“The devotees who had figuratively been executed were the ones who were pretty much right in their initial criticisms of the ‘GBC’.” The strong current of the late Seventies deviation became a river that still runs through what “ISKCON” is today. This current, although it may well have started electrocuting the movement before Srila Prabhupada […]
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“Their immeasurable pride and audacity was not merely megalomania . All eleven of these men were absorbed in the delusion of self-apotheosis.” In the spring of 1978 the great movement meant for the rejuvenation of pure spiritual life and realization amongst all of those who joined it was transformed into something else . What was
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“First force, second force, third force, this is how the material world is constituted, and this is how we can dovetail our activities to the cause of Krishna consciousness.” The Fourteenth chapter of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is is so clear. Indeed, reading that chapter alone makes the understanding of all of the other chapters
[kml_flashembed fversion=”8.0.0″ movie=”https://returntosquareone.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/plamencek.swf” targetclass=”flashmovie” publishmethod=”static” width=”300″ height=”210″] [/kml_flashembed] “. . . and I say straight that Kirtanananda is wrong and you are right when you say that the movement will come to nothing if I am not satisfied with your actions.” Letter to Damodar, 10-13-67 from Calcutta (emphasis added)
“The original eleven can be likened to crisp counterfeit $100’s, recent fiat gurus of “ISKCON” can be compared to counterfeit $20’s and $10’s. Newer gurus, having had no personal contact with Prabhupada, will amount to hyperinflation of counterfeit one dollar bills.” The inflation began with the eleven imposter mahabhagavats. They can be likened individually to
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“Please rest assured that in this movement there is no question of imperfectness. This is a solid, genuine movement for the total spiritual rejuvenation of the human society. . . If one is actually serious to understand the problems of life, he will surely find the right answers in this movement.” Letter to Jim Doody,
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We can be confident that, if Srila Prabhupada was still externally manifest, he would most certainly disband the GBC. On April 8th, the twenty-seventh anniversary of Srila Prabhupada’s disbanding the G.B.C. in 1972 takes place. Obviously, the “GBC-ISKCON” movement will not observe it nor even mention it to their followers. However, it was not at
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The current situation is both understandableand terrible at the same time. Let us first stipulate some facts and factors: 1) After three decades, if there was any tangible evidence or proof that Prabhupada directly ordered any of his disciples to be an initiating guru while he (Prabhupada) was still externally manifest, then that evidence would
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Anartha-nivritti stage is a very big thing. It’s a great attainment and from my perspective, it is rarely attained by Westerners especially. No more anarthas either acted upon or spoken at this stage. No aparadhas. It’s the clearing stage, and brahma-bhuta (nistha) stage is there at offenseless chanting. These critics of Return to Square One
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Real initiation in the devotional line means to receive the bhakti-lata-bija. The issue of the transference of the bhakti-lata bija is a very subtle topic. While Srila Prabhupada was manifest, all devotees who received initiation from him had the bhakti-lata bija planted in their heart of hearts. That does not, however, mean that all those
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