Showing posts with label Bhakti Vikash Swami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bhakti Vikash Swami. Show all posts

Monday, 4 March 2013

Bhakti Vikasa is a SAHAJIYA

Bhakti Vikasa is a SAHAJIYA:
 
72-06-15. Letter: Himavati
That is sahajiya, which means a class of men that take everything very cheap.
His whole policy is to make himself a “big boy” initiatior this is WHY he was so intent on changing Srila Prabhupada’s Caitanya Caritamrta:
He wants to play a manipulative game on others ignorance so he can SPONGE OFF the disciples. It is a game of HOW to EXPLOIT OTHERS.
Conditioned soul “guru” can NOT deliver others -- FACT! Yet as a HYPOCRITE he wants PRETEND to be ACARYA to deliver:
 
Bg 7.14 P Knowledge of the Absolute
Another meaning of guna is rope; it is to be understood that the conditioned soul is tightly tied by the ropes of illusion. A man bound by the hands and feet cannot free himself--he must be helped by a person who is unbound. Because the bound cannot help the bound, the rescuer must be liberated. Therefore, only Lord Krsna, or His bona fide representative the spiritual master, can release the conditioned soul. Without such superior help, one cannot be freed from the bondage of material nature.
 
Srila Prabhupada gives Divya-jnana(DIKSA). Divya means TRANSCENDENTAL and Jnana means KNOWLEDGE Hrde means heart and Prokasito means revealed just as in prakasa – manifested Krsna becomes manifest in the heart of the Pure Devotee.
760711CC.NY Lectures
Prabhupada: Divya-jnana hrde prokasito. What is that divya-jnana? Divya-jnana is that we are all servant of Krsna, and our only business is to serve Krsna. Divya-jnana. This is divya-jnana. It is not difficult at all. Simply we have… We have become servant of so many things--servant of society, servant of community, servant of country, servant of wife, servant of children, servant of dog and so many. “Now let me become servant of Krsna.” This is divya-jnana. Diksa. Diksa means from this divya-jnana. That is di. And ksa means ksapayati, expands.
 
 
When at the stage of Madhyama Adhikari one is RECEPIENT of THAT Diksa in the HEART from SRILA PRABHUPADA he becomes a SERVANT OF KRSNA. He relishes a particular mellow (Rasa) of his relationship with Krsna. This point HE SEES KRSNA and HIS RELATIONSHIP (svarupa) is established. So it is not so CHEAP to be Diksa guru.
Madhya 8.83 Talks Between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya
The purport in presenting this verse necessitates explaining the comparative positions of the transcendental mellows known as santa, dasya, sakhya, vatsalya and madhurya. All these rasas, or mellows, are situated on the transcendental platform. Pure devotees take shelter of one of them and thus progress in spiritual life. Actually one can take shelter of such spiritual mellows only when one is completely uncontaminated by material attachment. When one is completely free from material attachment, the feelings of the transcendental mellows are awakened in the heart of the devotee. That is svarupa-siddhi, the perfection of one’s eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord. Svarupa-siddhi, the eternal relationship with the Supreme Lord, may be situated in one of the transcendental mellows.
Note: When Krsna is TRANSFERRED FROM Pure devotees HEART to another Pure devotee then there is DIKSA. Divya jnana revealtion of ones CONSTITUTIONAL positon Svarupa is UNDERSTOOD. This may take many many many births — NOT so cheap. This is why In Guru Puja to Srila Prabhupada we sing Janme janme prabhu sei:
760805BG.PAR Lectures
Prabhupada: Yes, that arrangement will be done, you go on with your business. We are singing this song daily. Why do you forget? Cakhu-dan dilo jei **janme janme prabhu sei**. ONE WHO HAS OPENED THE EYES, **HE’LL REMAIN MY MASTER LIFE AFTER LIFE**.
 
Note: Srila Prabhupada is WITH US TO GUIDE US through difficult journey of transmigration cycle to attaining Back to Godhead IF we follow him. Bilvamangal Thakura’s Spiritual master came thru a prostitute to deliver him so Srila Prabhupada is also SO POWERFUL to help us:
SB 3.15.24 P Description of the Kingdom of God
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO GO BACK TO GODHEAD IN ONE LIFE, but in the human form one should at least understand the goal of life and begin Krsna consciousness.
 
SB 10.2.18 P Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krsna in the Womb
As indicated here by the word manastah, the Supreme Personality of Godhead was transferred from the core of Vasudeva’s mind or heart to the core of the heart of Devaki. We should note carefully that the Lord was transferred to Devaki not by the ordinary way for a human being, but by diksa, initiation. Thus the importance of initiation is mentioned here. UNLESS ONE IS INITIATED BY THE RIGHT PERSON, WHO ALWAYS CARRIES WITHIN HIS HEART THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, ONE CANNOT ACQUIRE THE POWER TO CARRY THE SUPREME GODHEAD WITHIN THE CORE OF ONE’S OWN HEART.
Adi 1.100 The Spiritual Masters
Through the actions of THESE TWO BHAGAVATAS THE LORD INSTILLS THE MELLOWS OF TRANSCENDENTAL LOVING SERVICE INTO THE HEART OF A LIVING BEING, and thus the Lord, in the heart of His devotee, comes under the control of the devotee’s love.
Note:Does it say VAPU is the requirement – NO! Vapuvadis have CONCOCTED you need VAPU for transmission of DIKSA
SB 1.7.22 P The Son of Drona Punished
The spiritual master, BY HIS WORDS, CAN PENETRATE INTO THE HEART OF THE SUFFERING PERSON AND INJECT KNOWLEDGE
TRANSCENDENTAL, which alone can extinguish the fire of material existence.
Adi 1.35 The Spiritual Masters
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL MASTER’S INSTRUCTIONS AND THE SPIRITUAL MASTER HIMSELF. In his absence, therefore, his words of direction should be the pride of the disciple.
690113LE.LA Lectures
Similarly, arcye sila-dhir gurusu na… Gurusu means those who are acaryas, to accept their body as ordinary man’s body, this is denied in the sastras. SO ALTHOUGH A PHYSICAL BODY IS NOT PRESENT, THE VIBRATION SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS THE PRESENCE OF THE SPIRITUAL MASTER, VIBRATION. WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE SPIRITUAL MASTER, THAT IS LIVING.
Note: It is FACTUALLY Srila Prabhupada who CONSTANTLY INSTRUCTS us through his books , tapes, cds. “becomes his initiating spiritual master later on.” indicates the position of Srila Prabhupada as the INITIATOR.
Adi 1.35 The Spiritual Masters
Generally a spiritual master who CONSTANTLY INSTRUCTS a disciple in spiritual science becomes his INITIATING SPIRITUAL MASTER LATER ON.
 
Note: Srila Prabhupada initiates at Madhyama Adhikari (spiritual initiation see NOI 5) stage your svarupa(constitutional position) is understood and karma is burned off:
Bg 4.37 P Transcendental Knowledge
Perfect knowledge of self and Superself and of their relationship is compared herein to fire. This fire not only burns up all reactions to impious activities, but also all reactions to pious activities, turning them to ashes. There are many stages of reaction: reaction in the making, reaction fructifying, reaction already achieved, and reaction a priori. BUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL POSITION OF THE LIVING ENTITY BURNS EVERYTHING TO ASHES. When one is in complete knowledge, all reactions, both a priori and a posteriori, are consumed. In the Vedas it is stated, ubhe uhaivaisa ete taraty amrtah sadhv-asadhuni: “One overcomes both the pious and impious interactions of work.”
Note: Transcendental knowledge your (constitutional position) svarupa is known reactions of Karma burned off:
Madhya 15.108 The Lord Accepts Prasada at the House of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya
“DIKSA IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH ONE CAN AWAKEN HIS TRANSCENDENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND VANQUISH ALL REACTIONS CAUSED BY SINFUL ACTIVITY. A person expert in the study of the revealed scriptures knows this process as diksa.”
Antya 4.192 T Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord at Jagannatha Puri
DIKSA-KALE bhakta kare atma-samarpana
sei-kale krsna tare kare atma-sama
Antya 4.192 Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord at Jagannatha Puri
“At the time of initiation, when a devotee fully surrenders unto the service of the Lord, Krsna accepts him to be as good as Himself.
Antya 4.193 Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord at Jagannatha Puri
“When the devotee’s body is thus transformed into spiritual existence, the devotee, in that transcendental body, renders service to the lotus feet of the Lord.
Antya 4.194 Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord at Jagannatha Puri
” ‘The living entity who is subjected to birth and death, when he gives up all material activities dedicating his life to Me for executing My order, and thus acts according to My direction, at that time he reaches the platform of immortality, and becomes fit to enjoy the spiritual bliss of exchange of loving mellows with Me.’
Antya 4.194P Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord at Jagannatha Puri
This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.29.34). At the time of initiation, a devotee gives up all his material conceptions. Therefore, being in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is situated on the transcendental platform. Thus having attained knowledge and the spiritual platform, he always engages in the service of the spiritual body of Krsna.
 
