Devotees leaving ISKCON II

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Dear devotees, Hare Krsna!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

 

So far you have heard the devestateing effects that this type of

brahminical management has caused, and the reason why are devotees leaving

ISKCON.I will now try to explain what measures can we undertake to get

ISKCON out of this deep, deep trouble.

 

After our beloved Srila Prabhupada left us, his disciples, our sannyasis

have taken the burdento to manage ISKCON to their best abilitys.In those

days there was a need for amergency managing to get things done.Today

ISKCON is a big organization with big problems, which our current

amergency management can not cope with any more.Because of that, there is

an overwhelming need for a different kind of management.A management that

can swiftly and efishently deal with all problems which are troubleing our

society.A management that will response to demands that future events will

bring.A management that will consist of devotees who are qualified and

experienced managers, and who have big capacity to manage things.Today in

ISKCON we have laws and resolutions, but we dont have qualified people in

GBC to inflict those laws on our society.

 

Why make this change?Because our Governing body commission is not a

SPIRITUAL BODY, it is a ADMINISTRATIVE BODY, and it needs administrators

to govern our society.

 

Thats why I would like to propose the following changes to be made:

 

1.All sannyasis should resign from the managing positions in ISKCON.In

this way they will be freed from this big burden of:

 

-haveing to attend long meetings

-worrying about bank accounts, bills and projects

-associateing with women through managing and meetings

-dumping all our problems on to them

 

Such activitys for a sannyasi is like carrying a time bomb, because there

is always a big chance of falling down.Also they should not be put in such

a drastic position to be subjected to criticisam and judgment all the time.

It is our duty to protect our sannyasis, and warn them of this dangerous

position that there in right now, and also to warn them of this dangerous

position that they brought ISKCON in to.

 

2.Our sannyasis should dedicate their time in teaching all other varnas

and ashrams, how to do their prescribed dutys properly and depend on

KRSNA's mercy at the same time.We still dont have a single varnasrama

college established in ISKCON, because our sannyasis are rather focused on

managing than on teaching.They should concentrate more on preaching and

inspireing people all over the world how to nicely surrender to KRSNA.

 

3.Our GBC should consist of a small number (around 5 people) of most

qualified devotee managers that we have in ISKCON today.Current GBC is to

big.Because of that, to much time and energy is lost in endless and

exhausting discussions.Five qualified devotees who know their job, can do

much more work in much shoter time than 30 or 130 unqualified people.

 

These new GBC managers will have to correct all the mistakes made by

former governments in ISKCON, and bring abusers to justice for their

criminal activitys.They will also have a hard task of regaining faith in

ISKCON to many angry and disappointed devotees.I am positive that we have

devotees of this profile in ISKCON, it is just that nobody wanted to make

proper use of them.

 

4.We should also form a small council (around 5 people) of most qualified

brahmanas that we have in ISKCON.They will supervise the ksatriyas (GBC)

only in the sense if they are governing according to religious principles.

 

To much damage has been done in ISKCON, to continue governing with this

old brahminical managing structure. Our only chance is to change the

structure of GBC righ now and bring new capeble experienced devotee

managers, who will make a positive change.

 

This will be our first step towards implementing varnasrama-dharma into

our society.

 

Your servant,

Janaka das