Back To Prabhupada, Issue 42, Winter 2013/14
n the previous article, we demonstrated conclusively how ISKCON's guru system does not owe its existence to any spiritual reason, and, therefore, exists only to fulfill the material desires of its participants. This is further demonstrated by the absurd lengths to which the GBC are willing to go in order to preserve the guru system at all costs. The diagram below illustrates the insane philosophy which the GBC have had to propose in order to prop up their guru system:
On the left-hand side is what the GBC claims to be a legitimate characteristic of their guru system. As we have seen in the cases of some of their gurus such as Prabhavisnu and Umapati (then) Swamis, the GBC admits that they were deviating sexually both during the time they gave initiations and after they gave the initiations (please see GBC Executive Committee statements,13/1/12, 2/2/12, and GBC Statements from GBC meetings, 2010 and 28/2/11). Yet, the GBC insists the disciples who were created by such initiations are bona fide. This may be contrasted with what the GBC claims will happen if one takes initiation from Srila Prabhupada via the rtvik system which he established on July 9th, 1977, which is shown on the right-hand side of the diagram above. Here, a person is initiated by, and only takes shelter of, Srila Prabhupada. Yet, the GBC claims that any disciples created by such a system are deviants (please see GBC resolution 303, 1999). Therefore, the GBC are proposing the absurd proposition that deviant initiations are bona fide, while bona fide initiations from Srila Prabhupada are deviant!
That the GBC are forced to resort to such insanity is further evidence that the guru system exists for no reason other than to fulfil PAD (Profit, Adoration and Distinction) desires of its participants.
Over the previous 2 pages, the admissions of those who have created the guru hoax in ISKCON have been used to demonstrate that the system has no functional or sane basis. This lack of any legitimate reason for the system, combined with the crazy lengths the GBC have had to go to justify it, underline how ISKCON's guru system does not exist to fulfill any spiritual purpose, but rather only to give opportunities for PAD.
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