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Dear Godsisters and God brothers, I want to share with you this letter that I recieved from Hridayananda Das Goswami regarding Sri Visnupada_s condition. I though that Some of you will like to hear his comments. your servant Gandinidd >From [email protected] Mon Jul 20 08:27:19 1998 >Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:24:51 EDT >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Re: Statement by the ISKCON Governing Body Commission > >Dear Srimati Gandini Devi Dasi, >Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Thank you for >your letter. I will share with you my own realizations regarding the condition >of Srila Vishnupada: > This health problem is clearly the protection of Lord Krishna. Vishnupada has >rendered so much wonderful service to Srila Prabhupada that he is eternally >very dear to Lord Krishna. Vishnupada wants very much to establish Varnashrama >dharma. This means that as a sannyasi he himself would have to give up a >lifestyle that was exhausting, and also involved so much management, beyond >what a sannyasi normally accepts. Vishnupada took on this service because of >his intense desire to establish Krishna consciousness, but now Lord Krishna is >giving him His mercy by removing him from that situation. > All of Vishnupada's disciples have been begging him for years to change his >lifestyle, to rest. Lord Krishna has heard their prayers and has made this >arrangement. I am confident that Vishnupada will recover his health, and will >increase his service by focusing more on preaching and writing. All of us, at >times, because of illness, show symptoms of mental instability. This was even >seen in Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Vishnupada continues to be sinless, and fully >surrendered to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada. His condition is proof of >the Lord's mercy, as an intelligent Vaishnava can clearly see. >Hoping you are well, >Hridayananda das Goswami > |
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please accept my humble obeisances,
all glories to Sri Visnupada. This morning Sri Visnupada came to visit Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan and
Srila
Please let us all continue to pray for him and send lots of love and
your servant Sairsi dd
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Dear godbropthers and Godsisters, Please accept my humble obeisances. All
glories to Sri Visnupada!
I'm asking you to forgive me for bypassing this SV Disciples conference because I'm considering this conference to be absolutely useless and because this conference is closed for objective opinions that other devotees may have. And some persons who are very interested in their provocative intensions to control the situation - they established the censorship and one mataji has to read out and to decide which letter should be allowed and which should not be allowed to the conference. And I think that this censorship is absolutely unacceptable and devotees have to have the freedom of speech to give their opinions - this will be a normal conference. It is already for one week that I'm trying to send my letter to this conference, this letter I was sending with the aim for all of you to express your opinions on the subject matter - the reason is that during the last week I was closely associating with Sri Visnupada. I'm consider this situation as absolute absurd and this censorship should be removed so that devotees would have the opportunity to give their opinion and an opportunity to get objective information. This is my opinion. ================================== Considering the situation of our spiritual master in regard of his health, his mental condition, I'd like to share with you my understanding and realisations. FOr the last week I was near Sri Visnupada in Abethauer and had a lot of association with him. First of all I'd like to say that I would not dare to discuss a pure devotee, his acts and his plans, because it is very difficult to do it properly. One has to be at least on the same level as him to undersrtand him. It is a very dangerous business, because one can easily commit an offense of his lotus feet and fall down. However watching the letter exchange in this conference I dared to share with you my understanding to help you to become more patient and strengthen your faith in Spiritual Master and to become more cautious to avoid further offences of his lotus feet. When I asked Sri Visnupada personally about it- how to avoid offences, his reply was, "The best is not to discuss something which is beyond you". But in this critical hour when the material energy is testing our faith in spiritual master, I decided to write this letter to help you to avoid doubts and confusion. Please believe me, I am not just speaking something to pacify you - this is all coming straight from my heart. If you placed Sri Visnupada in your heart sincerely without any material motivations, then he must be deeply rooted in it and it will be very difficult to uproot him from your heart. He will live in your heart forever. But if you placed him just because of some mere sentiment, then it will be very easy to throw him away from your heart. He won't live in such heart. And this is the test of the material energy we are undergoing. It is something like a mirror, so that we could see our reflection in it and could become honest with ourselves. When I recall our last meeting, I clearly understand that he is totally on the transcendental platform and spiritually very powerful. Actually Sri Visnupad is very weak phisically. For the last 20 years he was working to death for his disciples and the whole of ISKCON. He did not do anything for himself personally. He was doing everything for our well- being. He gave us all facilities for devotional service, and he was tryong to improve our whole movement. And now we are so cruel to him and throwing dirt at him. The only thing he needs is our love towards him. This will help him to get strength as soon as possible. But if we continue to throw dirt at him, we will cause our own destruction. Recently he made a medical check up, and doctors found an old hepatitus which surfaced again. It is quite severe now, but all these diseases cannot prevent him from being on highest spiritual level which is far beyond of our understanding. We were walking together chanting japa few days ago when he suddenly wanted to see the Deities. We went to the temple, he could hardly stand before the Deities, but it was quite clear that he was speaking with the Deities. All of sudden he broke in tears and he lost consciousness. FOr 20 minutes he was without consciousness. I felt that he was beyond this world, that he was somewhere in different dimention and tha he was totally blissfull. Unfortunately my perception is very limited and I can't see what is happening on other planes, but I 100% sure that it was not material emotions. In our conversations he told me that it was very tough for him in this body and at one moment he just practically left his body, but because his disciples called him back, he returned. He returned to live with us, because we wanted it, but what did he see? OUr cruelty. SOme treated him like an ordinary patient, others thought that he has gone mad and wanted to bring him to a mental hospital. Yet others manifested their cruelty by declaring that he had a childhood trauma. Everyone was speculating wildly. We have to understand that the material body will always suffer, no matter who it was, a small ant or Lord Brahma, but the essence is not in the material body, but in the soul proper, so why should we discuss this on such low material level and try to find material explanations. We have to understand that no matter what material problems Sri Visnupad's body will undergo, he is still a very elevated spiritual personality, one of the dearest servants of Lord Krsna and Srila Prabhupada, and whatever he does, he does it for Their pleasure. We have to understand that Sri Visnupada is a person, not just an image or a material body. We should not forget that he suffers for our sins which he so kindly takes upon himself. But what is our thankfulness? And what do we intend to do? To inflict pain upon him even more? DO you get pleasure out of it? Please stop, and think seriously. If you want him to live in our family and continue to take care of us (you should understand that no matter how powerful you are, without him you are just lost insignificant beings) for yoru own sake you should take care of him and protect him. Now he needs only our love, and our love will help him to recuperate quickly. Please stop doubting, give your love to one who has a pure love towards Radha and Krsna, and in this way you will develop the same love in yourself. And only this love will help him to stay with us. Please don't forget that this is some kind of test of your faith in your spiritual master. Your servant, Brahmananda Puri das |
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, PAMHO. AGTSV.
