Page added on April 1, 2010

New GBC Paper Clarifies Relationship Between Srila Prabhupada and Narayana Maharaja

6,384 views New GBC Paper Clarifies Relationship Between Srila Prabhupada and Narayana Maharaja thumbnail

ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission has just released a forty-page document that clarifies the relationship between Srila Prabhupada—ISKCON’s founder—and His Holiness Narayana Maharaja, a prominent leader of the Vaishnava group the Gaudiya Math.

The document follows up a meeting between Narayana Maharaja and several senior members of the GBC back in October 2009 at the sacred town of Govardhana, India.

During the meeting, ISKCON leaders apologized to Narayana Maharaja for their failure to communicate with him in a proper and timely manner in 1995, regarding policies they had just established concerning members of ISKCON taking instruction from other gurus outside of their society.

While the GBC desires to show all courtesy to Narayana Maharaja and his followers, however, it remains convinced that that Narayana Maharaja persistently misrepresents Srila Prabhupada by claiming that the ISKCON founder entrusted him with a unique, ongoing role in the spiritual leadership of ISKCON.

The just-released document presents the GBC’s considered response to this claim. It includes a cover letter explaining what is to follow, a transcript of a conversation between Srila Prabhupada and Narayana Maharaja from October 1977, and finally a paper by the GBC entitled “The Last Conversation.”

Please click HERE to download the document to your desktop.

Audio of Last Conversation with NM and SP



Comments are closed.


Vegetarianism, Retreats and more

Can a vegetarian diet improve or restore health?

Can a vegetarian diet improve or restore health?
Since the 1960s, scientists have suspected that a meat-based diet is somehow related to the development of arteriosclerosis and heart disease.

Lake Island Retreats

Lake Island Retreats
Discover your relationship with your body, mind and soul. Includes Yoga, meditation, massage options, walking and Eastern philosophy.

Hare Krishna Island

Hare Krishna Island
The island is 7 miles from Belturbet in north Co. Cavan and 7 miles from Lisnaskea in south Co. Fermanagh




  • Most Users Ever Online Is 341 On May 11, 2023 @ 2:23 pm

LATEST NEWS HEADLINES

ALSO IN THE NEWS

Cooking for the London Rathayatra 16th June 2019 thumbnail Cooking for the London Rathayatra 16th June 2019

Parasuram das: We are looking for volunteers to help cook the greatest feast ever for the pleasure of Lord Jagannath and his devotees. Volunteers are needed all day Saturday chopping veg and all night cooking Saturday night/Sunday morning. There is a special gift for all those who help, Srila Prabhupada’s blessings! The Narada Purana (uttara […]

MORE STORIES

The View Of An Irish Hare Krishna On “What It’s All About” thumbnail The View Of An Irish Hare Krishna On “What It’s All About”

ADVERTISING

ADVERTISING Click here to see advertised ISKCON projects and devotee business on this site

Vaishnava Calendar Reminder Service

Vaishnava Calendar Reminder Service Reminders sent to your email about upcoming events - Ekadasi, Festivals, etc. Click to subscribe.

MORE NEWS HEADLINES