Bhaktivedanta Charity Trust Meeting, Mayapur Print E-mail
Written by WVA correspondent in Mayapur   
Saturday, 31 March 2007

The Bhaktivedanta Charity Trust has restored many holy sites in Bengal, for example, Nrsingha Pali and Hari Hara Ksetra. Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj has created a fund for such projects.

The last meeting in Mayapur lamented the lack of good relationships between the missions of the Gaudiya lineage.

Rasabihari Prabhu, general secretary of the Visva Vaisnava Raj Sabha - World Vaisnava Association pointed out that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada had already created a framework for all Vaisnavas to join together for their common causes. His vision included the four main Vaisnava sampradayas whose Acaryas he installed in his main temple in Mayapur. His wish was to join under the common vision of all sampradayas as the name of an individual spiritual master would bring the idea back into the "stoneage". Therefore he suggested to take up the matter in the forum of the WVA. Since Srila B.B. Tirtha Maharaj is president of the WVA and leader of the charity trust it would not be difficult to do so, if only ISKCON would be ready to participate in a forum where they would need to speak on an equal level with the other Gaudiya Math parties. That of course would require a real participation of ISKCON on an international level and not just a few representatives from their Mayapur committee. That would also be helpful to address common causes of the world wide Vaisnava community which have never been addressed at any forum, and not just mundane topics like the road to Mayapur. We will see if the future brings about some bright cases of real cooperation.

In the meeting no response was given to Rasabihari Prabhu's proposal. The request for additional funds for the charity trust by Srila B.B. Tirtha Maharaj was also not attended to with the reason given that no ISKCON sannyasi has any personal say what to do with the donations they receive.

An urgent need can be seen to create joint publications, all Gaudiya Dham master plans, and forums to discuss common goals on scientific levels.

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Vikram Ramsoondur said: _

  Hare Krsna! Hari bol!

In my humble opinion, Vaisnava solidarity and cooperation is the singlemost essential element lacking in the world as a whole today. For most of us who have come to Mahaprabhu's transcendental mission, we owe our original attraction to Krsna consciousness at least to ISKCON, which remains by far the most materially equipped as well as the largest Gaudiya society. I have always and will always deplore sectarian or society conscious attitudes, whether from ISKCON or any other Vaisnava association or matha for that matter. Having said this, I do not think that a truly universal, spiritual future for humanity, and the factual fulfilling of Sri Caitanya's prophecy about his holy names being chanted in every town and village, thus also proving Bhagavan Sri Krsna's prediction of a coming golden age within Kali-yuga to Ganga Devi in the Brahma-vaivarta Purana to be veridical, can be achieved without the active participation of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's movement, and genuinely friendly relations between it and all other branches of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's lineage. Let us therefore pray to Krsna, Gauranga and Guru for their blessings and for further guidance as to how this seemingly herculean task can be carried out.

Sri Rama Jaya Rama Jaya Jaya Rama

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna
Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
March 31, 2007
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