Srila Prabhupada did not introduce a permanent ritvik system

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Srila Prabhupada very well knew that he did not mention the permanent ritvik

system in his books or lectures. He also knew that it is not mentioned by

sadhu and sastra. And he knew that he gave the instruction to compare the

guru's words with sadhu and sastra. Therefore, as tri-kala-jna, he knew that

in the future his disciples will compare the July 9th letter with his book,

sadhu and sastra, and conclude that the permanent ritvik system is not what

Srila Prabhupada intended.

 

So if Srila Prabhupada had wanted to indroduce a new initiation system, he

would have stated that in the July 9th letter, or in an accompanying

document. Srila Prabhupada always gave enough information to enable the

correct application of his instructions. He certainly did not operate on the

assumption that his Temple Presidents were all mystic mind readers, and that

he therefore only needed to issue fragmented and incomplete directives which

would later be made sense of telepathically. For example, had Srila

Prabhupada intended the ritvik system to continue on his departure he would

have added the following eight words to the July 9th letter - "This system

will NOT terminate on my departure". A quick look at the letter tells us he

it just says 'henceforward'.

 

ys Ramakanta dasa