Note: Srila Prabhupada states the destination of Sahajiya FAKE ACARYAS like Bhakti Vikasa:
Isopanisad Mantra 12
The Lord states that as soon as one reaches Him by devotional service--which is the one and only way to approach the Personality of Godhead--one attains complete freedom from the bondage of birth and death. In other words, the path of salvation from the material clutches fully depends on the principles of knowledge and detachment gained from serving the Lord. The pseudo religionists have neither knowledge nor detachment from material affairs, for most of them want to live in the golden shackles of material bondage under the shadow of philanthropic activities disguised as religious principles. BY A FALSE DISPLAY OF RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS, THEY PRESENT A SHOW OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE WHILE INDULGING IN ALL SORTS OF IMMORAL ACTIVITIES. IN THIS WAY THEY PASS AS SPIRITUAL MASTERS AND DEVOTEES OF GOD. SUCH VIOLATORS OF RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE AUTHORITATIVE ACARYAS, THE HOLY TEACHERS IN THE STRICT DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION. THEY IGNORE THE VEDIC INJUNCTION ACARYOPASANA--”ONE MUST WORSHIP THE ACARYA”--AND KRSNA’S STATEMENT IN THE BHAGAVAD-GITA (4.2) EVAM PARAMPARA-PRAPTAM, “THIS SUPREME SCIENCE OF GOD IS RECEIVED THROUGH THE DISCIPLIC SUCCESSION.” INSTEAD, TO MISLEAD THE PEOPLE IN GENERAL THEY THEMSELVES BECOME SO-CALLED ACARYAS, BUT THEY DO NOT EVEN FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ACARYAS.
THESE ROGUES ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS ELEMENTS IN HUMAN SOCIETY. Because there is no religious government, they escape punishment by the law of the state. THEY CANNOT, HOWEVER, ESCAPE THE LAW OF THE SUPREME, WHO HAS CLEARLY DECLARED IN THE BHAGAVAD-GITA THAT ENVIOUS DEMONS IN THE GARB OF RELIGIOUS PROPAGANDISTS SHALL BE THROWN INTO THE DARKEST REGIONS OF HELL (BG. 16.19-20). SRI ISOPANISAD CONFIRMS THAT THESE PSEUDO RELIGIONISTS ARE HEADING TOWARD THE MOST OBNOXIOUS PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THEIR SPIRITUAL MASTER BUSINESS, WHICH THEY CONDUCT SIMPLY FOR SENSE GRATIFICATION.
 
SB 6.7.14 Indra Offends His Spiritual Master, Brhaspati.
A stone boat would be unable to float and would sink in the water with its passengers. Similarly, those who mislead people go to hell, and their followers go with them.

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

A Public Statement From Iskcon "Guru" Bhakti Vikasa Swami

I do not support ISKCON’s pronounced tendency toward Hinduization and to secular influences such as those of bodily welfare work, mundane feminism, mundane psychology, and mundane scholarship.

 In accord with Srila Prabhupada’s instructions, ISKCON continues to widely distribute his books, the Holy Name, and Krsna-prasada.  However, apart from performing these laudable services, ISKCON has also incorporated policies that I strongly feel are not in line with Srila Prabhupada’s stated desires. Over the years, I and others have expressed objections to several of these policies, but to no avail. Thus today ISKCON no longer adheres to many of the essential, non-negotiable principles Srila Prabhupada taught, for which I joined ISKCON and dedicated my life to spreading.

I do not wish to leave ISKCON, but also I do not see it proper that I spend the rest of my life being identified with much that I do not believe in. Hence,  as an ISKCON sannyasi, as someone naturally seen as a representative of all that ISKCON stands for, I make this public statement:
I do not support ISKCON’s pronounced tendency toward Hinduization and to secular influences such as those of bodily welfare work, mundane feminism, mundane psychology, and mundane scholarship.
By stating this, I do not expect to effect any major changes. ISKCON’s administrators are upbeat about the society’s present course, which however I opine is in many ways different from that given by Srila Prabhupada.
I do not claim to be absolute and incapable of error. But as a follower of Srila Prabhupada and as a member of the sannyasa order, I have an obligation to communicate what I understand to be correct, according to Srila Prabhupada’s teachings, to the members of ISKCON and especially to those who have formally reposed their faith in me as their spiritual guide. If I were to neglect this duty, I would add to the misguidance that many devotees now unofficially and officially receive in the name of Srila Prabhupada instead of protecting them from it.
Below is a list of lectures by myself that explain my position on various issues. Following that is some correspondence with GBC members concerning this public statement.
Thank you.
Dasanudasa, Bhakti Vikasa Swami


