ISKCON Gurus Preach
"Prabhupada Is Dead" Blasphemy

Back To Prabhupada, Issue 7, Spring 2005

Throughout his books, lectures, letters and conversations, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, the Founder and initiating (diksa) guru of ISKCON, consistently preached that the current link, bona fide spiritual master lives in his teachings and continues to impart transcendental knowledge (divya-jnana or diksa). He gave the example of Lord Jesus Christ who physically "died" on the cross 2000 years ago, but who, according to Srila Prabhupada (as well as every Christian on the planet), continues to live and to give liberation to his sincere followers ("Actually, one who is guided by Jesus will certainly get liberation" - Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers, Chapter 9). Therefore, in order to establish their legitimacy as Prabhupada's successors, ISKCON's Gurus have had to resort to blaspheming Srila Prabhupada by publicly declaring his death as the current link, thereby unauthorisedly usurping his position. However, as we see below, such rumours of Srila Prabhupada's demise have been greatly exaggerated.

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