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| EDITORIAL December 12, 1998 VNN2665 See Related VNN Stories One Who Sees With Equal Vision BY SATYAHIT DAS EDITORIAL, Dec 12 (VNN) — Hare Krsna. Jai Srila Prabhupada. Vipramukya swami says its "interesting & unfortunate" that Jayadvaita (BBT) swami has decided to sell books to "ritviks & Srila Narayan" followers. 1. Shri Krishna teaches us to see with equal vision the dog,dog eater, brahmin, sudra, etc. Vipramukya Swami not only doesn't see things in this spiritual way, but even among devotees of Krsna he makes pointed distinctions concerning "ritviks & Srila Narayan Mahraja" followers. He admits openly that Srila Prabhupada's books should not be sold to ritviks & others. He thinks that there is good reason to prevent the sale & distribution of Srila Prabhupada's books! Why is a person like this a leader in ISKCON ? ISKCON's leaders are supposed to promote the sales & distribution of Srila Prabhupada's books by "hook or crook" Srila Prabhupada. This Vipramukya swami mentality is totally unfit for the ISKCON my guru Srila Prabhupada started. He does not have the vision of a book distributor trying to give Srila Prabhupada's mercy to everyone, but instead he sees in terms of political enemies. His platform is to support the present ISKCON guru system which lies at the heart of all problems by keeping Srila Prabhupada's disciples away from ISKCON. Naturally those still inside ISKCON all have some high post or regular post, such as Vipramukya swami. The fact that the entire movement has become a fraction of what it was & still could be appears of little concern for Vipramukya swami. He prefers to see the political distinctions & differences among devotees of Krsna, what to speak of how he sees those who are non devotees altogether. 2. Jayadwaita swami, after years of not selling Srila Prabhupada's books to Srila Prabhupada's disciples outside of ISKCON & others "they don't like" & admitting that he has "caused many devotees great pain & anguish" because of this,now states that Srila Prabhupada's books from the BBT are available to ALL persons at LOWER prices & if you buy more we'll make the deal even better,he says. These are two of ISKCON's foremost leaders. Is it any wonder that ISKCON has & is declining as a spiritual institution ?! Its leaders don't "see with equal vision". Of the original 11 gurus,the ones remaining must be very hard nosed to continue their guru charade under the disguise of proper behavior in light of the disintegration of ISKCON as a vibrant & expanding spiritual society. Hitler fought for causes which eventually led to the destruction of his own country. Near the end, he even demanded the destruction of everything left in Germany so that the invading troops would find nothing of value. His own top generals decided against Hitler's destructive fanaticism. Although ISKCON's Srila Prabhupada book sales have declined by 99%, still Vipramukya swami doesn't want to sell to ritviks & others he sees as unworthy or different. With friends of ISKCON like Vipramukya swami, (friends of the GBC - his header to CHAKRA explains) who needs enemies, as they say! Jayadwaita swami, slightly less fanatic, sees that his BBT book sales, already low, will be much lower with sales from HANSA & CO just legalized & about to boom. Again though, before offering his new & improved book sale deals to one & all, he acknowledges (se he knew all along), the pain & distress he dished out to many sincere Srila Prabhupada disciples, who, ALL they wanted, was to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books. I know many personally that went through hell trying to find ways to obtain & thereby distribute Srila Prabhupada's original books. With ISKCON leaders like Jayadwaita swami & Vipramukya swami, Maya puts up little fuss about their replacement. They suit Maya so well. As for the remaining original ISKCON gurus (most obviously the disksa guru hard (nosed) liners behind or in front of the scene, their disservice to Srila Prabhupada continues in favor of their own book & tape ministry sales along with their maintenance of their elevated vyasasana seats in Srila Prabhupada's temples - not theirs! Srila Prabhupada's temples are for the glorification of Srila Prabhupada, not them, as Pradyumna prabhu, whom we have not heard from since 1978, pointed out in his letter to Satsvarupa swami, only to be called a DEMON by Hridyananda swami, Ramesvar das, Jayapataka swami, Jayatirtha das, Hansadutta das, Bhagavan das, Kirtanananda das, & that queer child molesting das, etc, etc & not to forget Harikesha das. Satyahit das See Related VNN Stories This story URL: http://www.vnn.org/editorials/ET9812/ET12-2665.html
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