Thread 4: A prayer, ---honestly speaking

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Dear and respected Vaiyasaki Prabhuji,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances at Your lotus feet. All glories to Srila

Prabhupada.

 

Thank you very much for your kind and merciful reply. Why any newcomer into

this society like me gets confused is:

 

I read the following 2000 GBC resolutions, on Chakra.

 

Extract from Chakra starts here:

 

GBC Restructuring Taskforce WHEREAS, there is a need to reorganize GBC

operations to achieve more efficiency, more local ISKCON leadership, less

stress for GBC members, and more effective fulfillment of GBC

responsibilities, and

 

WHEREAS, the issues involved are deep and complex and do not lend themselves

to resolution at the brief annual Mayapur meeting;

 

605 [ACTION] IT IS RESOLVED THAT 1. The GBC Body hereby appoints an ongoing

GBC Restructuring Task Force whose members include: Jayapataka Swami,

Mukunda Goswami, Malati Devi Dasi, Sudharma Devi Dasi, Pancaratna Das,

Atmarama Das, Abhirama Das, Kalakantha Das, Anuttama Das, Aniruddha Das,

Atmabhu Das, Hrdaya Caitanya Das and Prasanta Devi Dasi. This group may also

seek the help of professional advisors.

 

2. This task force shall be coordinated by the GBC Secretariat and

communicate by e-mail throughout the year. It shall convene in Mayapur prior

to the 2001 annual meetings.

 

3. The specific goals of this task force shall include: (a) to gather and

deliberate on input on the following questions from various ISKCON Regional

Bodies: - What should be the definition of ISKCON Regional Governing

Bodies/Divisional Councils? - Should some GBC members serve in the role of

"Monitor" overseeing secretaries of smaller zones? - How should the GBC

delegate problem-solving authority to regional levels? - How should ISKCON

Ministries function? - How should ISKCON develop a constitution? - What

statements of Srila Prabhupada are relevant to GBC structure? - What do

leading ISKCON stakeholders (temple presidents, congregational leaders, and

senior devotees) want to see from the GBC?

 

4. This Task Force shall compile a progress report and possible

restructuring models for consideration by the GBC Body at the 2001 annual

meeting.

 

5. Funding for the Task Force is nil as it's members are volunteers working

through e-mail and their coordination will be handled by the already funded

GBC Secretariat.

 

Extract ends here.

 

Question No 1:

 

If this is already clear (even to freshers like me) and ongoing, why are

some devotees duplicating this job. Again talking about the samething.

What are the reasons? Definitely anybody will be confused. Let us say some

of us do not have faith in the above GBC restructuring task force, and you

start another conference, another task force. Similarly if I or anyone

feels that this is also not doing a proper job (if you can *feel* that the

GBC restructure task force is not doing a proper job, I can also *feel* the

restructure conference is not doing a proper job. It has become a free for

all society. So some body else starts some other confereence. If the

second layer in management structure does not respect the first layer of

management, the third layer of management also need not respect the second

layer, so on and so forth. yad yad acarati sresthas.). Will this not

create factions, in the society?

 

My second humble question:

 

What is the example you second generation disciples are setting to us grand

disciples if you do not trust each other, sit together and talk to each

other. Not only that, but openly blaspheme each other. How should a new

Bhaktha perceive these things. I went to my son's primary school, the other

day for the parent councilling. Even the Karmi school teachers were

telling, that the parents should not fight with each other, and sort out

family affairs in a soberly manner. Even if you have differences you should

fight or sort it out not in front of the children, but at a different place,

and time.

 

These questions are asked in a humble mood and not in a challenging mood.

(e-mail cannot tell the mood, and now a days so much of passions flowing on

the COM, I wanted to clarify, lest I may get butchered again).

 

I am eternally indebted to you, if you can remove what ever confusions I

have and thus help further my Krishna Consciousness.

 

Seeking your blessings, to some how or the other stay in Krishna

Consciousness. I pray one day I should be able to attend your live kirtan,

or stage show. Hope Krishna fulfills my desire.

 

Your humble servant,

Bhadra Govinda Das.