I decided to write this comment on the BTS report, since I feel
BTS''s report sounds as if Sri Visnupad just felt into some difficult
If one is accepting sannyas it only means that he wants to become more
That is why it is completely wrong to base one's understanding on
Do you think that by psychological instrument it is possible to understand
I can understand that how difficult for a godbrother to think in the
other
Dear Godbrothers and Godsisters I with Sannyas das and Brahmananda Puri
das
Sri Visnupad told us that He is completely dissatisfied with present
And all which He is doing and all His sufferings are only because of
this
About marriage, Sri Visnupad have no any intention to marry, when we
Dear brothers if You know Sri Visnupad, He was most selfcontroled
Dear Brothers and Sisters why we should not believe to our Spiritual
Sri Visnupad told us that He is feeling all what felt by all the devotees
Sri Visnupad was so much concerned about that that He told us that He
And He told us that the main problems is because the ones who are arthas
and
But it is only one lesson. Very soon we will get many other important
And let the envious people to choose their way. Sri Visnupad told us that some thinks that He is insane, but He told
that in
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am ending my such a long letter. I hope
Please write if You have questions. Y.S. P.S. My disagreement with BTS doesn't mean that I am against him as
person,
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Dear Godbrothers and Godsisters,
I decided to write you this letter since many of you, I think, are bewildered by information which is coming from different sources about what is happening with Sri Visnupad, about Sri Visnupada's condition. Before beginning this issue I want a little bit remind you the prehistory of the nowadays events. Without any doubts all of you appreciate SRI VISNUPAD as the most wonderful person in our movement. Indeed he has done so much for ISKCON that his credits are not possible even to estimate. First of all, without any rest during all these years after Srila Prabhupada's leaving his body SRI VISNUPAD was producing hundreds of millions Srila Prabhupada's books on more than 70 languages. He organized the biggest BBT in the world, NE-BBT, and Russian BBT. SRI VISNUPAD organized and inspired the sankirtana movement in the Europe and also he inspired sankirtana in the rest of the world. SRI VISNUPAD led the Mayapur project and actually he organized the project, structured it and is the heart of the project. He was struggling so much to make it reality and actually the beginning is already there. Due to him this project sounds like reality nowadays. Besides all this SRI VISNUPAD is also leading the educational program in ISKCON, and more than that he was giving all this amazing classes and by his care there are so many wonderful preachers appeared in ISKCON. SRI VISNUPAD also found the Gauranga Bhajan Band Group - the Festival preaching which is amazing page in the history of ISKCON. More than this all, SRI VISNUPAD made this wonderful communication system which incredibly helped to manage our huge society all over the world. He was financing so many other projects; he found so many temples in Eastern Europe and former USSR. He is writing wonderful music and songs and giving shelter to thousands of devotees all over the world. It is very hard to estimate the credits of SRI VISNUPAD. Every second of his life is engaged in the service of SRILA Prabhupada and Sri Sri Radha-Madana-Mohana. The most wonderful achievement of SRI VISNUPAD is that by the Lord's mercy he got pure love of Godhead, pure prema and achieved the highest platform of self-realization. SRI VISNUPAD actually fulfilled all SRILA Prabhupada's desires excluding establishing varnasrama dharma in ISKCON. It is very difficult to reveal all achievements of SRI VISNUPAD. But that which we already know is enough to understand what incredible personality he is. All these years he has been very hardly working to accomplish all above-mentioned projects. And also he has been taking care about thousands of his disciples. Simultaneously he sacrificed all his health for these purposes. This year, after SRI VISNUPAD was elected as the GBC chairman, he took on his shoulders all burden of ISKCON problems all over the world. This appointment of SRI VISNUPAD as GBC chairman was a great hope for our society that he would be able to introduce the varnasrama dharma in ISKCON. Actually it is the most important issue for our society nowadays. The cruel reality is so that many devotees in our society are not properly situated and they don't know what kind of qualities they should develop. ISKCON now is a big organization not with the best and self-sufficient economy. In no organization it is possible to take complete care about its members. It can't be continued to be organization; it must become a society. We should understand that it is very urgent. Devotees become older, make families which is natural and organization must take care about these families, which is practically impossible and not natural. That's why we have a lot of grihasthas, which depend on our organization, but in reality our society should depend on grihasthas. ISKCON can't take care of grihasthas and as the result of that grihasthas forced to go away from ISKCON and have a hard struggle for existence. Since devotees spend the best time of their life for ISKCON and didn't develop any qualification for living in the material world and since they were completely dependant on ISKCON and after making family being forced to go out of temple they becoming completely frustrated and even becomes evil-minded towards ISKCON. That is why our society needs varnasrama ASAP. When we met SRI VISNUPAD he told us that he is interested more than anything else in education and taking care about the devotees which means establishing varnasrama dharma. He said that he doesn't care about the buildings. What is the use of the buildings if we don't take care about our devotees? As I understood he by all means wants to turn attention of our movement to this points. But since the task was so incredibly difficult and since he was overburdened by so many projects that he was overseeing, on 2nd of July he had a collapse and because of that he even left his body. SRI VISNUPAD told us how painful and difficult it was. He told that only because of his servant's (Kasiraja's) love and all devotees' prayers he came back to life. After that during some period of time he was in near-death condition. He was not fitting in his body and his subtle body was deteriorated. Lady therapist named Monika also was there when SRI VISNUPAD left his body and actually she helped so much for SRI Visnupada's recovering. We should be always thankful to this lady who was helping to recover SRI VISNUPAD. When we met SRI VISNUPAD these days were over. Before our meeting with him we heard so many things about what was happening with SRI VISNUPAD. But when we met him it became completely obvious that all these information wasn't correct. SRI VISNUPAD was in nice mood and he said so many things that were very reasonable and relevant to the situation in ISKCON. About varnasrama he said that it is very hard to believe that with present structure of ISKCON it is possible to make substantial changes in our society. The authorities of ISKCON, the GBCs, who are mostly sannyasis can't due to their status properly take care of the society. Since sannyasi means renounced brahmana it is very difficult for such person to take care about grihasthas and all social affairs. Very few of sannyasis really do this. That's why for establishing of varnasrama and the real care about devotees the structure of ISKCON most probably should be changed. Nowadays SRI VISNUPAD although is totally exhausted physically is immersed in social problems of our society. But it