Thread #3 What is it we want the GBC to accomplish?

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His holiness Kavicandra Maharaj wrote:

 

> In the middle east Venu Gopal Prabhu managers everything. The GBC man

> acts as a guru and an inspiration. Without that work of Venu Gopal

> Prabhu, not much would be here. Many Some grhasthas can go there and

> learn from him.

 

Yes, that is the point. We want grhasthas to manage. Why do you think they

are not qualified to do so? Why do you think they have to take advice from

this granddisciple that you seem to favor so much? I personally have found

his letter to me very puffed up, and much inappropriate to our dicussion.

I was sorry for him when I received it as he doesn't understand at all my

heart or motivation.

 

I find your statement very condescending, Maharaj. Why do you speak our

grhasthas so down to them?

 

Why did HH. PGS. not invite Madhvacarya das adhikari Prabhu earlier, back to

take his previous post?

 

could it be that you don't know that it was HH. BCS. with his followers, who

kicked away this mature grhasthas from the local management? That GBC-Guru

never personally apologized to Madhvacarya Prabhu, and never asked him again

to humbly take up his nice service at Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet, as

Temple President in New-Mayapura. Do you think that was fair on his part?

And there are numerous example of this sort in Iskcon today.

 

We have so many qualified Grhasthas devotees. Why don't we open our eyes and

invite them to take up responsibility on Prabhupada's behalf and trust them?

 

Why do we always shut them down? Is that fair? Please do not think the

present GBC members are the chosen ones, and besides them, all their

Godbrothers are in maya. That is simply not honest or pleasing to Srila

Prabhupada, in my humble opinion.

 

If you really want to find them, Maharaj, Krsna will show them to you, you

will easily find where they stay. And, as Ajamila Prabhu pointed out before,

in this conference, you will suddenly find more than 100 devotees in good

spiritual standard and ready to take responsibility for Prabhupada's

mission. ( but of course not for the profit and adoration of a few selected

GBC members. You have to clearly make that distinction too here.)

 

First these devotees need a thorough restructuring of the GBC Body, and then

they will be appeased and pacified, and ready to cooperate again, to manage

our society according to Srila Prabhupada's original desire and personal

instructions.

 

But, are the GBC ready to listen to these suggestions of how things should

be done at the highest level of ISKCON, and according to Srila Prabhupada's

basic and first instructions to them?

 

If the question is yes, then why most of them are not humbly and

wholeheartedly participating in the present discussion going on, on Sri

Rama's conference called 'GBC Restructure'?

 

Do most of them not feel that they are above all these discussions, as they

are already paramahamsas, surrendered to Srila Prabhupada's instructions to

them, and not in need of any advice coming from us all, on that conference?

 

I would be very happy to be convinced of the opposite by your Holiness, as

that would give me reasons to hope, that very soon, our most qualified

grhasthas will take up again the services Srila Prabhupada gave them, at

first. (before the ZonalGBCAcarya system).

 

Let's humbly pray to Srila Prabhupada that he helps us appreciate each

others genuine input and services, and that he inspires our leaders to

honestly rectify their past and present wrongdoings and bad behavior, not

only with words, but with actions. I also pray that we humbly learn how to

cooperate, in a most selfless way, with all the dedicated godbrothers and

mature disciples that are all around us, both in temples and outside of

them.

 

That is my present prayer, Maharaj.

May Lord Krsna kindly fulfill it out of his causeless mercy for the benefit

of our society.

 

Please accept my humble obeisances and kindly forgive my strong words and

offenses. I have much respect for your holiness'dedicated service at Srila

Prabhupada's lotus feet.

 

Your servant in Prabhupada's mission, Krsna-kirtana dasi.