The Breath of Lord Krishna

Prabhus - this topic is of course very interesting and relevant to the future for ISKCON.

I want to say thank you to Naranarayan Prabhu, Ameyatma and the rest of you for your comments.

Srila Prabhupada once challenged a reporter in Philadelphia who prodded him with a question "Why do you keep your heads shaved bare?" to which HDG answered, "Why do you keep bare legs? One needs warm legs and a cool brain to understand Krishna consciousness!" "Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Hari Bol!" shouted the devotees upon taking in that exchange. The reporter simply smiled at his humorous and disarming yet pregnant response.

All these problems in ISKCON can be easily understood - if we just apply "cool headed" logic and reason.

According to Bhagavad Gita 2:16:

"Those who are seers of the truth have concluded that of the nonexistent there is no endurance, and of the existent there is no cessation. This seers have concluded by studying the nature of both."

The TRUTH is fully represented in the Person, Instructions, Example and Provenance of Srila Prabhupada - The 11th manifestation of THE ACHARYA in the line of Divine Parampara.

HE IS A DIRECT MANIFESTATION OF THE MERCY OF LORD SRI NITYANANDA RAM.

WHAT HE HAS INSTRUCTED - CAN BE AVOIDED FOR SOME TIME - BUT - SUCH AVOIDANCE OF HIS DIRECT ORDERS - IS MUNDANE - AT BEST - AND DEMONIC - AT THE VERY WORST - AND THUS - since it is in fact not a manifestation of TRUTH - CAN ONLY ENDURE - FOR AS LONG AS NO ONE IS WILLING TO CAPITALIZE UPON THE ACTUAL PRESENCE OF LORD GAURANGA - THE SUPREME TRUTH HIMSELF - WITHIN THE PROTECTION OF THOSE DIRECT ORDERS.

As Sita could only be snatched by Ravana when She voluntarily stepped outside the sacred circle of protection provided Her by Sri Laksmana (Sri Nityananda Ram) - ISKCON was likewise snatched by agents of Kali Yuga dressed as brahmanas - all too ready to guide with purported "higher authority" the childlike servants of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada - whilst their grief and confusion or in some cases - lust and pride - found them ripe for envious misdirection - when ISKCON rejected the sacred circle of protection inherent within Srila Prabhupada's direct instructions - accepted to the very letter - with no tolerance for any chance by a single brain cell of any conditioned soul.

There is no scope for fixing a single problem that has arisen with ISKCON - whilst resorting to solutions that have as their origin - THE MINISCULE BRAIN CELLS OF CONDITIONED SOULS.

When Srila Prabhupada speaks - we accept it as THE EQUIVALENT OF LORD CHAITANYA DIRECTLY SPEAKING.

NO OTHER SOUL IN HIS MISSION IS OBJECTIVELY AND UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED IN THIS WAY.

The proof? There are now over 70 men - all pretending to "initiate" disciples within Srila Prabhupada's mission. Yet if any one of these men - was in fact - the actual "Inheritor" of Srila Prabhupada's divine authority - the True Successor - he would eventually have been recognized by now - by actual "pure devotees" - and they would insist that all prospective "candidates" would be guided to take full and unreserved shelter of this particularly empowered and authorized Vaishnava.

THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED. Not one of them will insist, "No, No! I cannot conceive of pretending to be more qualified than this one of that one. Your spiritual life is perfectly guided by such-and-such Maharaja. What he orders you should see as nondifferent from Lord Gauranga!" Each of them - instead - is quite ready to "initiate" whoever asks for it - never insisting that another is more qualified than themselves. THIS more than anything demonstrates the fallacious nature of it all.

There were no objections to Sukadeva Goswami's being elevated to the position of THE ACHARYA amongst all the other great souls in the assembly. Each time a man initiates someone in ISKCON he is affirming his agreement with the choice of the devotee, "Yes Indeed I am the Best Man" for this job. When a man takes a wife - the very act of his wedding her - is a demonstration of his conviction that "Yes I am indeed the best man for the job!". This is his conviction. The "system" of initiation now currently endorsed by ISKCON - breeds an overall lack of faith - since it is an open challenge - by the "gurus" themselves - to the bonafides of all others BUT THEMSELVES - yet - no one sees this - so busy being "the guru" as they are.