seems to me that not many of GBC members really understand and appreciate what he wants to do. What can we expect from SRI VISNUPADA'S Godbrothers if our own Godbrothers can't properly understand what SRI VISNUPAD is doing and don't appreaciate importance of these changes in the society? There are so many rumors and false information distributed by envious persons. Because of this many disciples and our Godbrothers are completely bewildered. Some fools even dare to reject their spiritual master. Actually it is not a tragedy for SRI VISNUPAD. It is only good if such a fools will unload the burden from our dearmost spiritual master. Because of improper and based on speculation theories concocted by different disciples and even GBCs, there appeared 3 groups of SRI VISNUPAD disciples. The 1st group is ones who have real faith in SRI VISNUPAD and they understand what is going on now with SRI VISNUPAD, they trust his words and they know that although maybe SRI VISNUPAD in near-death condition was not healthy but now his mental condition is 100% OK. The 2nd group is completely foolish souls who had misfortune to misunderstood information they got and foolishly dared to betray their own spiritual master. And the 3rd group is devotees who have positions in our movement: GBCs, BBT trustees and so on. Since they are very attached to their positions and power many of them afraid to loose these because of not supporting the ISKCON authorities' opinion about SRI VISNUPAD's ideas. That's why these disciples betray SRI VISNUPAD using as excuse the theory that SRI VISNUPAD became insane. No one of these two groups tried to make connection with SRI VISNUPAD and see what is his condition. They only accept what GBCs, SRI VISNUPAD's Godbrothers, decide about SRI VISNUPAD's condition. Since many of the GBCs don't agree with SRI VISNUPAD's varnasrama changes they are trying to make a trick which was usual thing in the former USSR. Formally in the USSR when somebody declared some revolutionary theory the KGB immediately invited psychiatric commission and by their help they made a resolution about the person's psychical sickness. After that the person was declared insane and even put in psychiatric hospital. This is the way by which the present GBCs and some our Godbrothers who are authorities of ISKCON because of their egoistical ambitions wanted to annihilate by this cruel way our spiritual master. To make foundation for their cruel activities they made a show of finding the cause of SRI Visnupada's so called "insanity". The present GBC Executive Committee representative Ravindra Svarupa das made a letter to all COM users where he was trying to prove this decision. He wrote there about "vibhuti" which SRI VISNUPAD was taking during 10 years. This "vibhuti" was given by Citeswar, famous tantric cheater, and Citeswar explained that this "vibhuti" was just an ash of a yajna. One group of devotees headed by Ekanath made an investigation as they told to us that it is not an ashes but a powder which consist a lot of Litium. And they tried their best to convince all the devotees that this is a fact and this is a reason of SRI Visnupada's so called "insanity". Other group of devotees made this investigation again and found that there no any Litium there and it is just ashes. Another group headed by Locan and Brahma-muhurta who are so much anxious about their position and power in ISKCON made another show of investigation and suddenly found out again that this powder consists of two psychotropic medicines. And they spoke with some psychologist who told them that if somebody takes this medicine for a long time and suddenly stop it, he would then have psychic problems. It is very hard to believe to all these strongly motivated people. They are trying their best to prove that SRI VISNUPAD is insane only because they're afraid that if they will not agree with GBC's opinion they will lost all their power and positions. Sannyas das in Moscow made investigation about this "vibhuti". He asked the one of the chiefs of Russian psychiatry what would happen with one who for many years took this medicine and suddenly stops doing this. Will he have hallucinations and any other psychic deviations if he stops taking this medicine? The answer was very definite: NO, there will not be any deviations. That's why Ravindra Svarupa's conclusion and other's hard endeavors to cheat all the devotees that SRI VISNUPAD is insane have no any foundation. Many devotees accept this theory about this so-called "insanity" as if this is stated in shastra or said by their spiritual master without even trying to make a little endeavor to go to their own spiritual master and seeing him and making sure that he is in 100 % proper condition. To get bona fide spiritual master is the most difficult thing in the universe and to lose him so cheaply is the most foolish act one can possibly do in his all life. Dear Godbrothers and Godsisters don't let you be fooled by any decisions of any people, be it so-called GBC or anybody else. Any of you can any time go and see SRI VISNUPAD's condition. Ravindra Svarupa das had only few hours' discussion with SRI VISNUPAD. How he could make such a conclusion only after few hour meeting? SRI VISNUPAD now is in such a condition that it is very difficult for him to hide pure love to Sri Sri Radha and Krsna and SRILA PRABHUPADA. Sometimes he loudly speaks with Deities, sometimes he is crying, sometimes he is falling in complete trance of love for Godhead. And can you imagine the cruelty of some of SRI Visnupada's Godbrothers who are trying to use SRI Visnupada's symptoms of pure love to Godhead as a foundation of conclusion that he is insane. This is untellable. No sane disciple should tolerate this. It is the cruelest thing that can be done in the whole world. Sri Visnupad himself said that our movement became such a movement where is sombody really speaks with Deities others will put him in mental hospital. The actual reason why Ravindra Svarupa and others trying hard to prove that SRI VISNUPAD is insane is that they didn't want changes in our society on which SRI VISNUPAD is insisting. This is the real disease of our society. SRI VISNUPAD himself told us that he is 100% sane. And others who think that he is insane are insane themselves. He was very much disappointed by many GBCs and what they are doing now. Dear Godbrothers and Godsisters, why should we believe others? We should believe our spiritual muster who is very dear to all of us, who is always taking care about all of us, who will take care about us in future, and definitely will take us with him to the spiritual kingdom. Don't expect that Ravindra Svarupa or Brahma Muhurta or Locan or somebody else will help in your critical situation in life. Not even materially, what to speak about spiritual help. They are mainly concerned about themselves, their positions and power. In the case if you believe them you will lose all your faith in your spiritual master and become insane since SRI VISNUPAD says that if someone consider him insane he is insane himself. The result of such activity will be very abominable. Not only ISKCON will suffer but you will suffer more. Be very careful. Don't trust anybody. You were struggling so hard to get bona fide spiritual master, don't lose him so cheaply. These incidents show us how many envious people are there around ISKCON. Some envious fools even reject their spiritual master. They don't know that very soon their hearts will become the feasting place for crows and jackals. They are complete fools. No one should associate with them by all means. If he is a temple president or some temple authority which you depend on you better move yourself in other temple where the temple president is a sane man. There is a statement in shastra that nobody should tolerate if somebody offends Vaisnava especially a spiritual master. If one is tolerating such an offense he will lose all his faith. Everybody who has a little intelligence should defend our beloved spiritual master by all means. YS. P.S. Don't trust COM since the COM is under the control of the devotees of the 2nd group who have their special opinion and they moderate COM for their own purposes. They are turning COM into the place where all kinds of offenses of SRI VISNUPAD are made. There are so many nice letters that were sent by devotees but they haven't appeared in SV Disciples. But the letters of such evil-minded fools like Lalitanath appeared to encourage other fools. Therefore be careful. |
