Key Topics Covered

• The presentation given by the devotees from the then "Vedic Village Review," a monthly magazine that became the venue for much discussion on Srila Prabhupada's ritvik instructions for ISKCON, was very well received. So much so that a vote taken at the end of the debate by all the devotees present almost unanimously agreed that the evidence presented in this debate by Rupa Vilas Prabhu, Karanamrta Prabhu, Yasoda Nandana Prabhu, and others, was substantial, and that this matter should be taken up very seriously for further consideration in ISKCON.
• Mysteriously this video was never released and since this debate there has not been any serious discussion of Srila Prabhuapda's clear instructions in regard to how disciples would be initiated in ISKCON after he was no longer physically present.
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• ISKCON Gurus. In the years since Srila Prabhupada left our material vision in 1977 there has been great confusion over who is a qualified spiritual master and how initiations in ISKCON will go on in the future. This section contains videos from ISKCON gurus as well as videos exploring the Prabhupada Guru Tattva for ISKCON..
• During Srila Prabhupada's physical presence he established a system where some of his disciples would perform initiations on his behalf. This is because as the Hare Krishna movement was rapidly spreading all over the world it was not possible for Srila Prabhupada to physically initiate all the disciples who wanted to accept him as their spiritual master. So starting from 1972 Srila Prabhupada appointed ritvik priests to perform the initiations on his behalf. By 1977 Prabhupada had extended this ritvik initiation system in ISKCON so much that he no longer had any physical connection with the process of disciples accepting initiation from him. But after Srila Prabhupada's disappearance in 1977 ISKCON leaders claimed that Prabhupada had appointed eleven successor acaryas who were to take his place. They relegated Srila Prabhupada to the position of a 'previous acarya' and claimed everyone had to worship these new acaryas. The whole system was completely bogus. Prabhupada never appointed anyone as his successor and everyone, even ISKCON leaders, accept this now.