Devotees may be wondering why I post articles from my Godbrothers expressing so many concerns. I guess I feel that until the wrongs are righted, ultimately it will not be possible to push an institution-wide reform. It is not that I am simply continuing with the same old internet warfare, so much as trying to actually acheive some substantial changes. Unless the newer members grasp what has really happened in Iskcon, they will likely simply support the ill-established abusive infrasctructures. My apologies if any are offended or discouraged by the reality. Tdasa
Cooperation in a Fool's Paradise
BY: KURMA DASA (NOT THE CHEF)
Jan 10, AUSTRALIA (SUN) — In 1993 we attended the centenary of the Parliament of World's Religions in Chicago. It was 100 years since the first meeting in 1883. Our attendance was as "The League Of Devotees", Australian Chapter, because at the time we were ex-communicated from ISKCON. It was hilarious to meet other groups who were also ex-communicated or representing their belief in exile. For myself, this demonstrated the hypocrisy of religion in Kali Yuga, as spoken of by Srila Prabhupada within His books.
Recently we have had Bhakta das, a famous Australian devotee, attending the POWR, which had it's meeting here in Melbourne, Australia. Indradyumna Swami also put on a show at the end of POWR.
We hear a lot about cooperation; Prahladananda Swami spoke of it in his recent article. But why cooperate with lies and cheating? This makes no sense at all.
Anyhow, what is the point of attempting to cooperate at a level of interfaith, if your own organization is so splintered? What good do we think that we could ever offer to such gatherings? ISKCON has voted-in bogus gurus. These bogus gurus and their supporters have kicked out thousands of ISKCON members around the world! Under such circumstances you would dare enter the arena of Interfaith? You have isolated, oppressed, and abused thousands of your own members, how on earth could you ever consider yourselves capable of Interfaith?
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The past is not the past. We Prabhupada's disciples are still in the position of having had our mission stolen from us by usurpers. We are alive. We are still here. This site was largely an attempt by me to recover the Iskcon which we lost.
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