All initiated devotees should be disciple of srila Prabhupada. Why this is not following now a days?
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All initiated devotees should be disciple of srila Prabhupada. Why this is not following now a days?
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Bt in madhwa sampradaya... 10000 kids r trained (or i can say thy teach them) from age of 10, and only 1 is chosen by the guru to become peetadipathi.... Becoming sanyasi is diff... Nd becoming a peetadipathi is diff.... That means that yati is the head of tht mutt... And the 8 disciples of madhwacharya... Thy hv 8 mutts... D thy r incharge of their specific mutt... Bt i dont see that in iskcon... And it is after peetadhipathi leaves body...( Bfre tht only a disciple is chosen by guru.) .. And that yati get tht position of guru... So cn u explain me... Y i dnt see any transfer of position here? And y thrz no samadhi of other gurus who left body... Like thy do in other sampradayas... Thrz no bridavana, no samadhi...
So y is tht iskcon doesnt hv any of these things...??
Hare Krsna
So cn u explain me... Y i dnt see any transfer of position here?
It is not favourable for our Krana consciousness to compare and contrast the activties of 2 acaryas in a sampradaya who appeared in different ages. Nor is it conducive for our Krsna consciousnes to ask why an acarya acts in the way they did or didn't.
yāṅra citte kṛṣṇa-premā karaye udaya
tāṅra vākya, kriyā, mudrā vijñeha nā bujhaya
“Even the most learned man cannot understand the words, activities and symptoms of a person situated in love of Godhead. (CC Madhya 23.39)
As practitioners we have a lot of basic things to worry about like hearing the holy names, being humble etc. I am not trying to discredit the question, but not everyone is at the level of understanding how acaryas make decisions about succession of the parampara. Great acaryas do not act independently, they are are 100% Krsna concious. We don't need to understand how they administered their responsibilities, we need to follow their instructions to begin with. Again I am not trying to discredit the question
As far as the question is concerned as RR Mataji has mentioned, I see more similarity in actions of Srila Prabhupada and Sri Madhvacarya than difference.
Hare Krsna
Hare KRsna Mataji,
PAMHO.
There is a Senior Vaishnava Samadhi in Mayapur - I hope you would have visited. That is having samadhis of other gurus. Recently a new samadhi was made for HH Bhakti Caru Maharaj a little outside this Senior Vaishnava samadhi place.
The numebr of people who joined ISKCON was more than 10,000 in Srila Prabhupada's manifest pastimes itself. Out of that, 12 were chosen as GBC. Isnt the ratio similar. rest has already been explained by Bharat prabhu. Please read his answers again.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD
Hare Krsna
But Prabhupada appointed 11 ritviks not guru
Neither you nor I was present to witness what Prabhupada did. History can never be proved. There is no point in debating it.
Initiation is a very spiritual and a private affair. It is between a guru and a disciple. I hope nobody is forcing you to take initiation against your will from anyone. At the same time, if someone else is taking initiation from a guru, I don't have a problem and nor should anyone else. Whether the guru is genuine or disciple is genuine or the initiation is genuine it is not for you or me or anyone else society to decide.
Krsna is the Supreme Personality of godhead. He is present in everyone's heart as Paramatma. He will take care of everything. I don't need to get into affairs of others. Same for eveyone.
Hare Krsna
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