12/19/97 - 1390

Chakra - Friends of the GBC?

USA (VNN) - Ever wondered why Vipramukhya Swami is vague about who is behind CHAKRA?

The CHAKRA site states: "We, the authors of the newsletter (which include at least 4 sannyasis in good standing and several others), hope you may find it to be of service in your preaching. It's been seen and approved by people in ISKCON Communications, but it is not written by ISKCON Communications, and has been sent to more than two thousand devotees around the world. With the help of some independent devotees, sannyasis and other non-GBC members of ISKCON, we've put together a little web site to help defend Srila Prabhupada's movement and the GBC. We're friends of the GBC, but we're not the GBC."

Well, surprise! Check out the list of those who are behind CHAKRA:

Tamal Krishna Goswami (GBC)
Radha-carana dasa (disciple of TKG)
Mukunda Goswami (GBC)
Bhagavad Dharma das (disciple of MG)
Krishna Dharma das (disciple of MG)
Ravindra-svarupa Dasa (GBC)
Gunagrahi das Goswami
Umapati Swami
Vipramukhya Swami
Kesava Bharati Dasa (ACBSP)
Nikhilananda Dasa (ACBSP)
Madhusudani Radhe Dasi (JPS)
Gunagrahi Dasa (HKS)

The list below is directly from COM's Wstrat conference (WEBSTRATEGY), the conference about the Chakra page. If you have COM access, you can verify the info by typing at the prompt: Status Wstrat.