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Attack on ISKCON
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| So, then there is the other presentation, that Prabhupāda said these eleven men should, you know, be ṛtviks. But without going into all the dialog, and the tape conversations, and the things Prabhupāda wrote... I won't bore you with all that, but if the need be, I will sometime refer to that. Prabhupāda did make those eleven men ṛtviks, which means they would perform initiating ceremony, they would chant on the beads, they would give the names, etc., because Prabhupāda was too sick to travel to do that. But it didn't mean that after Prabhupāda's departure they would continue to accept disciples on behalf of Śrīla Prabhupāda.
| | The GBC asked Prabhupāda that question, "What about when you leave?" And Prabhupāda said, "They will be disciples of my disciples." Okay? Just remember that one line.Prabhupāda said, "They will be disciples of my disciples." "My disciples will be regular gurus," he said.
| | Now, in order to substantiate their speculation, they twist everything, and turn everything, and take references from other places. "You can't be a guru until you're self-realized." You know, everyone's got their quote. But Prabhupāda said, "They will be disciples of my disciples, my granddisciples." So this throws the whole ṛtvik philosophy out the window. But they are very organized, these ṛtvik people. There's lots of papers, they put everything on e-mail, and they're probably planning to come to Russia.
| | So, if you get something on e-mail, you say, "My guru has not fallen. He helps me advance in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. He is connecting me to Śrīla Prabhupāda, Śrīla Prabhupāda is my śikṣā-guru. I've other śikṣā-gurus also in ISKCON who are always helping me." Right? And, besides that, Prabhupāda said, "Disciple of my disciples." So you just take this letter and throw it in a window.
| | Do we think that Prabhupāda did want to change the system which has been in place since time immemorial? That his disciple, who is qualified, eventually becomes the guru? Was Prabhupāda going to change something? Did he say something privately with somebody, or write one letter to somebody? No. Prabhupāda was following the system. He was ācārya. He was setting the example of the system which had been in place for millions of years.
| | So this is a summary, a very, very brief summary of the ṛtvik situation. And for lack of time and also because summary is easier to hear, or easier to read if we put it in a written form for disciples on my disciples' conference, we're just making a basic summary. But if there's any particular questions about Gauḍīya Maṭh, about Nārāyaṇa Mahārāja, about ṛtvik, then you can write to me and I'll answer these questions. But this should be enough for those, who are loyal ISKCON followers, to understand and accept.
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