GBC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE STATEMENT

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Dear Vaisnavas,

 

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

 

Here is the official GBC EC statement in relation to Satsvarupa Maharaja. As

well as the EC statement there also follows a statement from Satsvarupa

Maharaja himself.

 

Lilasuka prabhu can you make sure that both of the below statements go to

*ALL* PAMHO receivers via the X (All Pamho users) conference. You should

also send it to both Dipika and Chakra. If any other members have

suggestions as to where else it should go, then please let Lilasuka prabhu

know.

 

As the saying goes - you can't please all of the people all of the time - I

hope that no one is too disappointed with our statement and I beg the

vaisnavas for their mercy during this difficult time.

 

Hare Krishna and all glories again to our ever well wisher Srila Prabhupada.

 

Your servant, Praghosa dasa.

 

 

 

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Dear Devotees,

 

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

The following statement from the GBC Executive Committee represents ISKCON's

official position on the subject at hand.

 

At the end of this posting you will find a candid letter from Satsvarupa

dasa Goswami about a falldown that occurred in his spiritual life about a

year and a half ago. This took place within the context of his ongoing

endeavors to serve while struggling with debilitated health.

 

The GBC Executive Committee would first like to express it's deep gratitude

toward Satsvarupa das Goswami, a much loved devotee in the Hare Krsna

movement, and acknowledge his career of dedicated devotional service,

exemplary sadhana, and inspired literary preaching on behalf of Srila

Prabhupada.

 

As a GBC Emeritus, Satsvarupa Maharaja holds no official position in the

management of ISKCON and is unlikely ever to do so.

 

In consultation with the GBC EC, he has agreed to retire from initiating; he

will not initiate any more disciples.

 

His present disciples are encouraged to go on steadily in their devotional

service to ISKCON and Srila Prabhupada, and he will continue to offer

guidance and care as they so desire.

 

As Srila Prabhupada writes in Bhagavad-gita (9.30): "Sometimes. . . it may

be seen that a person in Krsna consciousness commits some act which may be

taken as most abominable socially or politically. But such a temporary

falldown does not disqualify him. The material contamination is so strong

that even a yogi fully engaged in the service of the Lord sometimes becomes

ensnared; but Krsna consciousness is so strong that such an occasional

falldown is at once rectified. Therefore the process of devotional service

is always a success."

 

Satsvarupa Maharaja has re-dedicated himself to his vows and asrama and is

committed to his full recovery and service to Srila Prabhupada. We offer him

our wholehearted affection, encouragement, and support.

 

Out of respect for Satsvarupa Maharaja, we request all devotees to give him

the time, space and privacy he requires to recover fully. Out of respect and

honour for the sacrifices he has made on behalf of Srila Prabhupada and

ISKCON these many years, we encourage devotees everywhere to offer him their

support, prayers, and good wishes.

 

Your servants,

 

GBC Executive Committee

 

 

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