Loyalty to ISKCON and Srila Prabhupada

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Oh, one suggestion "Prabhupada conference"

 

ys MGd

 

 

> > There is a conf mentioned called

> >

> > Prabhupada Siddhanta Study Group (with Conclusions)

> >

> > The very title of the conf appears to be apa-siddhantic as there is no

> > such thing as "Prabhupada Siddhanta." Siddhanta is one, and the main

> > qualification of Srila Prabhupada and of every other devotee serving as

> > guru is to present that siddhanta as received through parampara. If we

> > think that Srila Prabhupada has his own siddhanta, then we misrepresent

> > him.

>

> Dear Maharaja.

> Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

>

> I'm writing to you as organizer of conference Prabhupada Siddhanta Study

> Group.

>

> We already changed the name once. Original proposed name was "Prabhupada

> Research Group". Then we were noted, that Srila Prabhupada didn't want,

> that we use word research, as it implies, that truth is unknown, and needs

> to be researched. As per personal advice of Hari Sauri Prabhu, we changed

> the name to "Prabhupada Siddhanta Study Group", which was his personal

> proposal.

>

> I am more that ready to change the name immediately to anything else, just

> to avoid any discomfort from the side of devotees. I wish, that any

> devotee, who feels obliged to study Srila Prabhupada's words and present

> them to others, would feel most at home in this conference. If the name of

> conference is impediment to that in any way, I will change it in a second.

>

> We thought about many names. After pointing out that the use of word

> "research" is improper, we had some discussion about the name. The point

> of "Prabhupada Siddhanta" implying, that Srila Prabhupada had his own,

> independent siddhanta, also came out. But in the end there was just few

> suggestions, and there was no unanimous agreement on the name. Always

> something was missing, it was hard to express purpose clearly in few words

> of title. Therefore I just cut through and decided to use "Prabhupada

> Siddhanta Study Group". I was considering, that we cannot go wrong with

> this name, because it was personally suggested by Hari Sauri Prabhu.

>

> But personally, I still feel that "Prabhupada Research Group" better

> describes the intended purpose of conference. The point was, that I wanted

> to make it clear, that conference is ment for studying Srila Prabhupadas

> words. No other sampradaya branch, just the one coming through Srila

> Prabhupada. Therefore I used "Prabhupada". Then I wanted to use word

> "research", to imply that modern ISKCON may be loosing contact with

> original message, because of westernization and other influences, and that

> message needs to be researched, before properly propagated. And "group"

> implies, that it is a group, so that nobody would feel too threatened by

> possible "fossil", "frozen in 70s", "fanatical" and "conservative"

> opinions expressed in the conference.

>

> Now, I'm willing to change the name in any possible way (length of

> conference title is limited). But I'm a bit out of ideas. Please, any idea

> is welcome. If you can just say the name, that you would be pleased with,

> I will change immediately to that.

>

> thank you

>

> your servant Giri-nayaka das BVS