Rebellion due to the authority supporting a wrong standard set by ZA

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> My bottom line is that a perfect person (A Guru as the sastra generally

> discribed him) can not be created by wishful thinking, appointment, or

> vote, or any other process, except that he has the actual realization or

> adhikary of a fully surrendered soul. Srila Prabhupada made it very clear

> to us that this was the defect of the Gaudiya Math, they tried to put

> forward imperfect persons as Acaryas.

 

The 11 recommended gurus by Prabhupada became self-styled full-fledged

acaryas accepting worship just like Prabhupada whereas Prabhupada wanted

them to act as officiating acaryas till the uttama-adhikari acarya was

unanimously selected. This was the 'zonal-acarya' system. Wasn't it? Please

correct me if I am wrong.

 

> If we oblidge them to think that their guru is a fully

> self-realized Guru, who is the perfect and absolute representative of

> Krsna, and whose every act and word is perfectly directed by Krsna, we are

> asking for trouble.

>

> I think that you have to admit that the neglect of this point has fueled

> the rebellion of many to be against Iskcon as it is today. No?

 

Yes Maharaj, perfectly right. The guru who once appeared or posed himself as

the perfect and absolute representative of Krsna, and whose every act and

word is perfectly directed by Krsna, fell down or was found to have some

shortcomings, which created a contradiction in the philosophy in the minds

of the disciples, who thus rebelled against the authority system of ISKCON

which had projected or been a silent witness to the projection of the guru

as a maha-bhagavata.

 

Ofcourse the ISKCON authority system cannot be blamed entirely because the

standard the zonal-acarya system set by imitating Prabhupada simply became

permeated in the main-stream of the ISKCON society and the gurus thought

that there is nothing wrong is taking worship which they were not qualified

to accept and which they could not digest. But now atleast we are realizing

our mistake and we are paying heavily for it, so we should act fast and

correct all the wrongs of the past.

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana das