The RtVik Theory is firmly based on the cornerstone of two alleged modifications A & B. But why just two? These contrived modifications could apply to a whole Alphabet of things Srila Prabhupada did! Anyone can juggle rhetoric to arrive at any conclusion they wish to establish and that is exactly how the RtVik Charade […]
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Srila Prabhupada loved his disciples despite the mistakes they made and the problems they created for them. To train them he would sometimes make strong statements, but he was so humble and traditional he would have never concluded “…all of you are so helplessly incompetent that I will appoint myself to be the Jesus of
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There are over 50 places where Srila Prabhupada clearly indicated that he wanted his disciples to also accept disciples after he departed. RtVik theory is he completely reversed the 11 years of his teachings based on a tangential interpretation of a very few statements that have become extremely controversial. RtViks criticize individual ISKCON members for
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The challenge was to address the points that were published in the “Final Order” otherwise referred to as the “FO Sastra.” This paper does exactly that and begins to dissect all the goofy double standards that the RtVik are not astute to notice or care about.
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By January 1999 RtVik-Fever descended on Los Angeles. The Masonic Hall around the corner from New Dwarka was rented for the day and all the RtVik-Generals came to town to declare their ultimatums. Prior to this, they evaded the operative question: “Is the RtVik agenda intended to replace the traditional Guru-Disciple tradition practiced in ISKCON?” OR: Is the
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As time unfolded and ISKCON faced numerous growing challenges and there were a lot of individuals who appointed themselves as the one to solve all the issues. But anyone who unilaterally thought they could sort out all the growth problems ISKCON faced in 1998 was obviously so immature that no reasonably well-balanced individual would take
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In January of 1999 the RtVik-Generals rented the Masonic Lodge next to the temple in Los Angeles. It had been promoted as a good-faith meeting that invited devotees to make presentations regarding RtVik ideas and how they might be applied to improve ISKCON operations. I was originally told I could make a 40-minute presentation in
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It did not take long to realize how fabricated the RtVik-Campaign was and how it did not deserve any serious consideration, yet in the minds of a desultory subcommunity, the RtVik fire was building up and it was clearly not going to go away. Keeping in mind that this article was written in 1999, it
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Put the Extremists Where They BelongISKCON means the International SOCIETY for Krishna Consciousness. Every society has a spectrum of individuals that expand across a complete range of human behaviors. ISKCON attracts both extraordinarily saintly individuals with pure intentions, as well as very disturbed individuals who attract controversy and trouble where ever they go.This study catalogues
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Drop the Bomb and End the War!At the time this was written, the RtVik agenda were less militant. They had not revealed that they intended to completely terminate the initiation process that had been in place in ISKCON for well over 20 years already. When initiations went bad a few controversial individuals contrived a reactionary
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