Addenda: Recent Correspondence Between Myself and Two Senior GBC Members (names have been elided so as to focus on issues rather than personalities)
18 April 2012; BV Swami to X Swami and Y Swami
Please excuse the length of this letter, and the unhappy nature of it.
Two days ago a devotee sent me the following.
[Here was a long report on the presenting of an award to an ISKCON trust (which includes the name of ISKCON) as the “Best Organization in Social Work” for providing nutritious meals to slum children.]
The statement of Z Swami that begins “It is actually an honor that we get to serve” would be fine if made in the context of serving Krsna and His devotees. But as it refers to feeding poor children and developing the nation, it smacks of the daridra-narayana philosophy. Similarly, nothing could sound more laudable than “generating love, respect and trust in the hearts of millions” – but it is a mundane statement, having been made in relation to feeding poor children and developing the nation.
As you know, I am much concerned that by presentations such as that described above, ISKCON is being converted into something that Srila Prabhupäda did not want it to be. Recently in a large city in India, at two functions attended by prominent businessmen and other dignitaries, in introductions to my speeches ISKCON was referred to as a social welfare organization. I object to the mission of Srila Prabhupada, that I have dedicated my life to, having being redefined by certain of my godbrothers without their having consulted the broader body of devotees, and that I am now (without any say in the matter) forced to appear in the public eye as a representative of something I do not believe in – and all in the name of Srila Prabhupada.
Apart from having been converted (in the public eye) into a social welfare organization, ISKCON has been changed in other significant ways. Some examples:
We openly present ourselves as Hindus.
In India, it is becoming increasingly common that yajnas are performed for donors to remove negative astrological influences (such yajnas are within the wider Vedic culture, but Srila Prabhupäda wanted his temples to be centers of pure bhakti, not of karma-kanda).
In the West, some of ISKCON’s biggest leaders associate with and promote neo-Mayavadi lecher “kirtaniyas.”
Some leaders (GBCs, sannyasis, TPs) are chronically lax in rising early, attending programs, etc. This has been overlooked for years.
These and other changes have infiltrated ISKCON. See “Mission Drift,” an article by Krishna Kirti Prabhu – http://tinyurl.com/5sr56uq
I understand that the GBC does not share this vision of the state of ISKCON. I accept that there are many good things that ISKCON is doing. I do not plan on leaving ISKCON. But I would like to make it clear, possibly by making a public statement, that I do not wish to be identified with much of what ISKCON today does or stands for, as I believe that in many ways the drift of ISKCON is increasingly away from what Srila Prabhupada meant for it.
I can understand that my concerns, and especially my publicizing them, is a matter of concern for you. I also understand that you are busy with many other concerns. But I thought I should share this with you.
19 April; from X Swami
Perhaps the GBC Executive Committee can address some of the concerns that Bhakti Vikasa raised and see what can be done.  It is certainly one of the major duties of the GBC Body to see that the standards that Srila Prabhupada established are upheld.
19 April; from Y Swami
We will discuss the subject in our conference call shortly, but my idea so far is to ask your good self [X Swami] as GBC * Minister to take it up.
19 April; from X Swami
I will be happy to participate, but the some of the points that Bhakti Vikasa Maharaja raises are more broad that the authority of the * Ministry covers.  What the policies of how Food for Life, for instance, is presented to the public should be reviewed by a committee of with a substantial number of GBC members.
19 April; from Y Swami
That’s true. We will discuss it today.
20 April; from BV Swami
Thank you immensely for taking these matters to the EC. If possible, could I be informed of how the discussion develops?
20 April; from Y Swami
Of course.
23 April; from BV Swami
Even if (although it is unlikely) the GBC were to give a strong message against the social welfare image of ISKCON that is being increasingly promoted, still it would be very difficult for ISKCON in India to discontinue its social welfare programs. These programs involve commitments to government and municipal bodies and to prominent industrialists, and pulling out would not be easy — not that there is any sign of any willingness to do so.
Similarly with other concerns that I have expressed. Nothing is going to change soon, if at all, except that such deviations (as I see it) are likely to increase.
Therefore, to make my position clear, I wish to make a public statement. It can be respectfully worded. I do not think it proper or beneficial for myself or others that I continue to represent that which I do not believe in.
Awaiting your comments,
23 April; from X Swami
While it is true that certain aspects of the preaching in ISKCON you don’t believe in, still I am also sure that there are aspects that you do believe in.  That holds true for all of us.
What do you hope to accomplish by making public statements in things that you disagree with?  What might be the draw backs in doing this?
24 April; from BV Swami
> While it is true that certain aspects of the preaching in ISKCON you
> don’t believe in, still I am also sure that there are aspects that you do
> believe in. That holds true for all of us.
Certainly.
> What do you hope to accomplish by making public statements in things
> that you disagree with?
My main purpose is to make my position clear so as not to be identified with things that I do not believe in. Is it not a right of every follower of Srila Prabhupada to state where his limits are and what he can stand for and what not?
Apart from that, some possible positive outcomes are:
Instigating debate as to the direction of ISKCON;
Instigating debate as to the nature of unity within diversity;
Discouraging devotees from making major innovations that affect the whole society, without first consulting others;
Giving succor to devotees who feel that something is amiss but were reticent to say so.
> What might be the draw backs in doing this?
Whatever drawbacks I can think of are not necessarily bad. For instance, a possible drawback is a weakening of faith of devotees in ISKCON. But if that faith is an unquestioning belief in something that is questionable, then to provoke a spirit of intelligent questioning is actually a service both to such individuals and to the society as a whole.
26 April; from X Swami
> My main purpose is to make my position clear so as not to be identified
> with things that I do not believe in. Is it not a right of every follower
> of Srila Prabhupada to state where his limits are and what he can stand
> for and what not?

