Who is really destroying ISKCON?
Autumn 2005
One ridiculous accusation which has been hurled at the IRM is that we are "destroying" ISKCON.
Gauri Das, the Temple President of Bhaktivedanta Manor, who has been responsible for banning devotees from taking darshan of the Deities there, stated that:
"IRM is seeking to destroy ISKCON based upon their own interpretation of Srila Prabhupada's instructions."
(Letter from Gauri Das, 18 December 2004).
Gauri Das has, however, provided not a single shred of evidence that Srila Prabhupada's status as the initiating Guru will lead to wholesale destruction.
When you examine ISKCON's statements over the past 20 years, it is easy to see who is really destroying ISKCON; and it is not the organisation that wants to keep Srila Prabhupada as the initiator! But we will let ISKCON's leaders speak for themselves:
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We now invite Gauri Das to please show us in each case how the IRM is responsible for such wanton destruction of Srila Prabhupada's movement. Until then, we prefer to stick to the one Guru whom we know will never fall or fail us " His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.