Initiations After 1977 (IA77) Position Paper: Release + Translations

IA77 PDF English download

Translations:
IA77 PDF Russian Инициации-после-1977-года_версия
IA77 PDF Spanish
IA77 PDF Hungarian Avatások-1977-után-IA77-Hungarian
IA77 PDF German Einweihungen nach 1977 Positionspapier
IA77 PDF Tamil
IA77 PDF Tagalog (Filipino)
IA77 PDF Chinese 1977年后的启迪-IA77-Chinese

(Updates at bottom of text, Dec 31, 2016)

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Initiation or dīkṣā is the formal acceptance of spiritual vows by the prospective disciple as mandated by a bona fide spiritual master. It is the most important of the ten reformatory processes prescribed for human life. It is formally conducted as a ceremony wherein the spiritual master formally accepts the devotee as his disciple and guides him on the path back to Godhead.

The ceremony itself is not the initiation. Initiation or dīkṣā is actually the transmission of spiritual knowledge from a bona fide spiritual master to a sincere student of spiritual life. But the ceremony formalises or solidifies the agreement between the master and the disciple and is therefore equally important. Śrīla Prabhupāda himself introduced us to this standard system of paramparā.

Śrīla Prabhupāda initiated over 5,000 disciples in the course of 11 short years. The particular details or the technicalities regarding how the ceremonies were to be conducted were adjusted by his sheer spiritual genius. Given his busy schedule, he gradually adjusted the way he conducted the initiations to the point that it required minimal or no personal involvement on his side. He eventually completely delegated it to his representatives.In fact, he is so extraordinarily merciful that he clearly spelt out in written form a policy in which anyone can take his shelter even after his physical departure in November 1977. Unfortunately, this crucial truth was hidden away from the general body of devotees by some ambitious disciples of his. These ambitious disciples became spiritual masters on their own accord and wilfully disobeyed the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda.

Such gross deviation has catalysed many other major deviations in today’s ISKCON (International Society of Krishna Consciousness). There has been introduction of demigod worship, impersonalist philosophies being entertained and impersonalists glorified, embezzlement of funds, child abuse, immoral sexual conduct, violence (even murder) — the very things that are supposed to be outside of the purview of a Vaiṣṇava’s behavior. You can find all the details of the damage elsewhere on the Internet. A Google search will bring up enormous amounts of information in this regard. We do not want to delve on that here.

Over a period of many years, sincere devotees who want to revive the glory of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s ISKCON have unearthed volumes of relevant evidence both from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s documents/letters and from the scriptures to substantiate the position of Śrīla Prabhupāda as the sole dīkṣā-guru of ISKCON.

At ISKM, we have made a humble attempt to make the truth of this matter easily understandable to anyone and everyone by compiling all the relevant evidences from the earlier findings and some never-before-added, compelling scriptural evidence into a simple, readable format. The result is the publication of a position paper titled Initiations After 1977 — in short, IA77. Through this publication, we hope to educate and inspire sincere Vaiṣṇavas to objectively understand the root cause of the problem and to rectify the situation by adhering strictly to the instructions of Śrīla Prabhupāda, especially in regards to initiation.

We appeal to you to lend an ear to this most important message in which every contemporary Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava has a significant stake. After assimilating it, please broadcast this message to every single devotee you care about. Let the truth prevail.

The publication of this position paper is just one of the many steps taken by International Sri Krishna Mandir (ISKM) to reinstate Śrīla Prabhupāda as the sole dīkṣā-guru in a practical manner.

We have published this position paper Initiations After 1977 in English on the 13th of August, 2016, on the 50th anniversary of the incorporation of ISKCON by Śrīla Prabhupāda (1966). After that, sincere Prabhupādānuga devotees have kindly taken the labor of translating it into other languages.

We are attempting to translate it into as many languages as possible. If you find that we don’t have it in a language you would like to see, you are invited to offer a translation of the paper. That will be an excellent service to Śrīla Prabhupāda and one in which you will find great fulfilment. Please write in to submit.iskm@srikrishnamandir.org if you are interested to offer a translation.

