The genuine guru personally orders his disciple to become guru, when that disciple reaches the level required by his guru and when the guru estimates that his disciple should begin initiating new people into the line. Obviously, the genuine guru will never personally give such an order to any disciple who still possesses even one anartha. A guru cannot have anarthas; that is not possible. There is no such thing as a bad guru or a pseudo-guru or a sahajiya guru; but this is the worst thing of all and considered a new kind of atrocious: “A Collective Acharya.” Evidently these kinds of “devotees” are loaded with anarthas and they pass their anarthas on to their initiated disciples, converting ISKCON into a clandestine cult. The GBC should be accepted as “The Supreme Authority” and of course they claim that they have to be worshipped as “Mahabhagavatas.”
This imposition of these men as “mahabhagavats” –all of whom are loaded with personal and institutional anarthas– was a scheme that appeared unbeatable at first. They all had their own zones of influence. Had they stayed in their turfs and not criticized one another —if they had also not attempted so many outrages— then the concoction is to dominate everything and everyone. However, when conditioned souls, loaded with anarthas, imitate guru –and particularly when they imitate the actual self-realized soul– their destruction is arranged for by the demigods. This is, in part, because they are imitating the demigods.
The immeasurable pride and audacity of these pretender mahabhagavats are not merely the megalomania of some powerful leader of a nation-state. No. All of these men are absorbed in the delusion of self-apotheosis. They are all absorbed in the material mind and in their lusts and desires (kama-sankalpa), thinking these desires to be absolute. They are all absorbed in anger and hatred against anyone who criticized or thwarted them in any way. They are all very insane, but, due to having performed some buddhi-yoga in years past, they are still (generally) shrewd in their insanity. They are completely intoxicated of proud by their great power over others, by the gopis who dance for them in front of their so-called vyasasans, and by the buzz they received on a daily and hourly basis as objects of worship by hundreds of dedicated fools and fanatics. They are regularly subjected to the fear of their scheme being exposed, especially by knowledgeable god brothers who could see the fault lines in this unauthorized arrangement. They are very greedy for more and more fame and influence, more and more “knowledge” of ways to better pull the whole thing off, for more and more disciples, more and more power and more and more Laxmis or Gopis.
They are “GBC” loyal. The “ISKCON” movement is completely under the control of the “GBC.” Unlike ISKCON, however, the real GBC no longer exists—and, as far as that goes, it never did function in a bona fide way for a great deal of time even while Srila Prabhupada was still with us. The evolution of this governing body has been long in duration, the offences have been very great and the GBC has been ruined permanently, warped and perverted into the “GBC.”
The most important thing to consider here is that Srila Prabhupada did not approve the Politicians or Party Men. He in effect condemned this kind of functionary. The “ISKCON” movement is dominated by Party Men. The Party Men cooperate (conspirate) with the Zonals (of course, the Zonals themselves are all Party Men) and help to empower them. The Party Men (faction) is a multi-faceted dynamic, composed of fanatics, sycophants, henchmen and temple officers. It always has been so. The Men of the Party “ISKCON” represent themselves as if they are in Krishna Conscious resolving everything saying; “This is a Krishna’s arrangement.” The dynamic of the Party Men is found in that their thoughts, character and personality are clones of Prabhupada and are at the same level of the Supreme Lord’s Thoughts, Character and Personality.
To ensure their position in the Party; the men measure the ideals in terms of their position in the corporate structure. Then whatever they are doing or saying is considered spiritual by them. So for them sexual education is spiritual education. The preaching of follow the four principles, the chanting of the 16 rounds and to make of your home a temple has no meaning for them. When their preaching of “knowledge” reaches the summit they say: “We can cheat many people for a little while, or we can cheat few people for long time, but we cannot cheat many people for long time.” And: I am vegetarian because my doctor asks me this; but when I go to a party I don’t fall in lies with myself….”
The Party Men shift with the ever-changing winds of corporate doctrine, because they are devoted of the “GBC.” The Party Man is a particularly nasty piece of work. He usually comes in the form of a sannyas and habitually completely without genuine conscience. His intelligence always works to ponder the Party Line and the current momentum; he always wants to make sure that he will be on the side that is winning. His shibboleth is: “‘ISKCON’–with all thy faults–I still love thee!” He is always backs the current transformation and “We are in permanent transformation.” The only constant is the change.
