Sunday, January 25, 2009

Whatever Happened to the Hare krsna Movement?


May Lord Nrsimhadev Protect Us All!

What About the Hare Krsna Movement?
Part Three

By Jagannatha Prakasa (John of AllFaith) © 01.24.2009

In my opinion His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami was one of the holiest and most enlightened saints to ever live on this planet. We were not worthy of his presence or his wisdom. He brought a spiritually transcendent message of Light into the darkened West that could have saved us, but instead his efforts were betrayed by his own disciples. The world is a darker place because of it.


And then Darkness covered the earth...

His Divine Grace, Jagat Guru, Uttama Adhikari, Acarya Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada left his body on November 14, 1977 at the age of 81 in the holy city of Sri Vrindavan, India.

The remainder of this page will look at how he passed and what became of the Movement in a general sense.

Almost immediately after Srila Prabhupada "left his body" (a true Vaisnava never "dies") MANY scandals, abuses and accusations -- MANY OF THEM I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST WERE TRUE -- shook ISKCON to its foundations. The GBC (Governing Body Commission) lost a lot of court battles and paid huge amounts of money in fines and reparations. Even before Srila Prabhupada left his body these problem were cropping up but without him... Darkness descended.

Perhaps the most disturbing of these charges were the accusations that Srila Prabhupada was poisoned and murdered by key members of ISKCON's GBC. According to some evidence there was a purported Bavarian Illuminati connection in his murder as well. It is certainly true that had ISKCON succeeded in fulfilling Srila Prabhupada's Vision of bringing in a Golden Age of God Consciousness the New World Order Elite would have been directly threatened.

Srila Prabhupada's Devotee George Harrison
My Sweet Lord

But the Golden Age of Lord Caitanya was sabotaged by the GBC.

While Prabhupada was physically alive throngs of people routinely gathered to join in the chanting whenever the devotees would show up. It was pure joy to take part in these gathering and when a harinam party was head in the distance many people hurried to watch and join in.

"The Hare Krishna Mantra by George Harrison and London Radha-Krishna Temple devotees was featured four times on England's most popular television program, Top of the Pops, after rising to the Top 10 throughout England, Europe, and parts of Asia
You can hear it Here
For information on this visit Krishna.org

But after Srila Prabhupada left, Harinam Sankirtana (going out into the public to chant and share the faith) became at times a dangerous undertaking and often as not was met with verbal abuse or the devotees were simply ignored and thought of as kooks and cultists. The Joy had faded.

And with just cause.



Part Four Coming soon or read it all at my http://www.srijagannatha.com/hinduism/prabhupada.html!

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