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Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Although Kamalamala prabhu have used too strong expressions in his letter, which might not completely correctly reflect the motivations of the people involved, I can still understand his emotions and disappointment. To determine someone's mental condition is not an easy task. It normally takes up to several months for professionals to clinically test all the factors, including behavioral tests, chemical investigations and many other highly specific researches to prove that someone is (or is not, for that matter) in a state of psychic disorder of whatever origin. Besides, those professionals need specific equipment to carry out their investigations. That is why the conclusions of the GBC authorities in this particular case appear to be premature, groundless and, considering their public release, a bit irresponsible, particularly so when the matter concerns such a unique and highly ranking individuals like Srila Harikesa Maharaja. Moreover, my personal impressions from prolonged discussions with him on various subjects give no grounds whatsoever to presume necessity for such medical tests. On the contrary, he is full of very interesting and inspiring ideas on how to resolve some old problems of ISKCON, how to further develop this organization. I am sure most of you would like those ideas and I will try to put them in writing some time in the future. Srila Harikesa Maharaja very much regrets all the rumors and speculations initiated by some of his God-brothers and disciples, which put his mental and spiritual integrity in doubt, and considers those rumors highly detrimental to the faith of the disciples and potentially destructive to the movement as a whole. As for the so-called direct reasons for his recent health problems which are cited as "abrupt withdrawal" from the blue powder intake, they are at least not serious because the four-months period between termination of intake (January, 98) and the health crisis (June, 98) is anything but "abrupt". Local professionals also exclude any possibility of the "withdrawal syndrome" considering the 4-months period. I also make you recipients of the text of my answer to the letter of Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu which you have not received due to divine arrangements of Sri Sri Mukhya - Raktambara ji. Text COM:1576903 (25 lines) From: Sannyas (das) HKS (NE-BBT Moscow) Date: 09-Aug-98 10:58 To: Umapati Swami [4111] To: Ravindra Svarupa (das) ACBSP (Philad. - USA) [3499] (received: 09-Aug-98 11:09) To: Bhagavat Dharma (das) MG (Mayapur Project, Comm.) [16284] To: Premarnava (das) HKS (GBC Corr. Secretary) (NE-BBT) [24252] Cc: Acyuta (das) HKS (UKR) [2328] (forwarded: 09-Aug-98 11:00) Cc: Aniruddha (das) HKS (NE-BBT Sochi) [6896] (forwarded: 09-Aug-98 12:44) Cc: Brahmananda Puri (das) HKS (BBT Moscow) [1016] Cc: Darpa-ha (das) HKS (Moscow - R) [1022] Cc: Gohita (das) HKS (NE-BBT Moscow) [777] (received: 09-Aug-98 12:40) Cc: Kamalamala (das) HKS (TP St.Petersburg - R) [1285] (received: 09-Aug-98 11:55) Cc: Kirtan Rasa (das) HKS (Hillerod - DK) [110]v Cc: Locan (das) HKS (Lund - S) [7926] Cc: Mukhya (dd) HKS (NE-BBT) [14387] Cc: Nidhi Varji (das) HKS (Los Angeles, CA - USA) [126] Cc: Sarvabhavana (das) HKS (Mayapur - IN) [250] Cc: Sridam (das) HKS (NE-BBT Sochi) [2123] (forwarded: 09-Aug-98 12:44) Cc: [email protected] (posted: 09-Aug-98 11:05) For: Free Forum For: GBC Announcements For: Global Free Forum For: SV disciples Reference: Text COM:1568023 by Ravindra Svarupa (das) ACBSP (Philad. - USA) Subject: For immediate release to all com users and chakra ------------------------------------------------------------ > A psychiatrist consulted about the drugs and their possible effect on > Harikesa Swami said that Harikesa's recent extreme behavior was typical of > the effect of a sudden withdrawal from the medication contained in the > "vibhuti." Physicians are careful to reduce the dosage of these drugs > gradually, he said. Otherwise, there is a great danger of an induced > psychosis He described Harikesa Swami's recent behavior as "episodic > paranoid schizophrenia with auditory hallucinations." This, he said, is a > the kind of reaction produced by abrupt withdrawal from the drugs found in > the "vibhuti." I just consulted one of the best psychiatrist in Russia, a professor who used to be in charge of the central and the most well known psychiatrical institution in Russia. She confirmed that a patient who had mental disorders such as schizophrenia and the like should withdraw from such kind of drugs gradually to avoid undesired reactions. She, however, stated that it is impossible for someone who was not mentally sick but would mistakenly take these medicines regularly during even many years to develop schizophrenia or anything like that due to abrupt withdrawal from the above mentioned drugs. 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> Sri Visnupada himself have chosen a group of devotees who are closely
Dear Pranava Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Visnupada! I very much appreciate your attitude, and I can understand you well. One, however, should not be so naive to think that if someone have been
I was of the same opinion as you regarding Sri Visnupad's condition
before I
Sri Visnupad during one of the meetings requested us - Kamalamala,
That is why nobody should speculate and make final conclusions and
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Dear Godbrothers snd Godsisters!
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Visnupada! All the information which is on COM causes immense pain to my heart and a desire to ask all of those who diagnose Sri Visnupada: Live him along! Don't step into his heart with your feet, even if they are lotuslike. Sri Visnupada's heart has long ago become the residence of Lord Syamasundara who is controlling everything. And because Sri Visnupada is the perfect instrument in Krsna's hands, his most intimate servant and the dearest devotee Krsna wants to lessen his burden. Therefore He decided to make this test for us to give up an opportunity to understand how materialistic our intelligence is and how impure is our heart. Unless our heart is purified from doubts and suspicion, there won't be a place for Sri Visnupada there. Krsna keeps Sri Visnupada for more loving and devoted hearts. Krsna arranged this test to check out all Sri Visnupada's disciples and even his God-brothers. He makes Sri Visnupada to manifest such ecstatic emotions that even advanced devotees are bewildered and take courage to judge and interpret the behavior of the pure devotee, while not being on the same level. Whatever has caused Sri Visnupada's present condition (be it drugs or anything else) this is not the main point. The whole situation is just a test for us to see to what degree have we assimilated and accepted everything that Sri Visnupada was giving us throughtout all these years. This is a test of our faith and spiritual maturity, which will determine who will stay in Sri Visnupada's family and will go along with him to the spiritual world. Your servant, Hararata dd |
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Dear godbrothers and godsisters thank you very much for
all your comments.
