A mini review of Back to Prabhupada Issue #2

[Guest guest]

My Dear Vaisnavas,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.

 

Although I did not request it I just received in the mail from Sudama Das

issue #2

of "Back to Prabhupada." He is also listed as the publisher. It's motto is

"Defeating tyranny in the realm of thought." Whereas Back to Godhead

Magazine's

motto is from the scriptures this magazine's motto is not. This immediately

tells

us something about the difference between Back to Godhead and the "Back to

Prabhupada"

magazine.

 

The title of the magazine is quite appropriate. ISKCON is already with

Prabhupada.

We never left him, and hence we do not need to get back to Prabhupada. IRM

on the

other hand has veered very far away from Prabhupada and hence needs to get

"Back to

Prabhupada." I am hoping and praying that they will heed their own advice

and get

back to Prabhupada and by giving up their concocted nitwit philosophy.

 

This magazine claims to be "The Magazine of the real Hare Krishna Movement,"

but we see that this magazine does not promote Krishna consciousness. The

whole mood of the magazine is very negative. This is not the production

of people who are absorbed in Krishna consciousness. It is the production

of people who are absorbed in fault finding.

 

Here's what Srila Prabhupada says about fault-finding:

 

"Those who are committing sins like illicit sex, fault-finding, and

unjustified violence

rarely attain spiritual knowledge or realization."

 

Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.6

 

--and

 

vaisnavera guna-grahi, na dekhaye dosa

kaya-mano-vakye kare vaisnava-santosa

 

He (Pandit Haridas) always accepted the good qualities of Vaisnavas and

never found

fault in them. He engaged his heart and soul only to satisfy the Vaisnavas.

 

PURPORT

It is a qualification of a Vaisnava that he is adosa-darsi: he never sees

others'

faults. Of course, every human being has both good qualities and faults.

Therefore

it is said, saj-jana gunam icchanti dosam icchanti pamarah: everyone has a

combination

of faults and glories. But a Vaisnava, a sober man, accepts only a man's

glories and not

his faults, for flies seek sores whereas honeybees seek honey. Haridasa

Pandita never

found fault with a Vaisnava but considered only his good qualities.

 

Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 8.62

 

 

ISKCON Solidarity ki jaya!

 

Hoping this meets you in good health,

Always your humble servant,

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

[Guest guest]

Dear Sankarshan prabhu:

 

Thank you kindly for the review of Back to Prabhupada, issue #2.

Devotees who are interested to get a free copy of this magazine may

write to btp (AT) iskconirm (DOT) com. Please include your mailing address and one

will be posted to you immediately, anywhere in the world.

 

 

> My Dear Vaisnavas,

> Please accept my humble obeisances.

> All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.

>

> Although I did not request it I just received in the mail

> from Sudama Das issue #2 of "Back to Prabhupada." He is also

> listed as the publisher. It's motto is "Defeating tyranny in

> the realm of thought." Whereas Back to Godhead Magazine's

> motto is from the scriptures this magazine's motto is not.

> This immediately tells us something about the difference

> between Back to Godhead and the "Back to Prabhupada" magazine.

>

> The title of the magazine is quite appropriate. ISKCON is

> already with Prabhupada.

> We never left him, and hence we do not need to get back to

> Prabhupada. IRM

> on the

> other hand has veered very far away from Prabhupada and hence

> needs to get "Back to Prabhupada." I am hoping and praying

> that they will heed their own advice and get back to

> Prabhupada and by giving up their concocted nitwit philosophy.

>

> This magazine claims to be "The Magazine of the real Hare

> Krishna Movement," but we see that this magazine does not

> promote Krishna consciousness. The whole mood of the

> magazine is very negative. This is not the production of

> people who are absorbed in Krishna consciousness. It is the

> production of people who are absorbed in fault finding.

>

> Here's what Srila Prabhupada says about fault-finding:

>

> "Those who are committing sins like illicit sex,

> fault-finding, and unjustified violence rarely attain

> spiritual knowledge or realization."

>

> Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.6

>

> --and

>

> vaisnavera guna-grahi, na dekhaye dosa

> kaya-mano-vakye kare vaisnava-santosa

>

> He (Pandit Haridas) always accepted the good qualities of

> Vaisnavas and never found fault in them. He engaged his heart

> and soul only to satisfy the Vaisnavas.

>

> PURPORT

> It is a qualification of a Vaisnava that he is adosa-darsi:

> he never sees others' faults. Of course, every human being

> has both good qualities and faults. Therefore it is said,

> saj-jana gunam icchanti dosam icchanti pamarah: everyone has

> a combination of faults and glories. But a Vaisnava, a sober

> man, accepts only a man's glories and not his faults, for

> flies seek sores whereas honeybees seek honey. Haridasa

> Pandita never found fault with a Vaisnava but considered only

> his good qualities.

>

> Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 8.62

>

>

> ISKCON Solidarity ki jaya!

