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Gunagrahi suffering from prostrate cancer, admits Pornography Addiction

From Iskcon Toronto:
Unfortunately, a recent PET scan revealed that the cancer has spread to his lungs and inside the lymph nodes of the pelvis, which means this is stage-4 cancer. Urgent funds are needed to treat this extremely serious, life-threatening condition and ‘GoFundMe page has been setup’ to collect donations from devotees around the world. Donations are quickly pouring in from around the globe.

From GBC Executive Committee:
Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the health crisis and spiritual difficulties of Gunagrahi dasa Goswami.
He is currently in Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mira Road, Mumbai, where he is receiving treatment for advanced-stage cancer. He is receiving good medical care.

During the course of his illness and treatment, he experienced severe anxiety out of guilt for spiritual difficulties that have lasted several decades, and he decided to disclose his difficulties. He explains this in the enclosed letter.

Gunagrahi Prabhu has stepped down from the sannyasa ashram, as an initiating guru and as Co-Zonal Secretary for all of his zones, namely Argentina, Falkland Islands and Uruguay. We have thanked him for his years of loyal service to Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON, and for his honesty and humility. We have encouraged him to focus on his health and well-being.

For his disciples and followers:
We are painfully aware of how difficult this time must be for you. We want to assure you that, since you were duly initiated in accordance with ISKCON law, you are in good spiritual standing. Whether you continue to take shelter, guidance and siksha from Gunagrahi Prabhu is entirely up to you. We encourage you, especially at this time, to take shelter of Srila Prabhupada and his instructions, as His Divine Grace is the preeminent siksha guru for all ISKCON devotees.

We also encourage you to seek guidance of other senior devotees in ISKCON. As long as you continue to take guidance from Srila Prabhupada and his sincere followers and remain strict in your spiritual practices, you will be safe and secure under Lord Krishna’s protection. We also request the devotees of ISKCON to offer their prayers for Gunagrahi Prabhu and to extend their full support, friendship and understanding to his disciples and followers.

Your servants,
GBC Executive Committee
Sesa Das (Chairman)
Bhakti Charu Swami (First Vice Chairman)
Praghosa Das (Second Vice Chairman)

Gunagrahi’s letter of resignation:
Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai March 24, 2016

Dear Devotees,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I am writing this letter to reveal my mind and heart. I see this as my duty to you and as something I need to do for my purification.

Seven years after joining the movement, I began occasionally looking at inappropriate explicit material. I said nothing about this to the GBC before taking sannyasa, because I thought I had successfully freed myself from this deviation and more significantly because my pride prevented me from opening my heart.

After accepting sannyasa, I sometimes slipped again, and at one point my superiors learned of an instance when this had happened. But I tried again to be fixed in my vows, and when from time to time I failed, I kept my failure to myself, even after I took up the position of initiating guru. – (comment: what a cheater)

I wanted very much to serve the movement by accepting such responsibilities, and I told myself I could purify myself through the service. But instead I sacrificed my integrity and the welfare of others. All along, I should have disclosed the truth to my godbrothers, seeking their help. Now I am deeply regretful.

When I was diagnosed with stage-four prostate cancer, I felt as if Krishna, at the end of my stay in this body, began directly showing me what an offender I was, making me aware of my misdeeds and how difficult it would be to face Him and Srila Prabhupada without being open with the devotees about what I had done. As I continued contemplating the seriousness of my actions and how they would affect others’ lives, I became filled with the overwhelming need to reveal my heart once and for all. So I spoke my secret to the Vaishnavas. Again, I am so regretful for all of my wrongs.
During these last few months, so many devotees have kindly been chanting and praying for me and giving me all kinds of support, and this unworthy soul feels most grateful.

I am sure Krishna is putting me through this to help me give up a sin I couldn’t give up on my own. Now I want to spend the rest of my life genuinely living in Krishna consciousness, without this sin and without attachment to any position or title. Although I do not deserve it, I pray for your forgiveness.

