Our vision is of eternal blissful devotee-filled cultural centers, temples of Srila Prabhupada, filled with his loving disciples. Those who want to leave this safe and blissful shelter, and are fully qualified and ordered by Krsna, let them leave the father temple and start new ones of their own in succession, like apples falling from the tree. But there should always be the faithful preaching servants and disciples of Srila Prabhupada, in the very temples which he built for this very purpose.
If we follow Srila Prabhupada's instructions, there will always be his disciples, otherwise, how can he have ordered that only HIS DISCIPLES are to be the temple presidents and board members in all his temples, in perpetuity ? Isn't this also what PRABHUPADA HIMSELF ACTUALLY DID? He left Gaudiya Maths! He never tried to "take control of" his Godbrothers, residents etc or any assets in Srila Bhaktisiddhanta's temples for his own purposes or disciples etc.! Others did.
The current "others" in our Iskcon must return Prabhupada's temples. We
can be patient, and soon enough they will all eventually revert anyway, as people see the continued RISK-con abuses and see blissful devotional service in other wonderful real Iskcon centers, which we are building now, as positive alternatives.
We can understand that Krsna was concerned that He would be
controlled by all these new devotees being made by Srila Prabhupada, so He has bewildered the insincere, for His purposes... So long as we keep the truth out there and continue to build and preach widely and loudly, and provide solid preaching centers of SP, like Iskcon Bangalore and the now many worldwide glorious others, there will still be an open path, a solid boat to cross on.
So we should do the same as SP. I have previously called this the "hybrid" system, for modern-ized differentiation from hard ritvik or guruvad, but there are a few of us out there nowadays with this same Indian-traditional understanding, such as HG Harakumara Prabhu, Maharajah, of Toronto, (my obeisances to him), and many others, including the many Godbrothers in Bharata. Don't think this is the system of another madman. This is what SP himself ACTUALLY DID.
I believe that this position will prove triumphant over time, as Rtvik Iskcon grows and becomes a true split gargantuan system, like unto Schmiskcon, but pure, and no more unauthorized splitters. Then as effulgent acaryas etc. arise, and peacefully, with our help even, go forth, some will be true and will succeed wonderfully. Then all will see the wisdom of this arrangement.
This "hybrid" understanding HARNONIZES the otherwise divergent philosophies of guru-vada and ultra-hard rtvik-(vada), (only a little exposative offense intended, dear prabhus ), as well as more explicitly explaining the comprehensive pastimes of Srila Gour Govinda Swami, incidentally. Hybrid, or better Prabhupada's Actual Example based system incoporates BOTH sastric realities and angles, so is inclusive.
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