Americans likes to be corrupt?

[Paramananda das]

dear Antardvipa Prabhu
You have no idea about the level of deviations and corruptions that goes on in USA, the karmi society is full of it, but sadly in ISKCON also sometimes so, you could say like another Watergate...this is part of the part of "American life" :.I have also been in the UK and served there in the past, it is a different story things are mostly more bright and KC..it is simply a fact that can not be denied.At least this is my expereince having served in both places.I will leave you with a little taste ,and if you understand fine if not then it is sad,Did you you know it was really a british journalist David Frost that brough down Nixon more than the Washington post ...sorry americans are mostly full of themselves and often do not play by the" rules ",Srila Prabhupada himself noticed that and sometimes chastised his american disciples :"You American disciples like to change things, do not change any thing .strictly follow KC"

“So, when you change, then the authority is lost. Just like in our society, sometimes they do something nonsense and they say, ‘Prabhupada said.’ (laughter) They are doing that. We know that. It is deteriorated like that.
“Therefore Krishna said, sa kaleneha mahata yogo nastah kaunteya: ‘And in due course of time, this yoga was lost. Therefore I am repeating the same thing, old philosophy to you.’ So it requires like that.” (750509rc.per Conversations)

Prabhupada: It is starting. What can I do? These cannot… These rascals cannot be educated. Dangerous. Little learning, dangerous. So how to correct? The leader of these dangerous–Radha-vallabha. Hm. He’s a dangerous, who maintains these rascal with this work. He’ll always have questions and alteration. That is his business. That is American business.

This is an email I recently send:


dear honored vaisnavas
Please accept my humble obaisences
All glories to Srila Prabhupada
In 1996 the GBC passed some rules regarding Satya Narayana pujas and other similar issues, I like to bring
them to attention again as at least one temple in USA is on occasion doing these.Satya Narayan Katha and Puja is a
concocted kind of worship,so our GBC has rightly forbidden these to be performed by ISKCON devotees.As per Srila Prabhupadas
instruction a culture hall etc can be rented out at a temple, as long as the congregation does not think they are ISKCON condoned programs,and they obviously should not be performed by ISKCON devotees.So I am presenting these to the vaisnava community
as a reminder that we should follow Srila Prabhupada's standards, and the GBC has given proper directions in the resolutions of 1996.
Also reading of Ramacarita Manasa, that is a book tinged with Mayavadi ideas,this is also what Srila Prabhupada wrote in his letter to a disciple in 1969,I have also once read part of this book and after each chapter it says one becomes Lord Ramachandra by reading these lilas, and this is clearly there in the hindi also.This book can not be read in the temple room around Ramanavami ,Srila Prabhupada asked devotees to read Ramayana :

69-09-06. Letter: Raktaka
Regarding the two books you have mentioned, Sri Ramacharitamanasa by Goswami Tulasi das is not very authorized, and Ramayana is authorized. One thing is though, you have got enough other books to study. Did you appear in the examination held on Janmastami Day? Why should you go to Ramayana when you have got Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam and Teachings of Lord Caitanya? Don't divert your attention in that way. The author of Ramacharitamanasa, Goswami Tulasi das, has a tint of Mayavadi philosophy. He belongs to the Ramananda Sampradaya. They are mixed up combination of personalist and impersonalist. Therefore, the author is not considered as pure Vaisnava. Pure Vaisnava is free from all material contamination of fruitive activities and mental speculation. The pure Vaisnava is simply, purely disposed to transcendental loving service to Krishna. The pure Vaisnava rejects anything which has no pure idea of serving the Personality of Godhead.

this is part of the GBC resolution of 1996

A. That the following activities are not allowed as part of ISKCON
functions, whether conducted on ISKCON property or elsewhere:
B. Satya Narayana Katha. (This is a concocted form of worship).
C. Garbha dance, when it is conducted in association with the worship of
Durga. (Garbha dance is usually performed as part of Nava-ratri, a Durga
festival. However, there are also Garbha dances in glorification of Krishna.
Temple authorities permitting a Garbha dance must be confident that the
performance is entirely Krishna centered.)
D. The reading of Tulsidasa's Rama-carita-manasa. (Ramayana readings should
be from Valmiki Ramayana, as Tulsidasa's work is tinged with impersonalism.)
E. Lectures advocating Mayavada or other offensive philosophies.
F. The singing of the Hindi arati song "om jaya jagadisha hari". (This is
a prayer for material benedictions).
2. Regarding worship of demigods:
A. Worship of demigods as independent gods is not permitted in
Krishna consciousness. However, the Nectar of Devotion says that demigods
should be respected. Worshipping demigods as Vaisnavas is authorized. For
preaching, in order to teach people the right position of the demigods as
great Vaisnavas, ISKCON temples may hold on special occasions ceremonies or
pujas respecting and worshipping demigods as great Vaisnavas, provided:
i) The worship is only as a Vaisnava (This means that the
deva/devi shall be offered: the prasadam arotika items immediately after
they are offered to Lord Krishna, Krishna prasadam flower garlands, and
Krishna prasadam foodstuffs. No independent worship is offered. Only the
chanting of Hare Krishna and Vishnu's names is done, as Lord Caitanya did in
South India.)
ii) Their status as servants of Krishna is made as clear as
possible through signs, symbols, and iconography, and
iii) Offerings are of Krishna prasadam.
B. Deities of demigods (incl. Lakshmi where no Vishnu is
established), shall not be established without permission of the GBC. Where
they are permitted or where ISKCON aquires a temple with already established
murtis of demigods, they may remain, provided they are worshipped as
Vaisnavas, as provided above.
3. It is permitted for other groups, at the discretion of the local
ISKCON authorities, to rent space in ISKCON premises, outside the temple
room, for their own ceremonies and functions, even for functions listed
above (1.A-E), provided that the public understand clearly that the function
is not being sponsored or conducted by ISKCON. However, no function on
ISKCON property shall include any activity contrary to the four regulative
principles. The GBC recommends that temples provide outside groups rental
contracts clearly stipulating the above restrictions.

your humble servant
Payonidhi das
PS the temple in question is ISKCON Potomac they do Satya Narayana pujas recently performed by Caitanya Nitai das and they also
have reading of Ramacarita Manasa around Ramanavami ,they should kindly follow Srila Prabhupada and the GBC