Your servant,
Gunagrahi Das

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Comment by Paramananda das on January 30, 2022 at 2:25am

Gunagrahi suffering from prostrate cancer, admits Pornography Addiction

From Iskcon Toronto:
Unfortunately, a recent PET scan revealed that the cancer has spread to his lungs and inside the lymph nodes of the pelvis, which means this is stage-4 cancer. Urgent funds are needed to treat this extremely serious, life-threatening condition and ‘GoFundMe page has been setup’ to collect donations from devotees around the world. Donations are quickly pouring in from around the globe.

From GBC Executive Committee:
Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It is with great sadness that we inform you of the health crisis and spiritual difficulties of Gunagrahi dasa Goswami.
He is currently in Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mira Road, Mumbai, where he is receiving treatment for advanced-stage cancer. He is receiving good medical care.

During the course of his illness and treatment, he experienced severe anxiety out of guilt for spiritual difficulties that have lasted several decades, and he decided to disclose his difficulties. He explains this in the enclosed letter.

Gunagrahi Prabhu has stepped down from the sannyasa ashram, as an initiating guru and as Co-Zonal Secretary for all of his zones, namely Argentina, Falkland Islands and Uruguay. We have thanked him for his years of loyal service to Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON, and for his honesty and humility. We have encouraged him to focus on his health and well-being.

For his disciples and followers:
We are painfully aware of how difficult this time must be for you. We want to assure you that, since you were duly initiated in accordance with ISKCON law, you are in good spiritual standing. Whether you continue to take shelter, guidance and siksha from Gunagrahi Prabhu is entirely up to you. We encourage you, especially at this time, to take shelter of Srila Prabhupada and his instructions, as His Divine Grace is the preeminent siksha guru for all ISKCON devotees.

We also encourage you to seek guidance of other senior devotees in ISKCON. As long as you continue to take guidance from Srila Prabhupada and his sincere followers and remain strict in your spiritual practices, you will be safe and secure under Lord Krishna’s protection. We also request the devotees of ISKCON to offer their prayers for Gunagrahi Prabhu and to extend their full support, friendship and understanding to his disciples and followers.

Your servants,
GBC Executive Committee
Sesa Das (Chairman)
Bhakti Charu Swami (First Vice Chairman)
Praghosa Das (Second Vice Chairman)

Gunagrahi’s letter of resignation:
Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mumbai March 24, 2016

Dear Devotees,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I am writing this letter to reveal my mind and heart. I see this as my duty to you and as something I need to do for my purification.

Seven years after joining the movement, I began occasionally looking at inappropriate explicit material. I said nothing about this to the GBC before taking sannyasa, because I thought I had successfully freed myself from this deviation and more significantly because my pride prevented me from opening my heart.

After accepting sannyasa, I sometimes slipped again, and at one point my superiors learned of an instance when this had happened. But I tried again to be fixed in my vows, and when from time to time I failed, I kept my failure to myself, even after I took up the position of initiating guru. – (comment: what a cheater)

I wanted very much to serve the movement by accepting such responsibilities, and I told myself I could purify myself through the service. But instead I sacrificed my integrity and the welfare of others. All along, I should have disclosed the truth to my godbrothers, seeking their help. Now I am deeply regretful.

When I was diagnosed with stage-four prostate cancer, I felt as if Krishna, at the end of my stay in this body, began directly showing me what an offender I was, making me aware of my misdeeds and how difficult it would be to face Him and Srila Prabhupada without being open with the devotees about what I had done. As I continued contemplating the seriousness of my actions and how they would affect others’ lives, I became filled with the overwhelming need to reveal my heart once and for all. So I spoke my secret to the Vaishnavas. Again, I am so regretful for all of my wrongs.
During these last few months, so many devotees have kindly been chanting and praying for me and giving me all kinds of support, and this unworthy soul feels most grateful.

I am sure Krishna is putting me through this to help me give up a sin I couldn’t give up on my own. Now I want to spend the rest of my life genuinely living in Krishna consciousness, without this sin and without attachment to any position or title. Although I do not deserve it, I pray for your forgiveness.

Your servant,
Gunagrahi Das

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