Dear   Bhagvatamrita Prabhu,

Please   accept my humble obeisance’s. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

You asked yesterday why one would list Srila   Prabhupada as a “sannyasi” in the MOA of Iskcon-India, rather than the”   Founder Acharya” as Srila Prabhupada has originally listed. This happened   around 1980 by a commission of the Bureau of Iskcon-India. You say it was for   legal purposes? I begged to submit that this commission may not just be a   simple legal maneuver but a symptom of the still ongoing conspiracy to remove   Srila Prabhupada as the Founder Acharya of Iskcon and replace others   unlawfully in that position.

FOUNDER   ACHARYA OF ISKCON-HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C.

BHAKTIVEDANTA   SWAMI SRILA PRABHUPADA

 This   point of Srila Prabhupada being the FOUNDER-ACHARYA of Iskcon is very   pertinent and important. The quotations, examples and even attempts to remove   Srila Prabhupada as the Founder-Acharya were there even when Srila Prabhupada   was with us, what to speak of after His samadhi or in this case within the   official documents which are now being scrutinized by the Supreme Court in the   case between the Bureau of Iskcon-Mumbai vs. Iskcon Bangalore.

For   the time being we will leave most of those historical quotes and incidents   aside, besides the few quoted below, just to give the gist. As i hope we both   agree that Srila Prabhupada is the Founder-Acharya of Iskcon? Correct? Not   only Founder but Acharya! The principle of who is the Acharya,   and how one becomes Acharya is the subject of another discussion (such as my   claim that a Acharya has to be an Uttama adhikari and your claim that the   Acharya can be a Madhyam Adhikari !) . We will confine this dialog to   establishing the eternal principle of Srila Prabhupada as the FOUNDER-ACHARYA   of ISKCON, which did not cease in November of 1977, nor did Srila Prabhupada   ever intend that He would not be the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON after His   samadhi. Did He? If you disagree, then please show where and when  the principle of Srila Prabhupada being   the FOUNDER & ACHARYA of ISKCON ceases to be the principle?

A   few quotes from Srila Prabhupada on His being Founder-Acharya:

“So   you can go ahead and register our Society there with taking all proper and   necessary steps. Before the finalization of registration takes place I would   request you to send me one copy of the constitution for our society there so I   can approve it finally. My name should be there as the Founder-Acharya, A.C.   Bhaktivedanta Swami. I should have full authority in all matters. ” (Letter   December 29th, 1974)

note: Srila Prabhupada still has the “full   authority” through His books, Letters and Conversations as well as His   Directives of Management of His Society.

“The   Ambassador of the United States of America, Canakya Puri, New   Delhi May it please Your Excellency, I beg to introduce myself as the   Founder-Acharya of the above institution.”

(Letter   to the Ambassador of the United States of America dated 27, July, 1976   -Delhi)

”   “The deed for the property and temple should be made in favor of “His Divine   Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the   International Society for Krishna Consciousness.” It cannot be dedicated to   any of the office bearers. So I suggest that you become the president of the   temple and Upendra become the secretary, and either your brother or your wife   can become treasurer. There is no need of trustees. But in any circumstance   the temple can’t be a private property in the name of ISKCON. If you want to   keep it a private property then the ISKCON name should not be   utilized.”

(Letter   – New Vrindavna June 30, 1976)

Letter   signed by Srila Prabhupada on September 28th, 1976;

“A.C.   Bhaktivedanta Swami Founder Acharya ISKCON (all over the   world) Vrindaban 28/9/76”

“I   am not going to manage Spiritual Sky. This is ridiculous. Why they are   dragging me into the management. Now the Acharya is meant for handling   business? Jayatirtha should handle this. He is the manager. Jayatirtha and   Karandhar are the chief men. They should manage. Why I have to manage? They   have big, big brains. Why they are failing? Now the Founder-Acharya has to   manage. Without my consent the BBT has financed.” (Vrindvana Agust 31st,   1974)

“TOPMOST   URGENCY AMENDMENTS TO BE IMMEDIATELY ADDED TO ALL OFFICIAL REGISTRATION   DOCUMENTS, CONSTITUTIONS, INCORPORATION PAPERS,   ETC.

1.)      It is declared that His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada is   the Founder-Acharya of (ISKCON) International Society for Krishna   Consciousness. He is the supreme authority in all matters of the society. His   position cannot be occupied by anyone else, and his name and title must appear   on all documents, letterheads, publications, and buildings of the   Society. In particular it shall be clearly understood that no real estate   may be purchased or sold by any officer of the Society without the express   permission of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad, the   Founder-Acharya of ISKCON.

