Srila Prabhupada in Absentia
BY: KURMA DASA (NOT THE CHEF)
Apr 14, AUSTRALIA (SUN) —
"Every acarya has a specific means of propagating his spiritual movement with the aim of bringing men to Krsna consciousness. Therefore, the method of one acarya may be different than that of another, but the ultimate goal is never neglected."
(Sri Chaitanya-caritamrta,Adi-lila,7:37,purport)
ISKCON is Srila Prabhupada's movement!
"An acarya who comes for the service of the Lord cannot be expected to conform to a stereotype, for he must find the ways and means by which Krsna consciousness may be spread."
(Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,Adi-lila,7.31-32,purport)
It is a fact that pre-1977, many of Srila Prabhupada's disciples never even met him! This can only mean that without them ever meeting Srila Prabhupada, they could achieve the same goal as a disciple who did meet him in person.
"Srimad Viraghava Acarya, an acarya in the disciplic succession of the
Ramanuja-sampradaya, has remarked in his commentary that candalas, or
conditioned souls who are born in lower than sudra families, can also be
initiated according to circumstances. The formalities may be slightly
changed here and there to make them Vaisnavas."
(Srimad-Bhagavatam 4:8:54,purport)
When Srila Prabhupada appointed 11 ritviks representatives for his movement, as per the July 9th Letter, he never said or left any instruction that stated they were to convert to gurus at some point in time. He entrusted these men to do this job on his behalf, and stated that more persons could be added later to also act on his behalf as ritvik representatives. He also stated that the disciples given initiation via each one of these men are his disciples, Srila Prabhupada's disciples.
We can see from the Sastra above that Srila Prabhupada, the bona fide Sampradaya Acarya, could well do this if he so desired. Why have the governing body all these years, denied the disciples who were initiated via the first 11 ritvik representatives their rightful place within ISKCON as duly initiated disciples of Srila Prabhupada? Why have they made many of those initiated by one of the first eleven ritvik representatives take re-initiation from one of the newly voted in gurus?
Srila Prabhupada never said that within his movement gurus could be voted in. This was introduced by Ravindra Svarupa, not Srila Prabhupada. Ravindra Svarupa nor the management had no authority to introduce such a heresy into ISKCON, which is Srila Prabhupada's Movement.
His Holiness Kirtanananda Swami
His Holiness Satsvarupa dasa Gosvami
His Holiness Jayapataka Swami
His Holiness Tamala Krsna Gosvami
His Holiness Hrdayananda Gosvami
His Holiness Bhavananda Gosvami
His Holiness Hamsaduta Swami
His Holiness Ramesvara Swami
His Holiness Harikesa Swami
His Grace Bhagavan dasa Adhikari
His Grace Jayatirtha dasa Adhikari
Every devotee who was initiated by one of the men above, is, realistically and in truth, an initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada. The Great Guru Hoax began here, at this point. If we are to truly heal Srila Prabhupada's Movement, it is to this point we must return.