The Party Men at the topmost stratum are the real controllers of this kaitava-dharma and they are not entirely members. They are protected by back-guards and killers. They openly say: “I am not Hare Krishna, but a servant of God.”
Indeed, as far as astral powers are concerned, they are not ordinary men. They are like the brain police (totalitarism) and they control almost all the other devotees; powerful Party Men even have the ability to influence malcontents. These are some of the techniques of the Party Men, who are masters at creating doubt and guilt, masters of deception, masters at bewilderment, masters at enticement, masters at pseudo-persuasion and, when the situation calls for it, masters at harassment and various psychic punishments. They have their own spheres, both gross and subtle.
The various followers, who are weak in knowledge, mind control, and yogic development, can hardly escape the network of the Party Men once they become entangled in it. The Party Men buttress this astral network via the world wide travels, buildings, Deities, vehicles, properties and money on the gross plane, and those innocent but foolish devotee followers are completely trapped by them and their manifestations. If such neophytes try to escape, ultimately they have to contend with danda from the Party Men. Take it from one who knows: You will not come out unscathed when the Party Men decide to punish you. But all the mud they have thrown on so many people is now starting to get tossed back their way and that momentum will continue. There is a universal principle involved in that: Some call it the law of karma.
Krishna Consciousness means to see as Lord Krishna sees, to see as the Chaitya-guru or Paramatma sees. To become Krishna Conscious means to see the Party Men as what they really are.
vidyam cavidyam ca yas
tad vedobhayam saha
avidyaya mrtyum tirtva
vidyayamrtam asnute
“Only one who can learn the process of nescience and that of transcendental knowledge side by side can transcend the influence of repeated birth and death and enjoy the full blessings of immortality.” Sri Isopanisad Mantra 11
We are delineating the process of nescience for your spiritual well-being and ultimately, so that you can transcend the influence of repeated birth and death and enjoy the full blessings of immortality. The “GBC” is part of the process of nescience. The “ISKCON” controls are so. The process of recognizing gurus in “ISKCON” is integral to the power of the Party Men who serve to keep everyone they can implicate in their nescience.
At this point an objection might be raised. The reader might protest that this treatise is “too negative.” Is it so? Well, we first must know what constitutes “negativity.” New Agers used to say: “Do not be judgmental; no negativity.” However, if we analyze that motto, we see that it is itself composed of three negative components. The issue is not objective negativity; the issue is the application of negativity. When a surgeon removes a cancerous tumour, the bloody operation involves quite a bit of negative action. However, if successful, that outcome is judged very positive. So the modus operandi takes a back seat to the outcome, as far as the final judgment is concerned, especially when the operation is a success (this, by the way, is a proper example of Prabhupada phalena-pariciyate *the answer is the proof* statements).
There are universal laws and principles to make sure such combustible instability does not last long. These men were initiating new people, all of whom had little or no knowledge of the Vedic or Vaishnava teachings, all of whom had little or no detachment from material enjoyment, and all of who were prime candidates to be mislead by powerful, charismatic pretenders: “The ignorant pseudo religionists and the manufacturers of so-called incarnations who directly violate the Vedic injunctions are liable to enter into the darkest region of the universe because they mislead those who follow them. . . If such foolish men have any knowledge at all, it is more dangerous in their hands than ignorance itself. . . The pseudo religionists have neither knowledge nor detachment from material affairs, for most of them want to live in the golden shackles of material bondage under the shadow of philanthropic activities disguised as religious principles.
By a false display of religious sentiments, they present a show of devotional service while indulging in all sorts of immoral activities. In this way, they pass as spiritual masters and devotees of God. Such violators of religious principles have no respect for the authoritative acaryas, the holy teachers in the strict disciplic succession. . . Instead, to mislead the people in general, they themselves become so-called acaryas, but they do not even follow the principles of the acaryas. . . These rogues are the most dangerous elements in human society. Because there is no religious government, they escape punishment by the law of the state. They cannot, however, escape the law of the Supreme, who has clearly declared in the Bhagavad-gita that envious demons in the garb of religious propagandists shall be thrown into the darkest regions of hell (Bg. 16.19-20).
