When a supposedly advanced group of devotees made a decision with full knowledge of Guru Sadhu and Sastra but only to reject all three and just yield to the pressure from western uncultured butchers of Vedic culture… When a common devotee gets this information and if that person rejects it as “can’t be true since I believe only that I cannot be better informed than these group of so-called seniors,” is a recipe for delusion and disaster.
The GBC were given evidence from all the three: sastra (Bharadvaja Samhitha 1.43), Sadhu (lettes of concern from Sri Vaishnava scholars and acaryas),and Guru vakya (SB purport 4.12.32). As early as Feb 2019, many explanations in the form of a book “Vaishnava diksa based on Narada Pancaratra,” was distributed to all GBC and sadhus free of cost, yet they chose to not read it but “judge the book by its cover” and ignored it in total.
By choice they have pledged the future of ISKCON on the dice board.
Sad to see. The movement being destroyed by the same who contributed to its growth at one time.
Again, as a counselors we can only give what is there in Guru Sadhu Sastra.
The GBC didn’t do due diligence in seeking the words of Sadhu and Sastra. They just went with certain conversations of Srila Prabhupada that suits their agenda. Even this SB 4.12.32 and Cc Madya 20.352 purports of Srila Prabhupada (their guru whom they served so personally) is against their resolution. They did not bother to reason it out with other sadhus with sastra in center.
Your choice. I can see that I am more informed than others like your good self in this matter. But I can only share out of care. Its up to the receivers of that message. Sure I don’t believe in sugar coating a medicine to that extent that the sugar dominates.
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It might look like GBC is not reading FB/Akincana comments but Krishna does, and it's the same Krishna who sits in the hearts of GBC devotees as well. We don't have to talk to people directly to be heard - if Krishna hears us it's more than enough. He will also notice when we decide to give up on ISKCON, which would be against the desires of Srila Prabhupada and our gurus.
Please read the entire Vyasapuja address from which GBC drew their first supporting quote in the resolution and what Srila Prabhupada meant by "become spiritual master" there. It's an entirely different matter, different mood, and different ambition. It doesn't support FDG in any way, but it doesn't support wasting time on arguing about it or against it either. It's a simple and sublime instruction that we all can follow and it doesn't require decades of SAC research and multiple GBC resolutions.
"yield to the pressure from western uncultured butchers of Vedic culture"
Yes, that sums it up. BG 16.23. Pandora's box.
So GBC Made a decision and we can keep writing articles here and on facebook but this is not going to change anything ..The only way to deal with this is to announce that from now onwards we are no longer a part of GBC and Iskcon .. Only than all this make sense otherwise we keep writing posting and nothing will change .
You can lead a man to knowledge but you can't make him think.
" I can see that I am more informed than others like your good self in this matter." How do you know what I'm thinking without having talked and asked me? Mind reading is a cognitive distortion and a form of impersonalism.
"yield to the pressure from western uncultured butchers of Vedic culture"
Yes, that sums it up. BG 16.23. Pandora's box.
You can lead a man to knowledge but you can't make him think.
" I can see that I am more informed than others like your good self in this matter." How do you know what I'm thinking without having talked and asked me? Mind reading is a cognitive distortion and a form of impersonalism.
It might look like GBC is not reading FB/Akincana comments but Krishna does, and it's the same Krishna who sits in the hearts of GBC devotees as well. We don't have to talk to people directly to be heard - if Krishna hears us it's more than enough. He will also notice when we decide to give up on ISKCON, which would be against the desires of Srila Prabhupada and our gurus.
Please read the entire Vyasapuja address from which GBC drew their first supporting quote in the resolution and what Srila Prabhupada meant by "become spiritual master" there. It's an entirely different matter, different mood, and different ambition. It doesn't support FDG in any way, but it doesn't support wasting time on arguing about it or against it either. It's a simple and sublime instruction that we all can follow and it doesn't require decades of SAC research and multiple GBC resolutions.
So GBC Made a decision and we can keep writing articles here and on facebook but this is not going to change anything ..The only way to deal with this is to announce that from now onwards we are no longer a part of GBC and Iskcon .. Only than all this make sense otherwise we keep writing posting and nothing will change .