>

> Hoping this meets you in good health,

> Always your humble servant,

> Sankarshan Das Adhikari

>

>

>

>

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> To from this mailing list, send an email to:

> Initiations.in.ISKCON-Owner (AT) pamho (DOT) net

>

[Guest guest]

My Dear Vaisnavas,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.

 

 

1) Sankarsana Prabhu claims that the IRM are not following Srila

Prabhupada.

 

Sankarsana Prabhu also claims that anyone who thinks they 'know the

science of Krishna consciousness' is automatically authorized to become

a Diksa Guru in ISKCON.

 

The GBC's position however is that only those individuals who are

authorized by themselves, via receiving the necessary number of votes,

are authorized to become a Diksa Guru in ISKCON.

 

Hence according to Sankarsana prabhu both the GBC and the IRM disagree

with his position which he claims is Srila Prabhupada's position.

 

(He also mentions how he was blocked by the GBC for almost 20 years from

executing what he sees as Srila Prabhupada's order, because they follow

a policy which is not what he claims Srila Prabhupada ordered.)

 

So according to Sankarsana prabhu, the IRM are in good company in not

following Srila Prabhupada!

 

2) Previously Sankarsana prabhu had said the following regarding stories

from BTP:

 

"One very effective propaganda technique that he employs

is to give the example of one ISKCON guru after another

who went astray. I have to admit I share the same disgusted

feelings that Krishna Kant has in this regard. I can also laugh and cry

with him about gurus flying on broomsticks, etc."

(Sankarsana Prabhu, 2/11/2004)

 

Here Sankarsana Prabhu 'admits' he also 'shares' the 'same disgusted

feeling' regarding ISKCON Gurus going astray as me, examples of which

are given in BTP. He himself even quotes one such example of a story

from BTP 1 - Vipramukhya who is featured flying on his broomstick, and

agrees that he can 'also laugh and cry' with us regarding these things.

 

3) He also claims that the IRM by producing this magazine are not

'absorbed in Krishna consciousness'. So here he is making exactly the

SAME 'fault-finding' statement about us, which he claims we are making

about the ISKCON Gurus, even though he claims he is against

'fault-finding'! This position of his is made even more contradictory by

his above statement, where he admits he is happy to 'also laugh and cry'

WITH the IRM regarding the contents of BTP!

 

Thank you,

 

Your servant,

Krishnakant,

Editor, 'Back To Prabhupada'

 

 

 

 

 

Sankarshan Das Adhikari [sda (AT) UltimateSelfRealization (DOT) com]

Sunday, February 15, 2004 3:43 AM

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A mini review of Back to Prabhupada Issue #2

 

My Dear Vaisnavas,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.

 

Although I did not request it I just received in the mail from Sudama

Das

issue #2

of "Back to Prabhupada." He is also listed as the publisher. It's

motto is

"Defeating tyranny in the realm of thought." Whereas Back to Godhead

Magazine's

motto is from the scriptures this magazine's motto is not. This

immediately

tells

us something about the difference between Back to Godhead and the "Back

to

Prabhupada"

magazine.

 

The title of the magazine is quite appropriate. ISKCON is already with

Prabhupada.

We never left him, and hence we do not need to get back to Prabhupada.

IRM

on the

other hand has veered very far away from Prabhupada and hence needs to

get

"Back to

Prabhupada." I am hoping and praying that they will heed their own

advice

and get

back to Prabhupada and by giving up their concocted nitwit philosophy.

 

This magazine claims to be "The Magazine of the real Hare Krishna

Movement,"

but we see that this magazine does not promote Krishna consciousness.

The

whole mood of the magazine is very negative. This is not the production

of people who are absorbed in Krishna consciousness. It is the

production

of people who are absorbed in fault finding.

 

Here's what Srila Prabhupada says about fault-finding:

 

"Those who are committing sins like illicit sex, fault-finding, and

unjustified violence

rarely attain spiritual knowledge or realization."

 

Renunciation Through Wisdom 2.6

 

--and

 

vaisnavera guna-grahi, na dekhaye dosa

kaya-mano-vakye kare vaisnava-santosa

 

He (Pandit Haridas) always accepted the good qualities of Vaisnavas and

never found

fault in them. He engaged his heart and soul only to satisfy the

Vaisnavas.

 

PURPORT

It is a qualification of a Vaisnava that he is adosa-darsi: he never

sees

others'

faults. Of course, every human being has both good qualities and faults.

Therefore

it is said, saj-jana gunam icchanti dosam icchanti pamarah: everyone has

a

combination

of faults and glories. But a Vaisnava, a sober man, accepts only a man's

glories and not

his faults, for flies seek sores whereas honeybees seek honey. Haridasa

Pandita never

found fault with a Vaisnava but considered only his good qualities.

 

Caitanya Caritamrita Adi 8.62

 

 

ISKCON Solidarity ki jaya!

 

Hoping this meets you in good health,

Always your humble servant,

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

 

 

 

 

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