All glores to Sri Visnupad. Reading some of your comments i understoode that some of you can not understand the real reason of what happening now with SRi Visnupad. I beg you all very seriously pay attention on wath i am writing, I can expect that some will not understand proparly and some even will critisise me but i dont want to be honoured when my Spiritual Master dishonoured,espesially by those who are critisising my Spiritual Master. And also i want to thank all those wonderfull devotees who understanding evrything in proper perspective and trying there best for our Spiritual Master. I can also understand that ones who belonging to 2 or 3 group can not proparly digest some points in my previous letter. The following is comment on Gurusaktis and Padmanabha prabhus letter.
In there letter it is written : VARNASRAMA DHAMA CANNOT BE MANAGED FROM THE GBC
It can only come if we individual devotees accept our own dharma and
connect
This sentence is showing the REAL CAUSE of everything which is happening
WE should try to understand WHY. First of all let us try to understand why Sri Visnupad doesn't wrote
any
But You can ask why we need Varnasrama dharma just now. Of course, if
you
We can not estimate what an extreme disappointment was feeling
those who
Sanyasies should not be engaged in any management if they try
then they
I spoke about this statements with some GBC sanyases and you will be
maybe
Now we understood why it is so important to introduce VAD just now,
because
And also one factor making the introduction of VAD more urgent then
I think that considering all this points now we can understand why Sri
I hope that what i am writing will help devotees to understand the present
Now maybe some can understand why some GBCs desiring to put SRi Visnupad
in
Please understand me properly i don't want to blame anybody without
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DISCIPLE_S HEART-CHECK
Just after reading Sri Visnupada_s COM-Letter again with his latest instruction to deeply look into our hearts and checking our motivations for feeling pain, because of his change or condition, we realized that many people in this conference speak about feeling the strong urge to "help" Sri Visnupada. For weeks devotees from the danish, swedish and german yatras are receiving constantly informations from the socalled closest persons arround Sri Visnupada, who function as confirming authorities for the psycho-analysis of Bhakti Tirtha Swami. A circle of informators about Sri Visnupada_s "Insanity" has had exchange on all levels of communication. For weeks they are firmly convinced that Sri Visnupada must really mentally insane. Becaus e of being so much convinced about that, they constantly feel urged to convince others about this "absolut truth". They are of the opinion that Sri Visnupada and his "little helpless baby"-disciples have to be "protected". Those persons only listened to those informators, but didn_t consider it necessary to directly take shelter to Sri Visnupada himself and his instructions. Our expierience is when one follows the instruction, to deeply look into oneself, one doesn_t have any problems with the change in Sri Visnupada_s life. In Contrary one expieriences great happiness about the possibility for changes in our society, and that Sri Visnupada does exactly, what is good for him and us. When others, however, start projecting their visions and imaginations about his motivations in this case on ourselves, we start to doubt in Sri Visnupada, our spiritual master and become confused. We should not be overintelligent, to think we would have to make decisions, what would be good or not be good for "helping" Sri Visnupada. vaisnavera kriya mudra vijne na bhujay The statement: > If the guru dies or goes into a coma, we wouldn't dispute the > diksa he gave. Why should it be different if he goes insane or > falls down? As I see it, the diksa guru, so far he is in good > standing when he gives the diksa, is the eternal guru of the > disciple, because he provides the connection to the eternal > disciplic succession. Once the connection is there it is eternal. is already hidden ritwik-philosophie. To hammer home, to keep togetherness in spite of constant offences against our sane and living spiritual master in order to just not fall victim to the ritwiks or NM is an improper means to create emotions of fear and pressure in the devotees. We definitely go conform with all, what Kamalamala and Sannyas prabhus said in this regard. That devotees are called by name in such a situation is understandable, especially when they are devotees, who have important and big responsibilities in their fields. A leadership or government has to accept to be critisized in it_s own matter, especially in a critical situation. That does not all mean, that offences were made against these responsible devotees. Even if it would be so, they should be spiritually capable to properly deal with such an perhaps mistakenly expressed critique. This creates clarity on both sides, Nevertheless we should not loose our basic respect towards godbrothers who have an other opinion. But in the topic itself, everybody shoukd be allowed to fight for his position. The resulting dialogue creates unity. Srila Prabhupada gave a good example in dealing with his godbrothers. Although he had his strong position, he never became too much harsh. Lalitanath Prabhu_s letter is indeed evil-minded. But We cannot imagine, that this is created by himself allone, but tinged by third persons, who have the opinion, Sri Visnupada is insane and therefore not trustable. This we can observe in the contributions by so many danish devotees, which are all very simular in their opinions. It is not the point of one_s individual opinion but a regional collective one. The propaganda that Sri Visnupada is mentally insane is going out from Sweden and Denmark since the very beginning. After that it went further to parts of Germany by telephone-communication and by the "seeland-converence" (North Germany) from 30.Juni to 2.Juli. Your sevants Sivatma dasa, Jagan Maya dasa & Paramsreya dasa |
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Dear Maharajas, prabhus and matajis.
