TAKE THE LIFT OF ISKCON.

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Dear Ajamila Prabhu,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupad. All

glories to ISKCON Guru Vrinda. All glories to all loyal devotees of ISKCON.

All glories to all well wishers of ISKCON.

 

I was extremely happy on reading some of your texts on "Granddisciples"

conerence (Usually I participate and stick only to Granddisciples conference

for lack of time, and to have a *personal* touch with all the wonderful second

generation devotees). All your texts are so simple, precise to the point and

crystal clear and give me great joy in reading.

 

Based on the litttle bit of understanding of Guru, Sadhu and Shastra, I have

the following realisation. After all finally one has to speak based on

personal realisation keeping Guru, Sadhu and Shastra for guidance. The problem

with the Ritvik mayavadis is they speak from their own personal realisation

independant of Guru, Sadhu and Shastra.

 

In my pre ISKCON days when ever I came across the phrase "I did not know

whether to laugh or cry" in some literatures I was not able to fully understand

this phrase. Generally I had experienced situations where I could only laugh

or only cry. But during your recent debate with Adridharan Prabhu, when ever I

was reading Adridharan's so called arguments for the first time in my life I

was put in to a position where I did not know to laugh or cry, and thus could

understand acintyabheda abheda tattva of the above phrase.

 

Now many analogies are given for the Institute of ISKCON like your recent

analogy that ISKCON is a boat on a rough sea steered by current Acaryas (GBC)

under the guidance of Srila Prabhupad's instructions. I fully agree with Your

Grace.

 

Now my personal realisation based on Srila Prabhupad's teachings is that ISKCON

is a LIFT to Goloka Vrindavan.

 

Srila Prabhupad said there is no need to waste time in going step by step in

Kaliyuga when the time is so short. Just take the LIFT His Divine Grace said.

 

Is it not true that ISKCON is an institute for Sadhana Bhaktas? Even Kripa

Siddhas and Nitya Siddhas who may come in to this institute will come in the

role of Sadhana Bhaktas? As Sadhana Bhaktas we have to follow 64 basic

principles of Bhakti as mentioned by Srila Rupa Goswami out of which Srila

Prabhupad recommends the beginners must observe the first 10 principles and

make good advancement in krishna consciousness. Of these 64 Srila Prabhupad

mentions the first three are most important.. namely accepting the shelter of a

bonafide spiritual master, taking initiation from Him and servind hime respect

and reverence.

 

Now means and the end are same, that is bhakti is a means to the end which is

again bhakti. Holy Name is means to the end which is again Holy Name. Love of

Godhead is a means to the end which is again Love of Godhead. When Krishna

Consciousness is so simple why do we complicate things.

 

Is it not true that Srila Prabhupad has given to us directly the love of

Godhead eliminating the step by step procedures and that is why He said take

the LIFT. When Srila Prabhupad's ISKCON is offering love of Godhead directly

why should any body go for anything less to other institutes and maths. Is it

not foolish to go step by step when there is a direct LIFT available. Why

should one not take the LIFT of ISKCON? Why should one go for lesser rasas

when directly Love of God head is being given here freely.

 

If there was no love of Godhead in ISKCON how can a devotee distribute books in

rain, sun, and snow for more than 12 hours a day.

If there was no love of Godhead in ISKCON how can a devotee print Srila

Prabhpad's books beating all the dead lines.

If there was no love of Godhead in ISKCON how can a devotee travel around the

world spreading the Holy Name travelling in the most hellish flights serving

beef and liquors freely.

If there is no love of Godhead in ISKCON how can a devotee conduct a Nama Hatta

or Bhakti Vriksha preaching program after office hours or over the weekend.

If there was no love Godhead in ISKCON how can a devotee wake up the deities

and perform all the Arathis and offerings in ISKCON temples around the world.

If there was no love of Godhead in ISKCON how can a devotee perform the Ratha

Yatras in all the major cities of the world.

etc,. etc,. etc,.

 

Is it not true that all the activities performed by devotees of ISKCON are

already on the level of love of Godhead or technically on the level of Prema

because all these activities are in relation with Krishna????? And these

activities are means to the end which is again prema. If the devotee is

already not having a taste and attachment on the level of prema atleast to some

extant if not fully (if it was full one would be in Goloka Vrindavan), how is

it possible for devotees to perform all the above activities? Is it not true

that Srila Prabhupad tricked us all into directly coming to the platform of

prema with out our knowledge? Of course I am the most fallen, and most sinful,

and thoroughly conditioned through millions of life times but by the causeless

mercy of vaishnavas, Guru and Krishna (in the current context ISKCON), I can

still perform or participate or assist in all the above activities of Love of

Godhead. How fortunate I am that even though I am the most fallen, by taking

the LIFT of Srila Prabhupad's ISKCON I can still perform activities in Love of

Godhead today itself even before I am fully purified.

 

So let me stick together with all the loyal devotees of ISKCON and take this

LIFT OF ISKCON and go back home back to godhead on the order of Srila

Prabhupad.

 

Please correct me if this my understanding is wrong.

 

Srila Prabhupad Ki Jaya.

 

ISKCON ki Jaya.

 

Your humble servant,

Bhadra Govinda Das