2.)    There shall be a   Governing Board Committee of trustees appointed by the Founder-Acharya His   Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupad according to the document   Direction of Management dated July 28, 1970. The GBC is to act as the   instrument for the execution of the will of His Divine Grace Srila   Prabhupad. Dated at New York, July 22, 1974. Approved: A.C.   Bhaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya”

“As   more publications arrive from ISKCON Press in Boston, Prabhupäda is startled   to see they have printed His name on one small paperback simply as A.C.   Bhaktivedanta, leaving out “His Divine Grace” and “Swami Prabhupäda.” Another   booklet ascribes him the title “Acharya” rather than “Founder-Acharya.” If   that’s not bad enough, upon opening the book the binding cracks and some of   the pages fall out. Prabhupäda is furious.” “It appears that a veil of   mäyä descended over ISKCON in 1970. Seemingly innocent mishaps, or lapses in   consciousness, led Srila Prabhupäda to conclude there was a conspiracy to   minimize His position as the Founder-Acharya of His own institution. He   understood that he was being pushed into the background—that his supreme   authority was being challenged, even doubted, and that this would be dangerous   for the spiritual well being of his disciples. This was the first major   heresy on a societal level in Prabhupäda’s young movement. At the heart of the   heresy, of course, was the direct challenge to his authority, which, he   believed, originated in India. Even though it seemed to begin with seemingly   harmless incidents, Prabhupäda immediately saw the potential for the   corruption of Vaisnava philosophy.” “July   7 1970 as quoted in the biography) S

In the above   historical reference Srila Prabhupada has taken special concern that the   minimization of Him as the Founder Acharya would be “dangerous for the   spiritual well being of His disciples”. How many 1,000’s of sincere souls have   had their spiritual lives destroyed because they could not accept Srila   Prabhupada as their Founder-Acharya and instead had to accept a conditioned   soul as the Acharya due to institutionalized mandates?

Another point I was   thinking is this. If a person admits that they are fallen, then there is the   possibility of undertaking the process of Krsna consciousness and becoming   un-fallen. After all, Caitanya Mahaprabhu is “patita pavana”. And Srila   Prabhupada is ”maha-patita-pavana”. But is someone artifically proclaims   themself, or allows themself to be proclaimed, as a pure devotee/Acarya, and   accepts worship, while actually being fallen, it is a great offence. And there   is no possibility of such a person getting the mercy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.   What they are doing is what the Srimad-Bhagavatam calls ”kaitava dharma”, or   “cheating religion”, which is rejected by Srimad-Bhagavatam and all our   Vaisnava acaryas. Think about it.

Srila   Prabhupada describes below his vision as to how he wants to structure and   operate (Materially and Spiritually) ISKCON. This letter is dated February   1967. Thus may understand that HDG Srila Prabhupada was very clear in the   beginning days of ISKCON about the model he wanted to use for the future   development and operation of ISKCON.

Srila   Prabhupada:   “I wish that each and every branch shall keep their separate identity and   cooperate keeping the Acharya in the center. On this principle we can   open any number of branches all over the world. The Rama Krishna mission works   on this principle and thus as an organization they have done   wonderfully.”

(Letter,   February 11, 1967)

The   main points are:

 

(1)   Keep identity of each branch separate (avoid centralization)

(2)   cooperate keeping the Acharya in the center

(3)   Using (1) and (2) as criteria, open as many branches as possible all over the   world.

 

Which   “Acarya” are we going to keep in the center? (Founder-Acarya HDG Srila   Prabhupada) Did Srila Prabhupada ever authorize another Acharya?

 

How   long will that “Acarya” stay in the center of Iskcon? Acharyaupasana principle   is eternal, is it not? So….. as was Srila Prabhupada’s desire in our Iskcon   Society. This is what is meant by “Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON”, the Society   established by Srila Prabhupada where he is the Founder Acharya not others.   Srila Prabhupada’s statements to His disciples to become qualified and become   “Guru” or “Acharya” never signified or authorized them to become   Founder-acharya of ISKCON. That position is reserved for Srila Prabhupada   alone for all time to come.

What   does “cooperate keeping the acharya in the center” mean? Could it mean   that in each temple there are hundreds of rubber-stamped gurus and guru   candidates competing for glorification, disciples, dakshina, sundaris,   vyasasana’s and land for their dead body to have a samadhi on? Stop competing   with the “Acharya” and focus on Srila Prabhupada and his message.

 

Srila   Prabhupada:”I   am the Spiritual Master of this institution, and ALL the members of the   Society, they’re supposed to be MY disciples. They follow the rules and   regulations which I ask them to follow, and they are INITIATED BY ME   spiritually.”

(Srila   Prabhupada Radio Interview, 12 March 1968, San Francisco)

 

Srila   Prabhupada:   “He [Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaja] never recommended   anyone to be acharya of the Gaudiya Math…. If Guru Maharaja could have seen   someone who was qualified at that time to be acharya, he would have mentioned.   Because on the night before he passed away he talked of so many things, but   never mentioned an acharya. Therefore we may not commit the same mistake in   our ISKCON camp.