I want this letter to be read by all of you and hope you will
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> Dear Devotees. > Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Visnupada. > > Some hours after Sri Visnupada got the letter from the GBC about his > situation I asked him if he have a message to Kamalamala das. Here is his > answer from Thursday at 13.20 in front of his homemobil (his sister > Barbara was also there): > > "There is no need to do anything. Just tell him that he should be nice to > people, chant Hare Krsna and not worry to much. He should use his brain > and not make fights. If he comes next week I can speak with him. > Everything is ok. Tell him Krsna is the supreme controller and not > Kamalamala das". > > your servant > Visvadeva das From my yesterday's telephone conversation with Sri Visnupad I didn't
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We, members of St.Petersburg yatra want to express our complete disappointment due to the last Statements of EC GBC regarding our spiritual master and GBC His Divine Grace Harikesa Swami Sri Visnupad. Similar irresponsible statements directed towards not only on destroying of our faith in our spiritual master and GBC but also in the whole ISKCON. Similar attitude to the person who sacrificed whole his life to this movement, who led and inspired many huge projects in this movement, who took care of devotees in general and of his own disciples like nobody else in this movement, who translated and publishes hundreds of millions of Srila Prabhupada's book and who by seeing your irresponsible attitude to the devotees in ISKCON sacrificed all his glory and even his life for establishing varnasrama dharma and let the devotees of our movement to find their own place and be happy, is showing that our GBC body which you lead is completely irresponsible body which is not able to solve any problems of ISKCON at all but on the contrary able to create great harm for our society. The proof of this is your statement. That is why considering your incapabality to manage this movement
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Viryavan das, Devarshirath das, Kali-varya das, Hemabha das, bhakta Gagik,
Mahadhida dd,
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Dear Hare Krsna devotees,.. For somebody who has nothing to LOOSE, WHAT is the problem in life..? Even if we all DIE on a spot, the Hare Krsna movement will STILL GO
ON,
We should think in a long term, not just in a short term. There may
be
Probably you heared a lot of predictions about Russia, going to play
some
We should try to see the essence of what is going on. When there was
Sorry... I don't want to judge anybody personally. There are already
enough
All above I wrote just being inspired by the letter (see below) Vaidyanath
Please note that the letter below is not the point of view of a disciple,
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Based on readings and lectures, I've been closely looking at the character
All this leads me to an understanding that true bhakti is when you are
One more thing that I wanted to say is that I think our perception of
a guru
I think, what had happened (and is still happening) to Sri Visnupad
is a
I am very concerned about Sri Visnupad's healing process. I think it
may
I don't care if Sri Visnupad decides to make changes in his life. If
he
"To those unintelligent people who consider the body to be the self,
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Open message from Sri Visnupada's disciples of Moscow Yatra to 4 dasas
("GBC EC") Dear dasas, Your statements to all ISKCON-members have discovered your real faces and motives and your great concern and care about every devotee in this movement. Your cruel message had so clearly shown who are ruling our lives and destinies, that only a fool will not see it. You have expressed your wretched attitude to such a great Vaisnava as Srila Harikesa Swami Sri Visnupada who out of his great love for Srila Prabhupada gave his whole life for the benefit of this movement. He organized the production and distribution of hundreds of millions of Srila Prabhupada's books; he took care of you and others in this movement. By your statements you have shown your gratitude to such an exalted person who had made so much for you. And if such a person who deserved all possible appreciation and gratitude becomes so easily put down, what to speak of any single devotee who is equal to slave in this ISKCON organization. This act of yours has destroyed faith and trust of Sri Visnupada's disciples and other devotees to ISKCON. The relationships between spiritual master and disciple are private and sacred for a living entity, and by no authoritarian methods is it possible to accept or reject spiritual master. We disciples of Moscow Begovaya temple and Moscow BBT completely reject your decision on accepting or rejecting diksa or siksa from our beloved spiritual master. Your decision is nothing for us. This is our private affair. We will decide it by ourselves. Your act has disturbed and abused the faith of many disciples. Your offensive statements shocked many of us, and some still cannot recover from this. Such disturbing offences can lead to a great moral breakdown, and you are fully responsible for all the reactions. Next, if you consider His Divine Grace Srila Harikesa Maharaja to be mentally disturbed, and you consult with the psychiatrist, you should keep this information in privacy. According to the international laws of psychiatry, all the diagnoses, studies and analysis should be kept confidential. Since you have made available worldwide all your consultations with the psychiatrist and his preliminary and not approved evaluations, you are subject to punishment according to the laws of any material state. You should stop immediately, should withdraw all your statements, and beg forgiveness from Sri Visnupad thousands and thousands of times and from his disciples as well. We will forgive you if Sri Visnupad will do so. Otherwise we are going to hire the most expert advocates who will protect his honor and respect, and you will be punished according to the law. We've lost our faith completely in GBC, and we accept as our GBC only His Divine Grace Sri Visnupad. We are not going to hand our lives and destinies to such incompetent and irresponsible persons. Our society is already loosing its purity due to that. We keep faith in our spiritual master despite any of your statements. |
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Brahmananda Puri d Sannyasa d Bhramika d Advaita d Agraja d Ahahsamvartaka d Airavata Svarna Kanti d Akhilatma-priya d Akincana-pryabandhu d Alanghya d Amani d Anila d Apramatta d Atmamoha d Atyugra d Avyaya d Bahu-vak d Bakudha d Balimat d Barhi-darsaka d Bhisada d Bjad d Caranambhodja d Caristha d Citra-krit d Daksayagya-hanta d Darpa-ha d Darsaka d Dhitra-dhari d Djanamejaya d Dripta d Ghora d Gohita d Hetu d Hota d Kalidhanyaman d Kanakangadi d Kapi d Madhava-Ghosh d Mahad Bhuta Vyapi d Mahaprabhava d Mahesvasa d Manojava d Medhajya d |
Mitragya d Nara d Nara-Nayaka d Nartanakula d Nindya Hari d Pavana d Revati Ramana d Ruci d Sama d Sarvadeva Siromani d Sikhamani d Sivanandiya d Sivavandya d Sreya d Suddhodani d Tridandi d Trivanchi d Tulasi d Udirna d Vakta d Vakunda d Vesa-ha d Vibhu d Vikaravan d Yagya-bhuk d Bh Alexei Bh Alexei Bryndin Bh Andrey Komarov Bh Atanyan Bh Gromyko Yura Bh Matukin Sasha Bh Mhitar Bh Nigmatullin Marat Bh Nikolai Tarasenko Bh Polyanichko M Bh Romanova M.Yu. Bh Saribekyan Bh Selivanov Sergei Bh Zernaev Alexei Jagad-yoni dd Acala dd Adhidaiva dd Adhika-Sadhana dd Adhishthitam dd Ajata-yovana dd |
Akriya dd Ama dd Asamjna dd Asthita dd Avani dd Bimbosti dd Caitanya Rupa dd Catur-aksara dd Caturti dd Dhatri dd Djambu dd Ekanga dd Gavesvari dd Isvari dd Kaidari dd Lalana-ratna-rajani dd Mahabala dd Mahadhatri dd Nandi Mukhi dd Nantasambhava dd Nantavibhava dd Nishkamparchi dd Nrisimha dd Premavati dd Ranga dd Ratiprita dd Saila-Bhava dd Saktirnidra dd Satapaha dd Sivabhakta dd Tapas Caranti dd Triguna dd Vajracinha dd Vanavasini dd Yagya dd Yamunangi dd Yasogamya dd Yogamaya dd Bhn Farrahova Leila Bhn Galina Kisileva Bhn Guzel Bhn Kosheleva Bhn Morozova ... total 143 devotees |
