ISKCON, and its silent history , a story that probably needs telling officially.

So far, an accurate and objective account has not been fully written or recorded in terms of the  mistakes  that were made during the 80s in  those difficult early days of ISKCON, as  Prabhupāda finished his services  externally, having established ISKCON.

The truths  of Guru Tattva or the origins of the soul has been recorded   by the Goswamis and our acaryas,  we should never have strayed independently from  traditions  of Gaudia Vaisnavism its a serious mistake and should be accounted for and corrected.

The founder acarya of ISKCON His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada had intended for Gaudia Vaisnava to continue in its historic traditions , it does not take much research to understand what they are.

Every historical account ever  written by our  Gaudia acaryas  that are contained in the Sruti should  not differ  from  ISKCON .

The  zonal acarya system set up was incorrect,  as was the over emphasise on Diksa Gurus , and a reluctance of teaching  the importance of Siksa Gurus , through the  current and previous Acaryas , as clearly described by Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur.

Unfortunately, we are left with a  silent history or, at most vague hints, at what  might have happened or who made decisions.  They were  difficult days,  the men and ladies were young , inexperienced , but Prabhupada instructed them to seek help with Tattva from Srila Sridhar Swami ,  they did not want to hear his advice , which was to follow traditions of Diksa and Siksa .

Because of  not following the  traditions of  Guru tattva ,  speculations were abound ,  early leaders forced Grhastas to be in a Sannyasa ashram to keep the management body strong ,  Guru tattva and management of the society were linked hand in hand , that was not Prabhupada’s desire or  specific orders  at that time , but rather is was a series of cobbled together ideas , and nothing to do with Gaudia Vaisnava historic traditions.

The  GBC , at that time  became  belligerent and head strong ,  Srila Sridhar Swami and later HH Narayana Maharaja were isolated , and ISKCON devotees found themselves locked into a system of management and spiritual guidance that was wrong .

Even though  bad mistakes were made , that jeopardised the faith  of spiritual lives of many , ISKCON stayed together as a society and is still functioning worldwide in wonderful ways . Its my belief that this is due to many reasons,  including and primarily because Prabhupada wanted it to , and also  its the desire of Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur and Srila Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja,  its also my belief that over the many  years the so called enemies of ISKCON,  Srila Sridhar Swami and Srila Narayana Maharaja, have greatly helped ISKSON,  to stabalise and to advance Prabhupada’s movement. Indeed, they were great friends of Prabhupada.

I would also like to see official acknowledgements of these events , to record the accurate histories and to make sure misunderstandings are cleared up and Tattva is reestablished in every way   Currently  there is  still an over emphasise on the position of Diksa , and also a misunderstanding , namely,  the need of   devotees to  study  our acaryas literatures in our historic param para , also still the  misunderstanding of our origins , which is with Krishna from His expansion as Balarama , needs to be taught , Ultimately we came from a spirtual world,  because Balarama is in the Spiritual world , He is offering us service there , those that don’t  not take the offer , experience  the Mahavishnu aspect of Balarama, through the three Visnu forms overseeing the independent jivas within the material worlds .


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