(Srila   Prabhupada, letter to Rupanuga das, April 28, 1974)

 

Srila   Prabhupada:   “Don’t be allured by cheap disciples. Go on steadfastly to render service   first. If you immediately become guru, then the service activities will be   stopped; and as there are so many cheap gurus and cheap disciples, without any   substantial knowledge, and manufacturing new sampradayas, and with service   activities stopped, and all spiritual progress choked up.”

(SP   Letter (VI 1987), August 17, 1968)

 

Srila   Prabhupada:   “We haven’t got to manufacture. To manufacture ideas is troublesome. Why   should we take the trouble? And as soon as you want to manufacture something   to my…., that is DANGEROUS. …That you are singing every day, “what our guru   has said, that is our life and soul.” …As soon as this POISON will come   -suppress guru and I become Brahman- everything FINISHED. Spiritual life is   finished. Gaudiya Matha finished, …VIOLATED the orders of Guru Maharaja.…And   as soon as you manufacture, fall down. This manufacturing idea is very,   very dangerous in spiritual life. …Our mission is to serve bhakta visesa and   live with devotees. NOT THAT YOU TAKE THE PLACE OF GURU. THAT IS NONSENSE,   VERY DANGEROUS. Then everything will be spoiled. As soon as you become   AMBITIOUS to TAKE THE PLACE of GURU-gurusuh nara matih. That is MATERIAL   DISEASE.”

(April   1977, Bombay)

Srila   Prabhupada 3 x’s disbanded the GBC and Srila Prabhupada always held the   Supreme Veto power over the entire GBC body. He created GBC as a managerial   body under certain guidelines. And He never vested in the GBC body the power to remove   Him as the Founder-Acharya or appoint another Acharya in His place.Did   He?

 

Srila   Prabhupada:   “GBC does not mean to control a center. GBC means to see that the activities   of a center go on nicely. I do not know why Tamala is exercising his absolute   authority. That is not the business of GBC. The president, treasurer and   secretary are responsible for managing the center. GBC is to see that things   are going nicely but not to exert absolute authority. That is not in the power   of GBC. Tamala should not do like that.”

 

The   GBC men cannot impose anything on the men of a center without consulting all   of the GBC members first. A GBC member cannot go beyond the jurisdiction of   his power. We are in the experimental stage but in the next meeting of the GBC   members they should form a constitution how the GBC members manage the whole   affair. But it is a fact that the local president is not under the control of   the GBC. Yes, for improvement of situations such as this I must be informed of   everything.”

(Letter   to Giriraja, London 12 August, 1971)

 

Srila   Prabhupada:   “This is the function of the GBC, to see that one may not be taken away by   maya. The GBC should all be the instructor (SISYA) gurus. I am the initiator   (DIKSHA) guru (ACHARYA), and you should be the instructor guru by teaching   what I am teaching and doing what I am doing. This is not a title, but   you must actually come to this platform. This is what I   want.”

(To   Madhudvisa, August 4, 1975)

 

Bhaggy   both you and i know that Srila Prabhupada many times:

 

(1)   Knocked down centralization

(2)   Knocked down over ambitious disciples who wanted to be Guru

(3)   Knocked down ruthless GBCs who wanted to supersede His authority

(4)   Wanted His Murti in each temple and only His daily Vyasa Puja

(5)   Wanted reading, learning, and preaching from his books –   Guru-Sadhu-Sastra

(6)   Rules and regulations given by Him are to be followed and not   changed

(7)   His name as Founder-Acarya on temple sign boards, Books and all property   documents.

This important inclusion principle that has the   Founder-Acharya principle as everything in Iskcon was never rescinded nor did   Srila Prabhupada ever put a time limit on His being the Founder Acharya. Nor   did he say to remove Himself as the Founder-Acharya.

 

Without   keeping Acharya in the center, cooperation in not possible.

 

Remember   the words of HDG Srila Prabhupada: “you can cheat, but it will not be   effective” and “what is use of producing a rascal Guru?”

 

How   can you have Srila Prabhupada in the center when in each temple, there are   hundreds of rubber-stamped gurus and guru candidates competing for   glorification, disciples, dakshina, sundaris, and land for their dead body to   have a samadhi on?

 

How   can you have Srila Prabhupada’s books in the center when you have disciples of   hundreds of rubber-stamped ACHARYA’s peddling tapes, videos, and books of   their own Gurus, even those who now fallen from disgrace?

 

Let   us not turn Srila Prabhupada’s Temples, established as Temples with Srila   Prabhupada as the Founder Acharya into temples of founders and acharya’s who   are at best kanistha-adhikaris or madhyam adhikari’s posing as Paramahamsa’s,   This will then become a laughing stock for the whole vaisnava world when   cheaters, and liars occupy the vyaysasna as it has already started to   happen.

 

Purty   is the Force

Preaching   is the Essance

Utility   is the Principle

Books   are the Basis

 

not

 

Purity   is a Farce

Preaching   is an Excuse

Futility   is the Principle

Bucks   are the Basis

 

your   aspiring servant,

 

anonymous   and infamous Bhakta Thomas