues to disintegrate due to the 'defective'
'main mistake' initiation system that BCS agrees is wrong but still practises
anyway, while assisting the suppression of the 'everyone is Srila Prabhupada's
disciple' system which he agrees is correct.
Bhakti
Charu - The master of hypocrisy continues to surpass himself!
[Pada: Bhakti Caru swami was "voted in as a guru" at the 1986 recoronation
ceremony of the GBC's homosexual pedophile "guru" Bhavananda. He was so anxious
to get his guru certificate from the pedophile's sabha, and at that time they
also said that Kirtanananda is like Jesus, while he was covered with the hands
of fifty boys while BCS sat there chanting "Jaya Bhatipada" (the molester guru)
along with the GBC.
BCS not only acquesced he fully endorsed the enforced cult ritualistic worship
of homosexual pedophiles, lets not forget, the GBC reports of Bhavananda's acitivities
showed that he was having HOMO sex in the holy dham. So if you BCS, then you
are certified as guru at the recoronation of homosexual pedophiles, posing as
Vishnupada, who are having butt sex, and then you are a pure butt sex guru-ophile,
and you are Bhakti Caru, we agree, he is butt sex guru (with kids) certified.
He also says, even today, that those of us who tried to protect the kids from
his butt sex guru project are "ritvik deviants" since he is proud he got so
many kids molested. For any questions please write to:
pada@neteze.com
--thanks pd]