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Re: ISKCON -- Please help with these terms
In article <4grrbg$3ea@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
jai@mantra.com (Dr. Jai Maharaj) wrote:
>dkoch@sas.upenn.edu (Dave Koch) wrote:
>> . . . I realize that there is a clear distinction between
>> Hindu and ISKCON . . .
>
>The above may not be true if one considers the official statement
>published in 1992 by the ISKCON Governing Body Commission (GBC),
>which contains the sentence:
>
> ". . . ISKCON faithfully continues the core traditions of the
>Hindu faith. . . ."
I must note that, as usual, Jai manages to take the smallest excerpt possible
in order to incriminate people. Why not just print the whole GBC resolution,
Jai? Or are you afraid that such an honest display would prove you wrong?
Here is an excerpt from ISKCON's founder/acharya Srila Prabhupada on this
issue. It is in "Teachings of the Vedas" which is in the introduction to his
commentary on Sri Isopanishad.
"You may call the Vedas Hindu, but HIndu is a foreign name. We are not
Hindus. Our real identification is varnaasrama. Varnaasrama denotes the
followers of the Vedas, those who accept the human society in eight divisions
of varna and aasrama..." etc etc (explanation of varnaasrama and its relevance
to serving Lord Krishna follows)
If there is any doubt on this matter, I encourage everyone to consult the text
itself rather than believing in the statements of someone who is clearly
inimical to ISKCON.
