PADA: Brajendranandana dasa speaks

Brajendranandana dasa | Badger Ca. | November 7, 2010 | The Real Threat To Iskcon: This article is an appeal to the leaders of Iskcon to be alert to a very serious danger that is attacking the very heart and soul of the institution. I remember with so much affection so many of you that I had the chance to serve with for many years.

You were serving Prabhupada’s mission with your heart and soul and were also dealing with devotees in a very caring manner. I trust that your mood and intentions are still the same, unless the bewilderment of adoration and prastishta has taken its toll. We all know the challenge of not being affected when so many young devotees are touching our feet and praising us.

[PD: OK, but why did Narayana Maharaja support that these bewildered and illusioned people are gurus, knowing they were not fit for that post?]

BD: It’s especially dangerous when we’re not in the association of superior Vaisnavas who can cut our pride and keep us on track.

[PD: OK, except that Sridhara and Narayana maharaja did not cut their pride, they told the GBC they are gurus, they built up their pride.]

BD: Personally, I would still be connected with Iskcon, but in 1996 I was told by the temple president of New York, when I was visiting there with my wife and children, that if I attended the classes given by Srila Narayana Maharaja, who was in New York at that time, that my family and I would have to leave the temple.

I had already had the good fortune of hearing from Srila Narayana Maharaja when he visited our small village in Badger Ca. a month or so before. Thus, I had my own personal experience of how much he inspires in the heart a deeper and clearer understanding of the true mission of our Srila Prabhupada. Only a pure devotee can truly understand the heart of another pure devotee.

[PD: Narayana maharaja supported that the GBC are gurus, but there was no order for them to become gurus from Srila Prabhupada?]

BD: Since I was forced to choose between the “substance” and the “form,” i.e., between the current of pure bhakti so mercifully brought to us by Srila Prabhupada, and the buildings and bricks, I regretfully left the temple with my family. Since then, I’ve been verbally and physically attacked on several occasions by irate devotees asking me, “Why did you leave Srila Prabhupada?” Prabhupada had told us on numerous occasions that ISKCON CAN ONLY BE DESTROYED FROM WITHIN. The Catholic Church is now self destructing due to having neglected to deal directly with the insidious disease that was rampant among its priests and leaders.

[PD: OK, except as soon as we said child molesters are not gurus and messiahs, our worst critics were the Sridhara and Narayana folks? They vociferously supported the molester acharyas program.]

BD: Iskcon eventually removed homosexual and pedophile “gurus” after they had done their damage.

[PD: Well yes, after Sridhara and Narayana supported the homosexual and pedophile gurus, there was damage, no kidding.]

BD: But the most grievous sin is that of offending a pure Vaisnava. I regret to say that Iskcon has a very poor track record in dealing with such a serious issue. During the early years after Prabhupada had departed from our vision, Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhar Maharaja was trying to help us, as sanctioned by Prabhupada.

[PD: Sridhara and Narayana supported the worship of the homosexual and pedophile gurus, how did that help us?]

BD: At that time, some of the Iskcon leaders committed shameful offenses at his feet. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura had given the name “Bhakti Raksaka” (guardian of devotion) to Srila Sridhara Maharaja in light of his purity, exalted Vaisnava qualities, and his ability to present and defend the pure teachings coming in our disciplic line from Srila Rupa Goswami. Three of the most outspoken offenders toward Maharaja fell down to different varieties of inappropriate sexual behavior. Two of those “gurus” had to spend time in jail.

Thousands of disciples were left with their faith shattered and their hearts broken. Some time later, Iskcon issued a letter of apology for its offenses to Srila Sridhar Maharaja. But he had already departed from our presence and entered into nitya lila.

Also, so many efforts were made by some parties to disrupt the preaching of another pure Vaisnava, Srila Gaura Govinda Maharaja. Many offenses were committed at his lotus feet — now history seems to be repeating itself.

[PD: Gaura Govinda maharaja was voted in at the recoronation of a known homosexual pedophile guru? Why is this bona fide? ys pd]

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