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I disagree with the wording of the above statement. Regardless of the fact
that it is supposed to be an official ISKCON statement, it is not correct
according to Srila Prabhupada's teachings, nor is it even consistent with
reality.
It would be more appropriate to say "ISKCON faithfully continues the core
traditions of the Vaishnava system of Vedanta, upon which today's Hinduism
is loosely based." After all, there is no "Hindu faith" to speak of, and it
seems to me that the devotee who wrote this statement was being unusually
generous in attributing the regulative principles of 1) no meat eating, 2)
no illicit sex, 3) no intoxication, and 4) no gambling to any sort of
"Hindu faith." As the facts of the matter will plainly show, there are all
too many Hindu spiritual leaders who engage in the above activities (some
in the name of religion, like slaughtering goats for a Kali puja) and still
fanatically assert that they are Hindus. Furthermore, there is no mention
in the Vedas of any "Hindu faith."
It may be that what the author of this statement was trying to say is that
the principles followed by members of ISKCON are not foreign to Hinduism,
since Hinduism is supposed to be derived from the Vedas and thus Hindus in
theory ought to be following the regulative principles mentioned above.
However, this is not the actual case, and most Hindus pay only lip service
to the Vedas when it suits their purpose. However, if someone tries to
establish what is correct or not correct by quoting the Vedas, then these
same Hindus will label that person as a "Christian fundamentalist" or
compare them in some other way to religious fanatics.
regards,
-- K
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