Sri Isopanisad confirms that these pseudo religionists are heading toward the most obnoxious place in the universe after the completion of their spiritual master business, which they conduct simply for sense gratification.” Sri Isopanisad, Verse 12, purport.
At this point, it is important to get some understanding of spiritual or devotional initiation. The pretender mahabhagavats conducted many initiation ceremonies. Real initiation in the devotional line means to receive the bhakti-lata-bija. Some devotees opine that it can only be received by getting it from a manifest mahabhagavat. There are sastric counter-indicators, as well as favourable commentary on those by Srila Prabhupada. Of course, those indicators will be misused in Kali Yuga by powerful men labouring to fulfil their own personal ambitions. The issue of the transference of the bhakti-lata bija is a very subtle topic. While Srila Prabhupada was manifest, all devotees who received initiation from him had the bhakti-lata bija planted in their heart of hearts. That does not, however, mean that all those devotees were completely sheltered from receiving other bijas during that time. For instance, the “ISKCON” bija was infecting the Party Men during the time of Prabhupada manifest lila and since then, that weed has turned out to be the predominant bija of the twisted three.
The point has been made that getting initiated during the time of Srila Prabhupada manifest preaching activities was an easy accomplishment. From one perspective, this argument appears to have teeth, because approximately five-thousand devotees did receive initiation during that eleven-year period. However, recommendations to Prabhupada for initiation almost always came through the medium of various hierarchical authorities: Temple Presidents, GBCs, and sannyasis were the primary persons who made these recommendations. And here is where you need to contemplate and understand a very subtle point. Even while Prabhupada was with us, the Party Men –in their patented niyamagraha fashion– considered that spiritual advancement was non-different from moving up the latticework of the bureaucratic rungs, i.e., distinction as a Temple President automatically connoted a spiritual advancement superior to all the “inmates” (under his orders) in that temple.
Similarly, receiving sannyasa was only for an aristocratic devotee who was allowed to all sorts of commodities and servants, that allegedly amounted to automatic recognition of higher spiritual realization. And getting posted to the governing body was more or less considered equivalent to being the most spiritually advanced, the best man amongst all the other initiated devotees. Similarly the marriages were only between ugly females with awesome devotees and keep so the beautiful girls always running towards the authorities searching for a husband.
Time, insight and experience have shown all of this to be a misconception. Within the temples, devotees who wanted to receive initiation from Srila Prabhupada did not necessarily do so in the context of the same motivation. Since the conduit to receive initiation was the approval of the Temple President (or, in some cases, the sannyasi who headed their party), sucking up to the leader–a kind of profit, adoration, and distinction offering to him—was sometimes employed in order to receive the recommendation more quickly and more easily. Other devotees did not consider the various Temple Presidents to be all that they thought they were, but these devotees still performed their seva—sometimes in severe austerity—under the sanction of their Temple President.
A.C. “Bhaktivendanta” Swami is no more the acarya or Prabhupada in “ISKCON” since 1977 and by that all his books can be changed and his institution dismounted because (accordingly to the “GBC”) he disappeared in 1977, and all his money, girls, lands, properties, power, domination and servants passed away too in another hands..
“….Do not tries to initiate. You are not in a proper position now to initiate anyone . . . Don’t be allured by such maya . . . Don’t be allured by cheap disciples. Go on steadfastly to render service first. If you immediately become guru, then the service activities will be stopped; and as there are many cheap gurus and cheap disciples, without any substantial knowledge, and manufacturing new sampradayas, and with service activities stopped, and all spiritual progress choked up.” — Letter to Acyutananda/Jaya Govinda on Aug. 21, 1968 from Montreal (emphasis added)
“Secretary: What about the so-called gurus that takes a little bit here, a little bit there?
Prabhupada: So-called gurus, they are so-called gurus. They are not gurus. That is already explained. If one does not speak what Krishna speaks, he is not guru. If you accept so-called guru, that is your misfortune. What can be done?
Secretary: Some of them will say some things that Krishna says, but they’ll take from other places also. What is the position of such persons?
Prabhupada: He’s most dangerous. He’s most dangerous. He is opportunist. He’s finding out customer, something here … According to the customer he is giving something, as the customers will be pleased.” — Answers to Questionnaire Room Conversation on June 28, 1976.
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