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Attack on ISKCON
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| I'm not saying that there's no spiritual masters more advanced than me. There's many, within ISKCON and outside of ISKCON, in Vaiṣṇava traditions. I'm not denying that. But because I may be on a lower level of realization as an ISKCON spiritual master, that does not mean that my disciples cannot go back to Godhead. I'm like a postman who takes a letter from Prabhupāda and gives it to my disciple. The message is perfect. If you read that letter and you follow to the letter which is describing the pure process of devotional service, you will be connected to guru-paramparā,and you can go back to Godhead.
| | Although it is said in Upadeśāmṛta that a spiritual master cannot elevate his disciples beyond where he is at, every disciple in this movement has two spiritual masters: his immediate initiating guru and the śikṣā-guru for all of ISKCON, Śrīla Prabhupāda. So maybe I can only elevate my disciples this much, but I am connecting them to Śrīla Prabhupāda, and he is capable of delivering one all the way back to Godhead. And besides, as I advance, my disciples also advance. It is very rare to find a pure devotee of the Lord in this world like Śrīla Prabhupāda.
| | So there's no reason to go outside of ISKCON. Devotees go outside of ISKCON because they want something deeper. Whether they're qualified for something deeper or not, is another question, but I say, you can find everything in ISKCON. Everything. You may say, "But there's so many problems." But there's also problems in Gauḍīya Maṭh! We shouldn't be like prostitute, going from one man to another. We're all properly initiated in a bona fide spiritual movement. We should stick to it, be loyal to it, don't disrespect the other organizations. Don't disrespect the persons there. Don't be a jack of all trade, master of none. Don't flow through all of these different organizations and be loyal to not one of them.
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