Guest guest Posted May 21, 2006 Report Share Posted May 21, 2006 Who is Dr Hector Rosario, and what are his spiritual qualifications? That would be my first question. Secondly, how long has he been in ISKCON; what does he know of the instructions of Srila Prabhupada; what amount of time has he spent involved in management in ISKCON; has he spent any time in a temple; what spiritual training has he undergone. etc. That would be a start. ys BSdd > Hare Krsna. > > I had forgotten that this conference still existed and that I am the > moderator! Anyway, the text below was forwarded to me for the conference > so I am forwarding it to all of you. I am including the original sender as > a receiver also. > > Your servant > Samba das > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > Letter PAMHO:11565462 (174 lines) > Internet: "Hector Rosario" <hector.rosario (AT) math (DOT) uprm.edu> > 11-May-06 14:53 (11:53 -0300) > hector.rosario (AT) math (DOT) uprm.edu > Bcc: Samba (das) (Mayapur - IN) [22282] (sender: Ramakanta (das) > HKS > (PAMHO.NET SysOp) (Zurich - CH)) > Bcc-For: GBC Restructure (sender: Ramakanta (das) HKS (PAMHO.NET SysOp) > (Zurich - CH)) > Proposal: Restructuring the GBC > --------------------------- > PROPOSAL: RESTRUCTURING ISKCON's GBC > > Submitted by Dr. Hector Rosario (A non-initiated disciple of H.H. > Hridayananda das Goswami) > On the Auspicious Appearance Day of Sri Nrsimhadeva > May 11th, 2006 > > Dedication: This draft proposal is an offering to Srila Acaryadeva (H.H. > Hridayananda das Goswami) on his 34th sannyasa anniversary. It is also > hoped that Parama Pujya Gour Govinda Goswami, Srila Prabhupada's most > exalted disciple, will be pleased by this offering. May they place it at > Srila Prabhupada's feet for His Divine Grace's rejection or acceptance. > > Purpose: To restructure the Governing Body Commission (GBC), the supreme > ecclesiastical authority for the International Society for Krishna > Consciousness (ISKCON), and to advance Srila Prabhupada's system of exams > to assist in helping to determine who would be qualified to offer diksa, > as per His Divine Grace's instructions to Hamsaduta Prabhu in a letter > dated December 3, 1968. > > Need: This initiative echoes H.H. Bhakti Caru Swami's concerns about the > urgent need to reform ISKCON, as expressed by Maharaja in Toronto on July > 20th, 2003. ISKCON, in the face of a rapidly deteriorating public image, > and even worse, in the face of a palpable lack of trust by devotees at > large on the GBC and its decisions, the dismantling of the GBC as we know > is of the essence to allow for the renewal of ISKCON, beginning with the > installation of a new GBC. > > Procedures: By Procedures is meant the process of dismantling the GBC and > installing a new one. If goodwill and our love for Srila Prabhupada > prevail, the Procedures may take less than two months from implementation > to completion. This mechanism shall be implemented only once. It is > recommended to initiate it on Srila Prabhupada's disappearance day this > year. > > 1. Restructuring Commission > > a. A 16-member Restructuring Commission shall be formed to monitor the > Procedures. > b. The Commission shall be independent of the GBC. > c. The Commission shall have absolute authority to oversee the > Proceedings and take disciplinary action against ISKCON members violating > the guidelines for the Proceedings. > d. During the Proceedings, the Commission members will have no contact > with the GBC members. > e.During the Proceedings, GBC members will become interim > administrators for legal purposes. > > 2. Initiations > > a. Echoing H.H. Bhakti Caru Swami's concerns, a moratorium on > initiations at all levels shall be in effect during the Proceedings. > > 3. Nominations for Commission members > > a. Every ISKCON Temple will be asked to nominate one candidate. > b. Any ISKCON member who is an initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada > will be eligible for nomination. > c. To guarantee the purity of the Proceedings, a Temple may not consult > with other Temples about its choice or campaign for any potential nominee. > d. Each Temple shall have autonomy to decide its mechanism to determine > its nominee. However, to help ensure that the members possess the highest > moral standards and to increase the credibility of the Proceedings, the > Temples are strongly advised to shun ISKCON members with a questionable > history in the Society. > e. Within two weeks of opening the nominations, the GBC shall receive > all nominations and prepare a list with all the names that were nominated. > Each name shall appear only once, regardless of how many times his or her > name was submitted. > f. The list shall be made public within a week of the closings, to > allow time for GBC members to verify whether the nominees accept the > nomination. > g. It shall be the responsibility of every nominee to contact the GBC > to accept or decline the nomination. Otherwise, the name shall be > automatically deleted from the list. This shall be called the verification > process. > h. The names on the list shall appear in strict alphabetical order. > i. Only the official name given at initiation shall be used to identify > a nominee. > > 4. Selecting Commission members > a. The list shall be distributed to each Temple, perhaps in electronic > form, the day immediately following the closing of the verification > process. > b. Each Temple may select as many candidates as it deems worthy of such > trust. > c. Within a week, the GBC shall receive the ballots and make the list > public with every name followed by its approval rate. > d. The approval rate is the number of votes a nominee receives, divided > by the total number of Temples. > e. The sixteen nominees with the highest approval rate shall become the > members of the Commission. > f. In case of a tie for the sixteenth place, the nominees shall be > asked to decide among themselves who should serve in the Commission. If no > agreement is reached in 24 hours, then those nominees will be > automatically disqualified to be part of the Commission. In this case, the > Commission shall be composed of less than 16 members. > g. The primary task of the Commission shall be to rapidly implement the > decision-making mechanism to select the new GBC and to oversee the purity > of the Proceedings. > > 5. Nominations for GBC members > a. Every Temple will be asked to nominate up to three candidates. > b. Any ISKCON member with second initiation will be eligible for > nomination. > c. To guarantee the purity of the Proceedings, a Temple may not consult > with other Temples about its choices or campaign for any potential > nominee. > d. Each Temple shall have autonomy to decide its mechanism to determine > its nominees. However, to help ensure that the members possess the highest > moral standards and to increase the credibility of the Proceedings, the > Temples are strongly advised to shun ISKCON members with a questionable > history in ISKCON. > e. Within two weeks of opening the nominations, the Commission shall > receive all nominations and prepare a list with all the names that were > nominated. Each name shall appear only once, regardless of how many times > his or her name was submitted. > f. The list shall be made public within a week of the closings, to > allow time for Commission members to contact the nominees to verify > whether they accept the nomination. > g. It shall be the responsibility of every nominee to contact the > Commission to accept or decline the nomination. Otherwise, the name shall > be automatically deleted from the list. This shall be called the > verification process. > h. The names on the list shall appear in strict alphabetical order. > i. Only the official name given at initiation shall be used to identify > a nominee. > > 6. Selecting GBC members > a. The list shall be distributed to each Temple, perhaps in electronic > form, immediately the day following the closing of the verification > process. > b. Each Temple may select as many candidates as it deems worthy of such > trust. > c. Within a week, the Comission shall receive the ballots and make the > list public with every name followed by its approval rate. > d. The approval rate is the number of votes a nominee receives, divided > by the total number of Temples. > e. Every nominee obtaining a 90% approval rate or higher shall be > accepted as a member of the new GBC, regardless of the number of them. > However, probabilistically speaking and given ISKCON's internal battles, > this number might not exceed twenty. > f. It shall be understood that these elected nominees have the > confidence of the brahminical community at large in ISKCON. > g. The primary task of the new GBC shall be to conscientiously but > rapidly implement the decision-making mechanism delineated by Srila > Prabhupada to decide who would be qualified to initiate disciples. > > 7. Installation of new GBC > a. The new GBC shall be installed in Mayapur during the Gaura Purnima > immediately following the Proceedings (hopefully next year). > > 8. Mission of new GBC > a. To take over the responsibilities of the former GBC, with all its > powers bestowed on the new GBC. > b. Decide on the status of currently accepted initiating spiritual > masters. > c. To establish Srila Prabhupada's system of exams to decide who would > be qualified to offer initiation, as His Divine Grace expressed his wishes > to Hamsaduta Prabhu dated December 3, 1968. The text of the letter > follows. > > "Next January there will be an examination on this Bhagavad-gita. Papers > will be sent by me to all centers, and those securing the minimum passing > grade will be given the title as Bhakti-sastri. Similarly, another > examination will be held on Lord Caitanya's Appearance Day in February, > 1970 and it will be upon Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. Those > passing will get the title of Bhakti-vaibhava. Another examination will be > held sometimes in 1971 on the four books, Bhagavad-gita, > Srimad-Bhagavatam, Teachings of Lord Caitanya, and Nectar of Devotion. One > who will pass this examination will be awarded with the title of > Bhaktivedanta. I want that all of my spiritual sons and daughters will > inherit this title of Bhaktivedanta, so that the family transcendental > diploma will continue through the generations. Those possessing the title > of Bhaktivedanta will be allowed to initiate disciples. Maybe by 1975, all > of my disciples will be allowed to initiate and increase the numbers of > the generations. That is my program. So we should not simply publish these > books for reading by outsiders, but our students must be well versed in > all of our books so that we can be prepared to defeat all opposing parties > in the matter of self-realization. > > OM TAT SAT > (Text PAMHO:11565462) ----- > > ------- End of Forwarded Message ------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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