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Open message from Sri Visnupada's disciples of Los Angeles Yatra to 4 dasas
("GBC EC") Dear dasas, We disciples of L.A. temple completely reject your decision on accepting or rejecting diksa or siksa from our beloved spiritual master. Your decision is nothing for us. We've completely lost our faith in GBC and we accept our GBC only His Divine Grace Sri Visnupad. We are not going to hand our lives and destinies to such incompetent and irresponsible persons. We keep faith in our spiritual master despite any of your statements. Nidhi Varji das Srnga Bhu d.d. Bhakta George Bhakta Vahe Bhakta Manuel Bhakta Armen Bhakta Serge Bhakta Gevorg Bhakta Mne Bhakta Hovik Bhaktin Gohar Bhaktin Nona Bhaktin Liana Bhaktin Ira Bhaktin Hegine ----------------- Total 15 devotees |
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August 15th, 1998 To the GBC Executive Committee of the International Society of
Krsna
A MOTION
A motion for revision and cancellation of Executive Committee's
decision
1. The ISKCON Governing Body Commission (GBC);
and for cancelation of the EC decision placing him on probation
with
SUBSTANTIATION We consider Executive Committee decision improper due to the following
1. The decision of Executive Committee and its explanation are
internally
2. The decision of Executive Committee and its public statement
are not
3. The activities and decisions of the Executive Committee show
lack of
4. The activities and decisions of the Executive Committee, due
to the
EXPLANATION 1. A. The Executive Committee expressed their opinion, that Harikesa
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But nonetheless the Executive Committee decided to SANCTION Harikesa
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We believe that any diseased person, should not be SANCTIONED,
but rather
The Executive Committee admitted that does not consider Harikesa
Maharaja
A diseased person should be rather replaced by another competent
person,
We humbly suggest that the Executive Committee should decide themselves
B. The inconsistency of the Executive Committee's statement is
clearly
But at the same time the Executive Committee has taken seriously
his
2. We consider that the manner, in which the Executive Committee
dealt
Although the Executive Committee stated that doesn't consider
him fallen,
The Executive Committee has broken this ethical principle, creating
3. This contradictory and unethical statement of the Executive
Committee
4. The statement of the Executive Committee does not enhance the
faith
CONCLUSION We humbly ask the Executive Committee to revise and cancel their
decision,
We expect from the Executive Committee a coherent statement about
Harikesa
We suggest that a proper decision that may be taken by the Executive
> My dear disciples,
We understand the complexity of the situation. The Executive Committee
is
Your servants in service to Srila Prabhupada
Bhaktivinode Thakur dasa (HKS)
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Dear Raktambar, PAMHO, AGTSV. Could you, please, make sure that the following to devotees message
is
Sri Visnupad recently heard the strangest idea that some devotees are
So, he wanted that devotees are informed about this. ys
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Respected devotees, Without intention to insult anyone we are just presenting our own view point which is our rightful claim and we inevitably declare that we completely trust our spiritual master and remain faithful to him instead of accepting the information presented by EC GBC statement signed by four dasas. We are aware of many reasons which can possibly make this information tendency oriented. But we are not going to name these reasons here. We appeal to all rebellious GBC EC members as well as all the gurus, sannyasis, prabhus to show respect towards the disciples' individualities and towards the eternal relationships between a spiritual master and a disciple. All the genuine disciples of Sri Visnupad have an unshakable faith in him. We request all the sannyasis who had not yet put their signatures on the EC statement to look on this matter objectively and try and see the true picture of it. Let them become sure themselves whether the act of sharing these GBC decisions is not a unrightful, offensive and attempting one against the caliber of the most respectable and pure personality in ISKCON, and whether this will allow the possibility for the disciples to have their own free choise without being forced to accept this so-called authorized analysis results. There is just no chance of spoiling the most elevated authority of His Divine Grace. And all intelligent people will follow this personality rather than some formalistic postulates. It is definitely a great test of unshakable stability in guru disciple relationships which is going on right now. As well as a test of our determination in keeping the absolute truth untouched. The roomers can be manufactured and distributed like anything, especially when someone is interested in forcing his specific opinion on everyone else. The above mentioned personalities have their own personal motives behind their manufacturing their roomers and abominable statements which are not at all based on reality and attempting to dishonour the personality which is the most pure one of all the humans on this planet now days. By such an act these people are going beyond all the borders of possible human decency. And we are 100% sure that any intelligent man seeing such accusations freely spread all over the world through COM shall consider the organization which allowed it to happen the unhealthy, degraded one, if it allows such a frivolous accusations to be addressed towards its best representatives (and each and every sentence of the above mentioned statement ought to be the evidence to this fact). Thus all those who signed that statement are subjugated before the International Right Court. It is nothing but a frank detrimental action to the health of the person who has just started to recovered from clinic death experience. We could also make an investigation to of expose the name(s) of one(s) guilty in adding drugs in "Vibhuti" medicine made by Cittesvar, as well as all other names involved in the conflict. Sri Visnupad have stated it very clearly that he had gone on vacation to make everybody understand the he'd like to recover from very serious crisis. And right in that moment, as it being seen oftenly in the mundane affairs, the whole revolution takes place (then our question is: there the difference between mundane organization and spiritual one lies?). It's just an opportune moment for someone to execute his planes when the other person's health has become weaken. But we love you, dear Sri Visnupada. And we will never leave you. Now they had taken everything from you - even the place to stay or possibility to use COM and get some other information, and even all the money needed at least for buying some bhoga. But we'll be always linked with you with our eternal linkage of love. And we'll stay always together with you. The disciples of HDG Srila Harikesa Swami Visnupada from Moscow. Comment: Dear devotees, please excuse me for delaying with putting forward this important letter compiled on the SV disciples meeting in Moscow on 15-aug-98, right after the abominable decision of EC GBC release. It's only my fault in this. Unfortunately, though been done such an honour to translate it I've proven myself to be incapable of properly fulfilling my duty on time. But as it stated: it's better later than never. So now we are delivering to all of you this letter which is the official declaration of all signed bellow disciples of Srila Harikesa Swami Visnupada. Your servant, Yajna-sita dd. The list of disciples: |
