There is this article I read today regarding one of the sacred rivers in India, the Yamuna. The article touches on the state of affairs the river is currently in. The Yamuna merges clean from Yamunotri, it's source in the Himalayas, and by the time it reaches Braj, Lord Krishnas' birthplace, there is hardly a droplet of the original sacredriver left intact. It is because it's being diverted: 85% of it's waters is held back by an irrigation dan in the state of Haryana. Due to a poor unethical judgement of some government official the Clean pristine Yamuna water is being halted. Some 3.6 billions of Delhi city sewage along with Industrial waste is being placed everyday in what was once known as the currents where the Yamuna use to flow.
Further more protesters have a clear demand: Let the clean Yamuna waters flow into Braj. The people are requesting for some of the Yamuna water held in Haryana to be released, and requesting Delhi to build a 22 kilometer canal for it's waste, which can then be cleaned for irrigation, rather than using the Yamuna. I had this thought of what happened with the Devotees in ISKCON that are all over India and the world, what are they doing for this matter? finally I read further and came across this: Two devotees from Germany plan to fly to Mayapur, West Bengal to make a presentation on the Yamuna effort to the Governing Body Commission, ISKCON's highest management authority. Then I thought how could this be 2 devotees? ASKing?? for support from the GBC??? Highest Authority???? I am Baffled , How Perplexing and Demoralizing.
First of all, the current Governing Body Commission of ISKCON is a Usurping and Fraudulent form of management that misguides the masses of people who are legitimately concerned with spiritual growth. And takes those individuals power and voice completely out of their hands, just so that they have no say or ability to act in any matters/issues concerning them what so ever. They are stopping them from attaining pure purity and perfection. The GBC of ISKCON manages blindly and malevolently this infrastructure which was Originally designed to shine light and guidance to the sincere people, spirit souls, those coming into KrishnaConsciousness. The GBC have shown their audacity in not listen to the highest authority within ISKCON, wether Physically present or not, they have chosen to disobey the direct orders of the Spiritual Master His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. Therefore they are canceling out all efforts, endevors and attempts as doing good for the community, ISKCON as a whole, Khrisna Consciousness, and for propagating Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhus mission. "Because that is offense. Guror avajñā. First offense is guror avajñā,defying the authority of guru. This is the first offense. So one who is offensive, how he can make advance in chanting? He cannot make. Then everything is finished in the beginning. Guror avajñā. Everything is there. If one is disobeying the spiritual master, he cannot remain in the pure status of life. He cannot be śikṣā-guru or anything else. He is finished, immediately." -(Lec. Honolulu July 4th,1974).
And to further shine light into the matter that most Individuals within ISKCON rather turn the blind eye is the Guru topic. Both The "Gurus" in ISKCON and The Governing Body Commission are at fault for dismantling this very Krishna Consciousness movement at the core of it all. These people seem to be posing themselves very learned and scholarly when in reality they have proven that they are not. Actions speak louder than words, at times. Which lead me to mention, where do I find my Summum bonum? first of all His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada mentioned many times how unlawful it is when a disciple disobeys his spiritual master. Here's and excerpt from a Bhagavad-Gita Lecture Srila Prabhupada gave in Honolulu July 4th,1974: "Srila Prabhupada: Authority is your Spiritual Master. You do not know who is authority? Why this question is there? If one is initiated, then he accepts the authority. And if does not follow the instruction of the spiritual master, he is a rascal, He is defying authority. That is all....Then so śikṣā and dīkṣā-guru...A śikṣā-guru who instructs against the instruction of spiritual, he is not a śikṣā guru. He is a demon. Śikṣā-guru, dīkṣā-guru means... Sometimes adīkṣā-guru is not present always. Therefore one can take learning, instruction, from an advanced devotee. That is called the śikṣā-guru. Śikṣā-guru does not mean he is speaking something against the teachings of the dīkṣā-guru. He is not a śikṣā-guru."
There is no need to interpret what Srila Prabhupada said, it is plain and simple, it cannot get more pristine clear. So here we are in Kali-yuga Jan. 1st 2012, has the Movement improved since Srila Prabhupada went into Samadhi? Have the individual whom appointed themselves authorities in ISKCON heeded Srila Prabhupadas words?? Has ISKCON exploded in every nook and cranny??? Are All people of the world really getting a chance at their piece of Gold???? I think not. Actually it is a fact that people are not getting their piece of their birthright wealth. It is being kept occult, tabooed, plunder, and stollen by thieves dressed in rogues.
The power is in YOUR own hands to fight for what is right, and rightfully yours. Change will not happen while people sit around and wait for change to take a stanza, or by asking corrupted minded fools if you may have it back, No! Take a Stand, Win it back! stand for what's true and pure. Follow and take shelter of the Bona fide spiritual master , in our case Srila Prabhupada, and he will guide you, Guru is always, one must remain subordinate to him. "No one should try to give a new interpretation by dint of mundane knowledge. And the first step, therefore, in pursuance of the system of knowledge received by Brahmā, is to approach a bona fide guru who is the representative of the Lord following the paramparā system. No one should try to squeeze out his own meaning by imperfect mundane knowledge. The guru, or the bona fide spiritual master, is competent to teach the disciple in the right path with reference to the context of all authentic Vedic literature. He does not attempt to juggle words to bewilder the student. The bona fide spiritual master, by his personal activities, teaches the disciple the principles of devotional service. Without personal service, one would go on speculating like the impersonalists and dry speculators life after life and would be unable to reach the final conclusion."
Closing the subject matter with what we started off with the Yamuna, I see a similar correlation with how polluted the Yamuna (part of the Ganges) has become contaminated by the diversion with what has happened to Srila Prabhupadas' ISKCON International Society For Krishna Consciousness, institutions. The Ganges, purity of the Yamuna, can be compared to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada and the sewage waste causing an affliction to the inhabitans water supply can be compared to the contamination of the current GBC, Governing Body Commission and "Gurus" of ISKCON. A delineated representation of the characters in history. So the bottom line in the observation of the Yamuna article is: If The GBC were actually elected , As Srila Prabhupada wanted it, ISKCON would be attracting thoughtful people rather than blind followers and therefore issues like the Yamuna river would have more attention. Rather than just a few , there would be thousands of concerned thoughtful Devotees ready to take action. Having Massive Sankirtan Parties in protest outside Parliament. Not to mention World Wide Unity with a common cause to free people from Maya, illusion that which in not. And the ability to understand their true identities with out these misconception of bodily identifications of material life . Srila Prabhupada Ki Jai! YamunaMai-Ki Jai! Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Ki Jai! All Glories to Nam-Sankirtana. Purity and Perseverance is the Force. It's Even in Water.
Brilliant prabhu!who are you on face book?
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