Initiations after 1977 (IA77) Homepage:
https://www.iskm.international/initiations-after-1977/

Update Nov 15, 2016:

This is great news! The IA77 (Initiations After 1977, v1.0) position paper has been making waves among the Hare Kṛṣṇa devotees for some time. Without a doubt, this book firmly established both documentary and scriptural evidence in support of the position of Śrīla Prabhupāda as the sole dīkṣā-guru of ISKCON. It is thoroughly comprehensive, yet surprisingly concise. Recently, we released a video also based on this book in English. That video also has quickly gained a lot of attention.

But all that was in English. We are passionate about spreading the word in as many different languages as possible and have a much wider reach so the Hare Kṛṣṇa devotees all over the world may thoroughly understand what Śrīla Prabhupāda wanted and cut through all the hoodwinking that present-day ISKCON is doing in trying to convince everyone that conditioned souls can stand in the sacred disciplic succession to bring about disrepute to the sublime cult of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism in general and Śrīla Prabhupāda in particular in a variety of ways.

So, our first non-English version of this position paper has been released on October 20. It is in Russian. We have to thank Bhakta Alexander from Kursk, a town in Southern Russia, who has done this amazing service of translating this position paper in a short time.

Download IA77 Position Paper PDF in Russian:  Russian version of IA77 v1.0 Position paper Инициации-после-1977-года_версия-1.0

(https://www.iskm.international/breaking-news-russian-translation-of-the-ia77-position-paper-released/)

Update Dec 22, 2016:

This is really exciting news. We are very happy to announce the release of the Hungarian translation of the Initiations After 1977 (IA77) position paper which explains the real truth behind how initiations are conducted post-1977. It is replete with references from Srila Prabhupada’s official documents, his audio transcripts and especially scriptural references.

This release means a lot to us as the most important message of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement will reach many people in Hungary with this effort.

If the worldwide Hare Kṛṣṇa movement has to expand unlimitedly with purity intact, this book has to reach all the devotees out there. So we request you to share this page with all the people you know by using the social sharing buttons on the side.

We offer our humble obeisances at the feet of the enthusiastic Hungarian devotees who did this exceptional service for Śrīla Prabhupāda!

Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda!
(https://www.iskm.international/hungarian-translation-of-ia77-paper-released/)

Update Dec 26, 2016:

We are excited to announce the release of the German translation of the IA77 (Initiations After 1977) position paper. All credit goes to His Grace Mohana Gopāla Prabhu from Germany for his wonderful service.

With so many translations of the document in many different languages (many more are about to arrive in the next one week), we seem obliged to create a dedicated page on this website just for IA77 where any visitor will be able to access/download whichever language he wants to.

And if you have not yet watched the video of His Grace Sundar Gopāl Prabhu explaining this entire issue, please watch it here.
(https://www.iskm.international/german-translation-ia77-position-paper-released/)

Update Dec 31, 2016:

Lots of good news! So it’s all crammed into this one post.

The Tamil translation of IA77 arrives. All thanks to Prahlāda Bhakta Prabhu for his mighty efforts in doing so. Despite his heavy service responsibilities being the Temple President of ISKM Puducherry, he has completed this translation for the pleasure of Śrīla Prabhupāda and for the benefit of all the Tamil-speaking devotees.

Next up — the Tagalog (Filipino language) translation of IA77 is ready to read. Many thanks to Rādhikā Kiśorī Mātājī of the Philippines for her painstaking efforts. She did it along with her husband Vraja Kiśora Prabhu, the Temple President of ISKM Manila, Philippines. Considering the fact that not even a single book of Śrīla Prabhupāda exists in the Tagalog language to date, it is really a commendable job.

Where to find them?

We would like to introduce you to the new home for all things IA77 — a dedicated page. It can be accessed from the top menu bar on the home page of this website. Every new upcoming translation will be updated there and it can be a one-stop information portal regarding Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Ṛtvik system of initiations.

Initiations after 1977 (IA77) Homepage:
https://www.iskm.international/initiations-after-1977/