Tamal Krsna Goswami: Actually, Prabhupada never appointed any gurus. He didn’t appoint eleven gurus. He appointed eleven ritviks. He never appointed them gurus. Myself and the other GBC have done the greatest disservice to this movement the last three years because we interpreted the appointment of ritviks as the appointment of gurus.
[…] YOU CANNOT SHOW ME ANYTHING ON TAPE OR IN WRITING WHERE PRABHUPĀDA SAYS: ‘I APPOINT THESE ELEVEN AS GURUS.’ IT DOES NOT EXIST BECAUSE HE NEVER APPOINTED ANY GURUS. THIS IS A MYTH…”