Of course.
However, austerity of speech is mentioned in the Bhagavad-gita (17.15).  The qualities of speech mentioned there are that it is truthful, according to the vedas and authority, it is pleasing, it is beneficial, and that it doesn’t agitate the minds of others.  It is difficult to make public statements on controversial topics that satisfy all the requirements of speech that Lord Krishna mentions.  Especially, Srila Prabhupada mentions:
“One should not speak in such a way as to agitate the minds of others. Of course, when a teacher speaks, he can speak the truth for the instruction of his students, but such a teacher should not speak to those who are not his students if he will agitate their minds.”
> Instigating debate as to the direction of ISKCON;

> Instigating debate as to the nature of unity within diversity;

> Discouraging devotees from making major innovations that affect the whole
> society, without first consulting others;
> Giving succor to devotees who feel that something is amiss but were
> reticent to say so.

These are certainly good results, but perhaps can better be achieved by different means.
> Whatever drawbacks I can think of are not necessarily bad. For instance, a
> possible drawback is a weakening of faith of devotees in ISKCON. But if
> that faith is an unquestioning belief in something that is questionable,
> then to provoke a spirit of intelligent questioning is actually a service
> both to such individuals and to the society as a whole.

I don’t think the programs that need attention represent what is ISKCON.  These programs are only a very small part of the totality that is ISKCON.
28 April; from BV Swami
Srila Prabhupada also writes:
Satyam, truthfulness, means that facts should be presented as they are, for the benefit of others. Facts should not be misrepresented. According to social conventions, it is said that one can speak the truth only when it is palatable to others. But that is not truthfulness. The truth should be spoken in a straightforward way, so that others will understand actually what the facts are. If a man is a thief and if people are warned that he is a thief, that is truth. Although sometimes the truth is unpalatable, one should not refrain from speaking it. Truthfulness demands that the facts be presented as they are for the benefit of others. (Bg 10.4-5 purport)
> These are certainly good results, but perhaps can better be achieved
> by different means.

Perhaps. But again, these possible side effects are not my main aim.
> I don’t think the programs that need attention represent what is
> ISKCON.  These programs are only a very small part of the totality that is
> ISKCON.

True. But increasingly in the minds of both the public and our own members, ISKCON is principally a Hindu social welfare organization. This is a deliberately cultivated image and one that I need to dissociate myself from as I believe it is not what Srila Prabhupada wanted.
(This was the end of the correspondence; to date I have received no further mails from X Swami or Y Swami.)

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Bhakti Vikash Swami attacking Radhanath Swami


“There’s a book*[…]written by one of the, probably the most, popular leaders within ISKCON today –now that book, I can’t help thinking if you’d shown it to Srila Prabhupada he would not have been at all pleased, because there are pictures of all these mayavadis and mundane people,[….]and there is not a bad word about them. People that Prabhupada if he spoke about them at all would criticize them.[....]And at the end of the book he says that now having come to Prabhupada ,now I’m engaged in helping with hospitals and feeding children and eye champs.[…]So as I see it there are serious problems with that[…]if anyone read that book hundreds of thousands of times, they’d never even get the idea that you’re suppose to surrender to Krishna, that Krishna  is the Supreme Personality of Godhead[…]some erotic or almost erotic scenes[….] it’s not the duty of a sannyasi  to write about such things.[…]I just can’t imagine what Prabhupada’s response would have been if he saw that book, but our movement has changed, it’s not for the better”.
(HH Bhakti Vikash Swami, Lecture,24/8/2011)

*The Journey Home  by Radhanath Swami