HastiGopalaDasa
This
presentation is first and foremost not an action that is designed to
specifically target the BBT and ISKCON leadership regarding their illegal and
immoral tampering of SrilaPrabhupadas books. It is a presentation in the
defence of my guru maharaja His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada, this action is my duty. Whatever Krsna has said in His Gita and
whatever SrilaPrabhupada has written in his Gita is applicable in any age. The BBT and ISKCON leadership have not
written any commentaries on SrilaPrabhupadas books yet continue to construct
elaborate presentations of changes to those books based on their belief that
their changes to his and Krsnas books are as authoritative as writing their own
commentaries. Those commentaries would reveal a more comprehensive and honest
understanding of the works of Krsna and SrilaPrabhupada to their readers and
would encourage others to read SrilaPrabhupadas original books while expanding their
own understandings of this Krsna consciousness philosophy. That is leading by
example and that example is obviously absent within the leadership of the BBT
and ISKCON therefore they are not world leaders of the Krishna consciousness
movement. The inadequacy of that particular aspect of leadership is clear
indication not only of a serious shortcoming of the understanding and
appreciation of Krsna’s and SrilaPrabhupadas books but a clear indication of
direct targeting of the very foundations of the Hare Krsna movement to its
detriment.
Since
the leadership of the BBT and ISKCON have concluded (by the very ongoing acts
of illegal book revisions) that the complete literary works of their founder
acharya His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada are material as
opposed to transcendental literatures, their silent conclusion therefore is
that the entire works of SrilaPrabhupada are not from the energies of Krsna.
This conclusion is based on their materialistic revisionist ideology that does
not recognise that SrilaPrabhupadas books exist as a result of the
transformation of the Absolute Truth. This ideology is directly linked to the
same theory proposed by SripadSankarcharya.
Those
of SrilaPrabhupadas disciples and followers who believe and realise that
SrilaPrabhupadas books were transformed directly from Krsna are considered by
the leadership of the BBT and ISKCON to be suffering from illusion. The widely
held notion that the BBT and ISKCON leadership are as academically and
spiritually qualified as SrilaPrabhupada is their illusion. Their followers and
supporters knowingly or unknowingly accept this propagated illusion to their
spiritual and material detriment. Continuing to think, feel and act within
their illusion, the BBT and ISKCON leadership confirm their arrogant belief
that they are one with SrilaPrabhupada and Krsna. This BBT and ISKCON
leadership position regarding the ongoing illegal changes to SrilaPrabhupadas
books reflects the same ideology as that of the great Mayavadi guru SripadSankaracharya,
which is an atheistic ideology. SrilaPrabhupadas original pre 1978 books,
printed and bound are the conclusion to the transformation of the Absolute
Truth.
It
is not that those Mayavadis SrilaPrabhupada speaks of exist only in the past,
they are spoken of in order to reveal to the readers a warning with evidence
and advice to be followed. This was given to us in order to recognise that
Mayavadi activity is in the midst of the BBT and ISKCON, to take decisive
counter measures, and to re-establish the original works of Krsna and
SrilaPrabhupada. SrilaPrabhupadas disciples and followers are engaged in this
action as we speak.
The
BBT does not explain their challenges to SrilaPrabhupadas original books and
other writings for the supposed benefit of the Hare Krsna society or the world
as a whole. That challenge and understanding they do not have, if they do they
do not share it so they leave their followers and world readers blind to
understanding the difference between what they claim is a much improved version
of SrilaPrabhupadas works and his original works. Indeed his original works are
not even presented so that the reader may know that they even existed or exist.
So we can conclude two things. They do not understand themselves why they are
changing what they are changing or they do not want the world to understand
what they understand. Both of these positions are the positions of those who
steal by stealth. Text 121 of the 7th chapter of the Adi-lila CC on
paragraph two SrilaPrabhupada explains enough to write a book in itself that: (
one should read this whole text )
"For
example, a father is one fact, and a son generated from the father is another
fact. Thus both of them are truths, although one is generated from the other.
