remain strong on the spiritual platform

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> >

> > > > poison administered to our Society will not act if some of our

> > > > students are as good as Prahlada Maharaja. I have therefore

> > > > given the administrative power to the Governing Body Commission.

> > > > I have tried to give you all Krsna Consciousness, now it is your

> > > > duty to develop it. If you remain strong on the spiritual

> > > > platform then your progress will not be checked or blocked.

> > > >

> >

 

> Out of context it seems very positive. But we should remember that this

> is the letter to a "new" leader of just formed GBC (with the main

> purpose of not making Prabhupada into God, but to defend true siddhanta)

 

Yes, I know.

 

> The point is that

> ones you are a GBC man -- you should be strong and make others strong.

 

This is a very strong point too. A quich search in vedabase reveals the

following:

 

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The Governing Body Commission's duty is therefore to see that every member

is following the rules and regulations and chanting sixteen round regularly

on the beads.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Bali-mardana -- Tokyo 25 August, 1970

 

This program to make each and every center spiritually strong should be the

duty of the GBC.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Hamsaduta -- Tokyo 24 April, 1972

 

I want now that all of my GBC secretaries do my work. Let me sit tight in

Los Angeles and write my books. Now you be always travelling here and there,

visiting the centers in your zone, seeing how things are going on and how

the students are making spiritual progress. That is our real concern, the

spiritual progress of life. That is duty of GBC.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Bhagavan -- Honolulu 12 May, 1972

 

I want that the GBC men should leave the management of the individual

centers to the local presidents and concentrate themselves upon preaching

work. They should be constantly traveling from one center to another center

to see how the students are learning and to give whatever advice is

necessary for improving the temple standards.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Madhudvisa -- Los Angeles 12 June, 1972

 

I am very much concerned that the devotees should be given all good

instruction and knowledge of Krishna Consciousness, that is the duty of the

GBC man.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Madhudvisa -- Los Angeles 16 June, 1972

 

It is the duty of the GBC to maintain the devotees, keep them in the highest

standard of Krishna Consciousness, and give them all good instruction, and

let them go out and preach for making more devotees.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Satsvarupa -- Los Angeles 16 June, 1972

 

Therefore I have established that the duty of the president of each temple

and also the GBC is to see that each devotee is following the rules and

regulations, chanting 16 rounds so that they may be spiritually fit.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Vidarbha Kanya -- Vrindaban 19 August,

1974

 

There are so many devotees there in your zone. So, you must see that every

one of them is chanting at least 16 rounds daily and observing our rules and

regulations strictly. Keep everything nicely in this way. This is the duty

of GBC, to see that all of our members are becoming fixed in Krishna's

service.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Jagadisa -- Bombay 12 January, 1975

 

Everything is very bright and brilliant. The Deity is proof of the sincere

service. It is the duty of the GBC now to maintain this. Their duty is how

to enthuse them and maintain.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Madhudvisa -- Bombay 10 November, 1975

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But as far as I know, GBCs are doing this succesfully, isn't it?

 

>

> >

> > I don't see how could anybody use this as against ISKCON, as it

> > cleary shows, that Srila Prabhupada considered GBCs to be "as good as

> > Prahlada Maharaja"

>

> That is not the "part" of the letter that is being misused. Why don't

> you publish the whole letter and tell what line whould you think one

> will use to blame someone of poisoning (selective quoting). (or do an

> internet search on Hamsaduta 2 September 1970)

>

I intentionally cut out the "touchy" part of the letter. I was more trying

to put out, that as long as there are devotees, who are in the eyes of Srila

Prabhupada as good as Prahlada Maharaja, there is nothing to fear. All

deviations will be cut to pieces as soon as they start to sprout.

 

>

> > although it may have been misinterpreted by some. It is still nectar.

>

> Im quite sure it is. But its also a very very very big warning!

>

Oh, yes, warning. I can understand, that if there is no devotees, who are in

Srila Prabhupada's eyes as good as Prahlada Maharaja, then poison of

deviations can not stopped, and we are quite finished.

 

ys gnd