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Nothing can be achieved without leadership. These are Srila Prabhupada’s words. He himself demonstrated what can be achieved under a bona fide leader, and the history of mankind has shown us what can be destroyed under the leadership of unqualified leaders. In both ways, the result depends on the leader. A person ultimately presents even the most impersonal concepts.
As the "Krsna West" movement finds enthusiastic followers, presenting themself in a "modern" and "attractive" way, starting with abandoning any sort of vaisnava dress, defining this to be a sign of fanatism, and its members declaring their "normal" dress as a sign of their "individuality", one may also wonder if along with this "updated version of Krsna Consciousness", the very same basis of the founder Acharya, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, may not be "updated" as well.
Years have passed, and the days when Bhaktisiddhanta Maharaja met my spiritual master, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, seem remote and far away. They are not. Both Prabhupadas, Bhaktisiddhanta and Bhaktivedanta, are identical in their message and mission. The only existing autobiography of Bhaktisiddhanta Maharaja, written by Bhakti Vikasa Swami, was written to demonstrate the identical purpose and mission of both spiritual giants.
The days of ISKCON when everybody who joined Srila Prabhupada’s movement was found either on public harinama or engaged in book distribution are gone.
“When you preach, the management will follow you like a shadow.”
said Srila Prabhupada to his secretary.
Considering the forces directed by the Supreme Lord, we are all small men.
(I abstain in this article to please the feminists from always adding “and women,” as Srila Prabhupada used the word “men” in terms of “human beings.”)
The following essay is a mere collection of thoughts based on the author’s search for reality.
There are those who love to speak about love and who advocate peace in a global universal oneness of humankind.
It was Srila Prabhupada who first exposed the trickery of wicked men to impose upon women that they are free and self-sufficient.
Those who do not die prematurely are certain to grow old and face increased invalidity. A sober ageing man will manifest the following symptoms:
