A History of Blaming Anyone But Me

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> Dear Janesvara prabhu,

>

> Being a GBC in ISKCON these days is a pretty tough row to hoe, wouldn't

> you say? Left, right and center, there are people who want to hang you for

> things over which you have little or no control. Granted, the GBC have

> dropped the ball in the past, and they should act like fire against child

> abusers, women abusers, and cow abusers. How do you suggest they go about

> it?

 

Dropped the ball!? Wow, is that the understatement of the millenium. I wish

I could drive thousands of Prabhupada's disciples away from his own movement

through abusive management, zonal acarya disease, cow abuse, child

molestation in the holiest city on earth and myriad other criminal acts and

be only accused of "dropping the ball". No wonder it continues for decades.

 

> A few constructive suggestions, besides the gigantic demand that

> varnashrama be "implemented" (whatever that means)

 

 

This is the same old crap I always here about my tirades. Prabhupada never

said it was a "gigantic demand". This is hogwash and a lame excuse for poor

leadership. All the instructions are there in Prabhupada's books and various

conversations regarding implementing varnasrama in ISKCON. You seem to be

looking for some big magic bullet instead of taking things step by step

according to Prabhupada's instructions. I have given practical suggestions

time and time again and if you have not read them you have misplaced your

criticism.

 

Prabhupada gave detailed instructions to his senior disciples long, long ago

and they simply failed to follow the orders. "Start varnasrama colleges in

EVERY center, immediately". These were Prabhupada's orders almost 26 years

ago. Whats the excuse of the so-called leaders? "Its been an emergency so we

had to make up some new kind of management system which we thought would

work better"? Good try.

 

Oct. 16, 1975:

Harikesa: No, no. Let's say you have a king, and he is deciding this person

is worthy of...

Prabhupada: No, no. Beginning Krsna. Why don't you read Bhagavad- Gita? You

don't know?

Harikesa: No, no. Yes.

Prabhupada: What is the social arrangement? What is that?

Harikesa: That Krsna created the four orders.

Prabhupada: Yes. So you make that four orders, and then society will be in

order. But you are not taking Krsna's advice. You are manufacturing your

hellish ideas.

 

 

They didn't listen to Prabhupada's advice, I don't think they are going to

listen to me no matter what I say. Sometimes it takes a thorn to remove a

thorn.