This generation of a second truth, independent truth from a first truth is
called vicara, or transformation resulting in a by-product." So the whole
of ISKCON and the BBT leadership have been going down a blind alley, instead of
looking for the opportunity to correct so called mistakes they should have been
absorbing truths and realizations from SrilaPrabhupadas writings, making
commentaries and expanding on his writings with their loving understanding of
his most glorious works. By this time since the changes started some 35 to 40
years ago there would have been libraries of books based on realizations from
SrilaPrabhupadas books by his disciples. Where are they? It was and is
their lack of faith in the spiritual master and Krsna that has left them in
that blind alley. So, the present devotees will write their books and
commentaries based on SrilaPrabhupadas original writings leaving the BT and
ISKCON to continue with their naval gazing. The continued illegal book
revisions will stop, however their continuation is a clear indication that the
BBT and ISKCON leadership have not and do not recognise that SrilaPrabhupadas
and Krsnas books are a direct transformation of the Absolute Truth. They
therefore do not recognise Krsna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead or
SrilaPrabhupada as His representative.
SrilaPrabhupadas
and Krsnas books are the transformation of the Absolute Truth.
Adi7.121
TEXT
121
vyāserasūtretekahe
’pariṇāma’-vāda
’vyāsabhrānta’--bali’
tārauṭhāilavivāda
SYNONYMS
vyāsera—of ŚrīlaVyāsadeva; sūtrete—in the aphorisms; kahe—describes;
pariṇāma—transformation; vāda—philosophy; vyāsa—ŚrīlaVyāsadeva;
bhrānta—mistaken; bali’-accusing him; tāra—his; uṭhāila—raised;
vivāda—opposition.
TRANSLATION
"In
his Vedānta-sūtraŚrīlaVyāsadeva has described that everything is but a
transformation of the energy of the Lord. Śaṅkarācārya, however, has misled the
world by commenting that Vyāsadeva was mistaken. Thus he has raised great
opposition to theism throughout the entire world.
Page
115 of the Purport SrilaPrabhupada and Krsna says: “Not believing in the fact
that the energy of the Absolute Truth is transformed, Śaṅkarācārya has
propounded his theory of illusion. This theory states that although the
Absolute Truth is never transformed, we think that it is transformed, which is
an illusion.Śaṅkarācārya does not believe in the transformation of the energy
of the Absolute Truth, for he claims that everything is one and that the living
entity is therefore also one with the Supreme. This is the Māyāvāda theory.”
For
the leadership of the BBT and ISKCON to conclude, still to this day that all of
SrilaPrabhupadas books need their immediate attention due to grammatical and
philosophical faults is extremely blasphemous to Krsna and SrilaPrabhupada.
From
the Purport of Text 121 on page 117 SrilaPrabhupada and Krsna say: “It is
therefore to be concluded that Śaṅkarācārya, in order to present the Supreme
Lord, the living entities and the material nature as indivisible and ignorant,
tries to cover the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He maintains
that the material cosmic manifestation is mithyā, or false, but this is
a great blunder. If the Supreme Personality of Godhead is a
fact, how can His creation be false? Even in ordinary dealings, one cannot think the
material cosmic manifestation to be false. Therefore Vaiṣṇava philosophers say
that the cosmic creation is not false but temporary. It is separated from the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, but since it is wonderfully created by the
energy of the Lord, to say that it is false is blasphemous.”
SrilaPrabhupada
and Krsna have never made any so called literary mistakes in regards to their
collaboration in producing SrilaPrabhupadasbooks . For that matter they have
not made any mistakes of any kind. SrilaJivaGoswami proves this from his Paramatma-sandarba: Purport to Chapter 7
Text 122 Adi-lia page 118.
“ŚrīlaJīvaGosvāmī, in his Paramātma-sandarbha, comments regarding
the vivarta-vāda as follows: “Under the spell of vivarta-vāda one
imagines the separate entities, namely, the cosmic manifestation and the living
entities, to be one with Brahman. This is due to complete ignorance regarding
the actual fact. The Absolute Truth, or Parabrahman, is always one and always
the same. He is completely free from all other conceptions of existence. He
is completely free from false ego, for He is the full spiritual identity. It is
absolutely impossible for Him to be subjected to ignorance and fall under the
spell of a misconception (vivarta-vāda). The Absolute Truth is beyond
our conception. One must admit that He has unblemished qualities that He does
not share with every living entity. He is never tainted in the slightest degree
by the flaws of ordinary living beings. Everyone must therefore understand the Absolute
Truth to possess inconceivable potencies.”
