ARE GURUS
DEMONS?
1996/11/19
According to Srila Prabhupada the founder of ISKCON, the first principle of
Krishna consciousness is to accept and worship a bona fide pure devotee guru
[acharyopasana]. This eternal principle is not at all unlike the first
step in Christianity: that we must accept Jesus as Gods
pure represent-ative [i.e. as our guru] in order to proceed any further.
Next, we become what we worship. Therefore Srila Prabhupada constantly
warns, we must worship the factual pure devotee [guru] in order to become pure
ourselves. Moreover, those who worship the still-conditioned guru
will have numerous difficulties according to the scriptures.
There are elaborate warnings in Krishna consciousness that, in the physical
absence of the factually pure devotee, one who is less qualified should never
imitate, and accept worship, meant for the highest guru.
Therefore the imitative gurus often have difficulties. Srila Prabhupada
states that when a neophyte accepts sins [as a guru: di ksha]
hell become very sickly or even fall away from serving God, as weve
witnessed in countless episodes with ISKCONs new gurus.
Some of them have had mysterious headaches for twenty years, because
they violate this principle. Imitator gurus are also severely condemned
in scripture as being the most dangerous elements in human society,
who are destined for the most obnoxious regions of hell. [Sri Isopanisad]
Thus, the guru one worships must be free from all material inebriety, such as
committing mistakes, illusion, cheating and sensory imperfections. In short,
he must be a resident of Gods abode, Srila Prabhupada insists.
Therefore, Srila Prabhupada gave systematic instructions about how to continue
the worship of his pure devotee guru lineage in his physical absence. He created
a Governing Body Commission [GBC] and he instructed them to act
merely as a managerial board that would administrate the mission,
and continue his worship, on his behalf.
Srila Prabhupada gave specific warnings that the GBC members should not imitate
liberated gurus. This imitation had produced a long and sordid history of havoc,
such as fraud, scandals, homosexual gurus, beatings, murder, and so on, as occurred
in a Krishna movement in the 1930s.
Despite such dire warnings from Srila Prabhupada some GBC leaders boldly claimed
that they were fully pure gurus [like Jesus]. However, as some alleged gurus
gradually engaged in more and more abominable activities, even homosexual pedophilia,
the GBC responded by producing reams of rationalization documents proving
that the eternal guru may become engaged in deviations as: illicit
sex with men, women and maybe children, criminal activities, eating steaks,
even conspiracy to commit murder. In sum, they allegedly proved
that gurus may act like demons.
However, no bona fide guru or scripture would agree with such gurus.
Even the Satan worshippers do not openly make a claim that a person like
Jesus might be having sex with children. Yet the GBCs gurus
produce various documents asserting that their Jesus gurus may be
such demons.
Their idea was recently posted by an ISKCON guru on an ISKCON Internet
page, i.e. GBCs gurus may sometimes engage in: illicit
sexual intercourse with both men, women and possibly children as well.
[guru position paper by ISKCONs spokesman Jayadvaita
swami].
Almost simultaneously another ISKCON newsletter Pritilakshanam stated
in their May 1996 issue: Lets pray together that leaders [i.e. gurus]
weak and compassion and courage (an abuser my be your best friend or even your
spiritual master) are eliminated from position of authority. [i.e. the
GBCs gurus might be child or woman abusers.]
This is absurd. A pure as Jesus guru is none of the above. Hes
not spiritually weak or lacking in compassion or courage. Hes also not
a homosexual, a child beater, a sexual predator of children, and so on. Moreover,
a guru who is like Jesus is not eliminated from his position
of authority by the popular votes of the congregation or Church managers
as is suggested herein. Gurus are not established by ecclesiastical votes.
While Srila Prabhupada was physically present, anyone who would have stated
that eternal gurus may become cheaters, demons, disciple abusers, child
molesters and criminals, or they might give their disciples AIDS, [etc.]
would have been IMMEDIATELY removed from ISKCON by Srila Prabhupada, his then
GBC, and his sincere followers.
However, nowadays the exact opposite is true, those of us who do not agree with
current ISKCON management that the eternal guru may be, or
may become, a child sex predator, a demon [etc.] are often shunned, banned,
formally excommunicated, even threatened with physical violence by the
gurus or their fanatical followers. In other
the words the current GBC imposes the diametrical exact opposite standards of
guru which Srila Prabhupada had taught up till 1977.
For example, Srila Prabhupada states, in numerous citations, that the eternal
guru must be situated beyond the realm of material attraction, especially from
mundane sex life [kama].And since ISKCON made a GBC resolution to have all members
checked for AIDS, when are we going to see the results, especially for their
alleged gurus?
Srila Prabhupada also describes that the bona fide guru [or factual link in
the guru succession or parampara] is situated or fixed in his eternal position
of service to God or Krishna. This is sometimes called bhava-bhakti. Similarly,
the guru is also eternal [sad-guru]; hes free from all material attachments
[anartha nivritti]; hes able to eternally liberate others [paragam]; hes
serving the intimate associates of God, sometimes called the gopis.[nikunja
yuno]; hes qualitatively like God [shaksad hari tvena], hes situated
as the highest devotee [uttama adhikari]; hes a resident of Gods
spiritual abode Krishna loka, and so on.
Moreover, Srila Prabhupada states that anyone who considers that the bona fide
guru is subject to mundane contamination is committing a grievous spiritual
offense [gurusuh narah matih ..naraka sah] i.e., that anyone who thinks that
the eternal guru is conditioned like an ordinary man is a resident of hell [narakah].
How did the 5,000 year tradition of pure gurus transform into a lineage with
demons with a sexual appetites for men, others wives, even children
in ISKCON? Here are a few brief facts:
* In 1978 the GBC claimed that
eleven of them had been appointed as gurus, yet it was well
known at that time that some of these alleged gurus were still attracted to
sense gratification, even homosexual activities.
[Srila Prabhupada consistently and adamantly states that bona fide gurus are
not ecclesiastically appointed and moreover, he said in November 1977 that he
was not going to appoint any successor gurus himself.]
* SIMULTANEOUSLY in 1978 the GBC began consulting with the known
founding father of a homosexual guru fiasco in India as their new
spiritual guide on the guru issue. Srila Prabhupada had warned that
this advisors party were severe offenders and
moreover that this advisors homosexual guru fiasco ruined
the entire Krishna movement in India and that we should be very careful not
to consult with this specific individual.
* SIMULTANEOUSLY the GBC hid, lost or perhaps in some cases destroyed, important
documents [there are also numerous strange gaps in their documents]
especially where Srila Prabhupada instructed his followers that he would not
appoint gurus, that they should not visit the advisor, [such as ALL of his thousands
of letters, most of his 1977 conversations, etc.]
* SIMULTANEOUSLY the GBC severely represses those who do not agree that they
are gurus. Devotees who ask questions are shunned, repressed, banned,
harassed, threatened, even beaten. Some were killed.
* SIMULTANEOUSLY the GBC systematically eliminates the followers of Srila Prabhupada
who object to the worship of their homosexual and pedophile tinged guru
lineage. The worshippers of Srila Prabhupada are often branded by most GBC members
as fallen, envious, rascals, liars, demons, poison snakes, etc.
[GBCs have incited violent rhetoric.]
Leaders began to distort the idea of what a guru is. A few highlights:
* In 1977 leaders held secret meetings giving themselves guru titles.
* In 1978 leaders made a homosexual guru fiasco leader their advisor.
* In 1979 they began to harass, even threaten to kill, innocent devotees.
* In 1980 they said gurus might smoke pot and chase disciples for sex..
* Ramesvara, Hamsadutta, Tamal Krishna swami and others admitted that the guru
appointment was a cheating hoax. Yet they remained gurus.
* Leaders made a paper stating that gurus such as Lord Brahma fall, but Srila
Prabhupada had removed Nitai from ISKCON in 1976 for stating this.
* In 1982 they said that their advisor guru was actually ...a demon.
* They ignored warnings that persons like their guru in Mayapura
were homosexual pedophiles. A major wave of child molestation resulted.
* In 1984 our associate was threatened with death by a guru.
* In 1985 an eye-witness said the gurus were using black magic.
* In 1986 they voted a known homosexual peodphile to be worshipped
by children, simultaneously they voted in 20 new gurus. Guru by
vote?
* They orchestrated the assassination of our associate and we were told by the
Berkeley Police that they wanted to kill us next.
* Jane Wallace of CBS news was astonished that Kirtanananda swami was being
massaged by 50 boys [she recognized that he was a gay pedophile] and the GBC
sat there blithely singing along to his glorification.
* Various documents were made stating that gurus are or become demons.
* In 1990 the GBC stated that the person who was credited with poisoning the
Krishna guru in the 1930s was now their example of a bona fide guru!
* In 1996 some GBC were chastised by the ex-children in their schools for STILL
keeping one of the childrens abusers in the post of guru.
The simple point is that, whereas Srila Prabhupada always states that the guru
is pure, his alleged leaders say the guru is the most degraded person,
even far more degraded than the average materialistic person.
These histories
are elaborate and we welcome you to read some of our more comprehensive
documents. Wed like to call upon all sincere Hindus, scholars, and devotees
of Krishna to help us reform the idea that Krishnas pure guru chain contains
criminals or those tinged with illicit sex with men, women and children.
This is the greatest insult to Hinduism, Lord Krishna and His guru lineage.
For more information and supportive documents, please call our voice mail number.
Thank you. Hare Krishna.
[This document was sent to various ISKCON authorities
before publication and they had no objection to the historical content.]