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Premavati dd Brahmananda Puri d Sannyasa d Bhramika d Advaita d Agraja d Ahahsamvartaka d Airavata Svarna Kanti d Akhilatma-priya d Akincana-pryabandhu d Alanghya d Amani d Anila d Apramatta d Atmamoha d Atyugra d Avyaya d Bahu-vak d Bakudha d Balimat d Barhi-darsaka d Bhisada d Bjad d Caranambhodja d Caristha d Citra-krit d Daksayagya-hanta d Darpa-ha d Darsaka d Dhitra-dhari d Djanamejaya d Dripta d Ghora d Gohita d Hetu d Hota d Kalidhanyaman d Kanakangadi d Kapi d Madhava-Ghosh d Mahad Bhuta Vyapi d Mahaprabhava d Mahesvasa d Manojava d Medhajya d |
Mitragya d Nara d Nara-Nayaka d Nartanakula d Nindya Hari d Pavana d Revati Ramana d Ruci d Sama d Sarvadeva Siromani d Sikhamani d Sivanandiya d Sivavandya d Sreya d Suddhodani d Tridandi d Trivanchi d Tulasi d Udirna d Vakta d Vakunda d Vesa-ha d Vibhu d Vikaravan d Yagya-bhuk d Bh Alexei Bh Alexei Bryndin Bh Andrey Komarov Bh Atanyan Bh Gromyko Yura Bh Matukin Sasha Bh Mhitar Bh Nigmatullin Marat Bh Nikolai Tarasenko Bh Polyanichko M Bh Romanova M.Yu. Bh Saribekyan Bh Selivanov Sergei Bh Zernaev Alexei Jagad-yoni dd Acala dd Adhidaiva dd Adhika-Sadhana dd Adhishthitam dd Ajata-yovana dd |
Akriya dd Ama dd Asamjna dd Asthita dd Avani dd Bimbosti dd Caitanya Rupa dd Catur-aksara dd Caturti dd Dhatri dd Djambu dd Ekanga dd Gavesvari dd Isvari dd Kaidari dd Lalana-ratna-rajani dd Mahabala dd Mahadhatri dd Nandi Mukhi dd Nantasambhava dd Nantavibhava dd Nishkamparchi dd Nrisimha dd Ranga dd Ratiprita dd Saila-Bhava dd Saktirnidra dd Satapaha dd Sivabhakta dd Tapas Caranti dd Triguna dd Vajracinha dd Vanavasini dd Yajna dd Yajna-sita dd Yamunangi dd Yasogamya dd Yogamaya dd Bhn Farrahova Leila Bhn Galina Kisileva Bhn Guzel Bhn Kosheleva Bhn Morozova ... total 144 devotees |
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Letter to offenders of Sri Visnupada How are you doing, the "respectful" inhabitants of the garbage pit called "COM"? It is already for a long time that I was feeling myself very happy to be aloof from this cesspit and even decided to attend it never in the future. But after seeing your depressing and disfeatured with insanity faces I felt compassion and decided to pour out a regular and sobering down flush of cold water on the heads of all of you. This scrap-heap under the title "COM" became now a place where some phrenetics are inspiring the other ones to commit next regular folly and thus roll to hell together, consoling themselves meanwhile that at least they are rolling there not alone but with others. "Respectful" offenders of a pure devotee, "respectful" thieves and cheaters, "respectful" society of narrow- minded fools, is it not a proper time to finally come back to severe reality and start to think about your future? Do you know what is waiting for you for your offenses towards your spiritual master? Bali Maharaja disobeyed the order of his guru and went to the realm of lower planets although his guru was not even a vaisnava. Then what will happen with those, who are not just disobeying the orders but contra wise are offending a devotee of Krsna. Lord Krsna said to Arjuna: "one, who is hating you is actually hating Me also". (Mahabharata, Vana parva) It is already long time ago that Sri Visnupad was warning us that there are many demons in ISKCON. And how can we fetch out the demons. It is obvious that those who are criticizing Sri Visnupada are belonging to this category and they should be remaining satisfied with this title. All those persons, who are offending Sri Visnupada are the lowest amongst human beings regardless of what they are - sannyasy, guru or whatever. And the association with them is equal to association with venomous serpents. Therefore I'm feeling sorry for those cuckoos who are with opened mouths associating with those GBC members and others who are blaspheming Sri Visnupada. Do not forget, that Lord Siva was also offended by a vaisnava - Daksa. But Daksa was punished for this. Unfortunately the insanity that captured so many heads does not allow them to realize the bitter taste of the punishment that is waiting for them. You should understand, that you came to Krsna consciousness not for the sake of some institution but to come back to Godhead. And it is no one else who has to bring you back to Krsna but Sri Visnupada. He is Acarya and the most compassionate person on this planet. Just like Srila Prabhupada changed some rules of Gaudiya Mathas in the same way Sri Visnupada has a complete right to make a correction in rules and regulations according to the reality. In a similar way as Pandavas were deprived from all their possessions, and they even were about to be burned away in a shellac palace and then about to be killed in the forest - similarly demoniac leaders of ISKCON, namely those who actively engaged in repression against Sri Visnupada, are now plundering his property, dishonoring him and even trying to put him in mental hospital. Sri Visnupada said in one class that there are many demons who are coming to ISKCON and they are even occupying an elevated positions in it - and now this is becoming obvious. During Daksa's sacrifice those who were especially enthusiastic in blaspheming of Lord Siva were punished - and as a result some of them acquired a head of a goat, others lost some parts of their bodies. And the same lot is waiting for those who participates in offenses towards Sri Visnupada. During our last meeting with Sri Visnupada he told us: "do you really think that all these years I was preaching what was told by Srila Prabhupada and in one day I all of a sudden decided to do something in contravene to him?" As a matter of fact only phrenetics, hard-hearted and irresponsible persons are unable not understand the insistent necessity of Sri Visnupada's correction of the 4th regulative principle. And as Sri Visnupada told us Srila Prabhupada is now personally asking him to correct this mistake. And all this is meant for our boon only because Sri Visnupada personally does not need it. And of cause he could be doing well without making this correction simply by continuing to be a leader of ISKCON, but nevertheless being an elevated and compassionate soul he sacrificed himself for the sake of the Truth and for the people's weal knowing well that he will be aspersed, blamed and derided. I'm writing this letter with a clear understanding that many will not be able to understand it and appreciate the real meaning of it. And this is not a surprize, because many came to this society not to find tha God but for some other motive. Therefore I'm glad that such people will not bother my spiritual master any longer and that finally he will free himself from this unwanted burden in the form of insincere and materially motivated followers. But for those who still have some intelligence it is not late yet to come away from this danderous path of betrayment and to come back to their master, who already have done some much for all of us. But not to benefit him but to benefit themselves. p.s. Those who do not understand why this Society for Krsna Consciousness is a sect, please just think for a minute about this: what is the name of the organization where leaders allow themselves to commit most abominable actions towards a person who sacrificed his whole life for the sake of spreading the glory of the holy name of the Lord. This ISKCON had already fell apart long time ago and it was still standing just because Sri Visnupada was supporting and welding some few sincere souls in it. But now, when Sri Visnupada is rejected, it is not very difficult to foresee the consequences: it will become a horrible sect. p.p.s. All written above regarding ISKCON is regarding those criticizing Sri Visnupada only. Those who are not criticizing him have no connection to this whatsoever. Kamalamala das |
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