GBC Admits Defeat Agains The Final Order

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Here follows part of one of the "spicy" articles found in the BTP, GBC do

not want their members to read:

 

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{ Taken from BTP Issue 4, page 5}

 

In 1995, the GBC in their wisdom decided to issue a definite document on the

Guru issue for ISKCON titled: "Gurus and Intitiation in ISKCON (GBC,

1995),[Henceforwerd to be referred to as GII]. Part of this document was a

paper entitled "On My Order Understood", in which the GBC attempted to

explain once and for all what Srila Prabhupada's orders were for how

initiations in ISKCON would continue after his physical departure. The GBC

said of this paper:

"The GBC approves of the paper entitled 'On My Order Understood" which

establishes as ISKCON law the final siddhanta on Srila Prabhupada's desire

for continuing the disciplic succession after the departure of His Divine

Grace." [GII, p.1)

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"The Final Order", the definite position paper of the IRM documenting Srila

Prabhupada's position as the Diksa Guru for ISKCON, was written specifically

in response to the above GBC paper, taking it as its reference point,.......

TFO then goes to dismantle the arguments put forward in GII.

 

After 8 long years, the GBC have finally admitted that their so-called

'final siddhanta' paper, the main target of the TFO's attack was not only

not final, but completely bogus, as the following resolution passed this

year (2004) at the GBC meetings states:

 

409. Continuing the Disciplic Succession

[statement]

 

WHEREAS:

The paper "On My Order Understood" contains assumptions and assertions

that, in numerous places, do not match the available evidence from the

statements of Prabhupada.

And the GBC desires to make a more concise statement,

RESOLVED:

"On My Order Understood" is replaced as official GBC policy by the

following statement:

 

The GBC officially accepts the following conclusions about continuing the

disciplic succession:

 

Srila Prabhupada consistently said that his disciples would themselves

become spiritual masters. Guru, sadhu and shastra all support this standard

way of continuing the disciplic succession. Srila Prabhupada said that his

disciples would become "regular Gurus" and that each of their disciples

would thus be a "disciple of my disciple".

On strength of our Vaisnava tradition and the statements of Srila

Prabhupada, the GBC concludes that Srila Prabhupada intended his disciples

to become 'regular Gurus'after he physically departed.

[GBC Resolution 409,2004]

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whilst admitting that their paper is basically a fabrication, the GBC are

happy to re-state the same conclusions, only this time with no fabricated

quotes from Srila Prabhupada to support their position Rather they rest

their whole philosophical position on just one piece of evidence: An

allusion to one line which Srila Prabhupada speaks on a tape, and which does

not even say what they claim. Srila Prabhupada states on May 28th, 1977 the

following:

 

"When I order you become Guru, he becomes regular Guru. That's all. He

becomes disciple of my disciple".

 

Srila Prabhupada here clearly states that Gurus will emerge only WHEN he

gives an order to that effect - "When I order you to become guru" and as the

GBC seem now to concede, such an order was never given. For this reason the

GBC have had to fabricate the following account:

"Srila Prabhupada said that his disciples would become "regular Gurus" and

that each of their disciples would thus be a "disciple of my disciple".

 

Please spot the huge difference between what Srila Prabhupada actually says

and the GBC fabrication. Srila Prabhupada does NOT say that his disciples

"WOULD BECOME regular Gurus". He states that only WHEN he orders them to

become Guru, do they become Guru, not that they WOULD become Guru. And the

authors of this latest GBC resolution have the cheek to say the paper it

replaces contained - 'assertions, that in numerous places do not match the

available evidence form the statements of Srila Prabhupada", yet we see

their latest effort is no better.

 

In ditching thier 'final siddhanta'paper the GBC have effectively admitted

that 'The arguments and evidence which we put forward to reach our

conclusion were completely wrong, and we are not offering any alternative

argument or evidence, but we still want to say that the conclusion - that we

be allowed to operate a Guru program replacing srila Prabhupada - is

correct"

 

Thus the GBC's programme is simply to be "Gurus at all cost". First they

tried to do it by instituting the Guru Hoax part 1 - the zonal acharya

system. When that failed they tried Guru Hoax part 2 - the everyone and

anyone can be Guru programme - justified by the now discarded "On My Order

Understood" paper. This contiunual changing of position papers to try and

keep the "Guru business" on the road was thoroughly condemned by Srila

Prabhuapada.

 

"So these rascals will change every year their theology"

[srila Prabhupada, morning walk, LA 21/12/73

 

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