The real JOKE IS THIS. THE GURUS - LIKE "KNIGHTS" ARE ONLY GURUS AFTER BEING "KNIGHTED" BY THE MYRIAD OF CONDITIONED SOULS - WHO AGREE TO "ELECT" OR "KNIGHT" THEM - WITH THEIR ACQUIESENCE!! At least LANCELOT was "knighted" by the King! He was not "knighted" by some fawning squire or baker or candlestick maker!! But today's guru in ISKCON is placed upon the vysasana by a gaggle of "fans" only.

Srila Prabhupada described his own arrival to this position quite differently. In fact - the very birth of our Guru Maharaja was predicted by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur long before as the coming appearance of "A great Senapati General who would carry the message of Lord Gauranga all over the world!"

In Bhagavad Gita, 6th Chapter, Text 42, Srila Prabhupada told us:

"Or he takes his birth in a family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. Verily, such a birth is rare in this world."

PURPORT
"Birth in a family of yogis or transcendentalists—those with great wisdom—is praised herein because the child born in such a family receives a spiritual impetus from the very beginning of his life. It is especially the case in the acarya or gosvami families. Such families are very learned and devoted by tradition and training, and thus they become spiritual masters. In India there are many such acarya families, but they have now degenerated due to insufficient education and training. By the grace of the Lord, there are still families that foster transcendentalists generation after generation. It is certainly very fortunate to take birth in such families. Fortunately, both our spiritual master, Om Visnupada Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, and our humble self, had the opportunity to take birth in such families, by the grace of the Lord, and both of us were trained in the devotional service of the Lord from the very beginning of our lives. Later on we met by the order of the transcendental system."

There are many aspects to the Birth or Appearance of Srila Prabhupada that demostrate his actual position as having DESCENDED from the Spiritual Realm of Goloka - on orders from the Lord Himself - and HIS INSTRUCTIONS - HIS PRACTICAL DIRECTIVES - ARE THE VERY BREATH OF LORD KRSNA HIMSELF IN SPOKEN FORM!! LIKE THE BREATH HE ISSUES THROUGH HIS FLUTE - THIS DIVINE BREATH HE DELIVERS - THROUGH THE ACHARYA SRILA PRABHUPADA.

THE JULY 9TH DIRECTIVE, THE DIRECTION OF MANAGEMENT, THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, THE FINAL WILL OF HDG, - ALL OF THEM - ARE THE VERY BREATH OF LORD KRSNA - NOT DIFFERENT FROM THE VERY BREATH HE EXHALES INTO HIS DIVINE FLUTE TO DRAW HIS DIVINE DAMSELS OF BRAJA CLOSE TO HIM - NON DIFFERENT FROM THE BREATH HE ISSUES INTO HIS DIVINE FLUTE - THUS PIERCING THE HEART AND MIND OF SRI BRAHMAJI LEAVING HIM FULLY EMPOWERED WITH ALL KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO BOTH CREATE THE MATERIAL WORLD AND GLORIFY THE LORD IN BRAHMA SAMHITA!

THIS - THIS - THIS - IS THE VERY ESSENCE OF SRI GAYATRI MANTRA!

We cannot correctly chant Gayatri Mantra - unless and until we correctly understand that THIS - THIS - THIS - is the very essence of the meaning of "SIMULTANEOUSLY ONE AND DIFFERENT". ACHINTYA BEDA BEDA TATTWA means SRILA PRABHUPADA'S DIRECTIVES ARE NON-DIFFERENT FROM THE DIRECT INSTRUCTIONS OF LORD KRSNA. THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME - AND - EQUAL IN POTENCY.

Srila Prabhupada is accepted as Absolute - by all but the TEMPORARILY COVERED. HIS POSITION IS UNASSAILABLE.

I am appreciating your comments very much.

Sincerely,
Praghosa