From Text 127 of the Adi-lila Chapter 7 on page 121 from the purport
SrilaPrabhupada and Krsna teach us and give us a further understanding and
appreciation of the very serious damage being done by the BBT and ISKCON
leadership not only to SrilaPrabhupadas and Krsnas books but to the Hare
Krishna movement as a whole.
“The
falsity of ŚrīpādaŚaṅkarācārya’s explanation of vivarta-vāda and pariṇāma-vāda
has been detected by the Vaiṣṇavaācāryas, especially JīvaGosvāmī, whose
opinion is that actually Śaṅkara did not understand the Vedānta-sūtra.
In Śaṅkara’s explanation of one sūtra, ānanda-mayo ’bhyāsāt, he has
interpreted the affix mayaṭ with such word jugglery that this very
explanation proves that he had little knowledge of the Vedānta-sūtra but
simply wanted to support his impersonalism through the aphorisms of the Vedānta
philosophy. Actually, however, he failed to do so because he could not put
forward strong arguments. In this connection, ŚrīlaJīvaGosvāmī cites the phrase
brahma pucchaṁpratiṣṭhā (TaittirīyaUpaniṣad 2.5), which gives
Vedic evidence that Brahman is the origin of everything. In
explaining this verse, ŚrīpādaŚaṅkarācārya
interpreted various Sanskrit words in such a way that he implied, according to
JīvaGosvāmī, that Vyāsadeva had very little knowledge of higher logic. Such
unscrupulous deviation from the real meaning of the Vedānta-sūtra has
created a class of men who by word jugglery try to derive various indirect
meanings from the Vedic literatures, especially the Bhagavad-gītā. One
of them has even explained that the word kurukṣetra
refers to the body. Such interpretations imply, however, that neither Lord Kṛṣṇa
nor Vyāsadeva had a proper sense of word usage or etymological adjustment. They
lead one to assume that since Lord Kṛṣṇa
could not personally sense the meaning of what He was speaking and Vyāsadeva
did not know the meaning of what he was writing, Lord Kṛṣṇa left His book to be explained later by the Māyāvādīs. Such
interpretations merely prove, however, that their proponents have very little
philosophical sense.
( Etymologically means in an etymological manner
or according to etymology. Etymology is the study of the sources of words as
well as their development)
"The self-evident Vedic scriptures are the highest
evidence of all, but if these scriptures are interpreted, their self-evident
nature is lost.” Text 132 Chapter 7 Adi-lila.
These books presented by Krsna and
SrilaPrabhupada reveal all truths that are applicable to any circumstance in
one’s life. The circumstance in this case is illegal and nonsensical book
changes.
“We
quote Vedic evidence to support our statements, but if we interpret it
according to our own judgment, the authority of the Vedic literature is
rendered imperfect or useless. In other words, by interpreting the Vedic
version one minimizes the value of Vedic evidence. When one quotes from Vedic
literature, it is understood that the quotations are authoritative. How can one
bring the authority under his own control? That is a case of principiisobsta.”
principiisobsta means “resist the beginnings” SrilaPrabhupada and Krsna books are
self-evident Vedic scriptures and the BBT and ISKCON leadership continue to
resist the beginnings.
In
all of my other books-SrimadBhagavatam, Sri Isopanisad, etc-the system is that
I give the original verse, it’s English transliterations, word-for-word
Sanskrit English equivalents, translations and purports. This makes the book
very authentic and scholarly and makes the meaning self evident.
Preface
to Bhagavad Gita
Therefore
it is evident that the BBT and ISKCON leadership are continuing their
transgression of the Absolute Truth.
Truths
generate new truths and realizations. As SrilaPrabhupada said. So for all of us to move ahead of the bad
affects of the BBT and ISKCON leadership
we must take and share with the world SrilaPabhupadas advice. Chapter 7
page 113 purport to text 120 of the Adi-lila last paragraph.."
Therefore the Hare Krsna movement or Krsna consciousness movement is the only
light for the foolish living entities who think either that there is no God or
that if God exists he is formless and they themselves are also God. These
misconceptions are very dangerous, and the only way to counteract them is to
spread the Hare Krsna movement"
HastiGopalaDasa
