Of late I have noticed one disturbing thing in Iskcon which I want to write about. Many of Iskcon Sanyasis and senior devotees are more into writing their own books and spending their energies to push them. Instead they should concentrate on distribution of Prabhupad's books. Prabhupad's books alone have the potency to turn the reader into a Krishna devotee. More over a number books written by second and third generation of devotees are not hundred percent faithful to gaudiya vaishnava sampradaaya. There are here and there compromises and deviations. The only force that sustains ISKCON is books by Prabhupada. Even the books by Prabhupada's dearest disciples do not possess the shakthi which the smallest of Prabhupada's books has. Put your ear to Prabhupadas's book you will hear the ticking sound of Krishna bakthi bomb. There is nothing left unsaid in Prabhupada's books which we can find in these new generation books. I went through many of them. They,to tell the fact , cause confusion in the mind of even fixed up devotees what to speak of the impact they may have on beginners. Books containing individual realisations are good and welcome but books on subjects which are already dealt with by Srila Prabhupada are not.
Many of these authors seem to be prone to use the tasteless impersonal word GOD often in their narrations. Prabhupada used to use the word GOD only very rarely. Why these souls following Prabhupada's foot steps feel shy of referring to God by His name KRISHNA. They should remember that in the beginning when Prabhupada invited suggestions for naming the society some of his disciples recommended the name International Society for God Consciousness. Prabhupada rejected their idea out rightly. When you as a devotee in the line of Prabhupada call the Supreme Lord by insipid name God instead of by the transcendental sound vibration "KRISHNA" you are committing an offense. The word God does not possess transcendental vibration. You can never bring around people unless you always say Krishna wherever you are required to mention God. This habit of using the word God now days are noticed in lectures on Bhagavad-Gita Srimad Bhagavatam etc too. My request is that they should not black wash the beautiful word Krishna by replacing it with the featureless word God. The usage of God in place of Krishna is a crack through which darkness of impersonalism will pour into our through and through personal institution. Every brick with which Iskcon is built bears the name KRISHNA . The Society is wholly depending on the name Krisna. Please do not feel shy of using it even to an envious person
anandgopaldas
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