Srila Prabhupada with disciples giving initiation, Mayapur 1972.

And why should we, Srila Prabhupada, simultaneously Your diksa and shiksha disciples all in one person, be unnecessarily proud and monopolise the letters acbsp ??? It is not at all fair that one single generation monopolises the letters acbsp, at the detriment of hundreds of coming future generations. This is totally unacceptable!!!

As a remedy to this situation, I am proposing herewith that we account for this matter as acbspgen1, acbspgen2, acbspgen3 , acbspgen4 etc etc…ACBSPGen1 representing Your direct diksha / shiksha disciples and successive future generations of shiksha disciples being designated as ACBSP Generation 2, 3, 4, etc etc… OR EVEN EASIER, WE COULD SIMPLY PUT THE APPROPRIATE and MORE DISCREET NUMBER behind the PRESTIGIOUS ACBSP. ALL YOUR DIRECT DISCIPLES, including this humble self,  WILL BE NUMBER ONE. Yes, all your direct disciples will be NUMBER ONE, but that cannot be changed and there is no need for anyone to be envious.  And a healthy amount of pride will be appropriate for the “number ones”, provided of course we are steadily situated on the level of strictly following your basic orders. After 50 years of practice or so, we really should be situated on a steady platform of devotional service. I think I shall start putting this into practice from today, the 11th day of October 2024: so Krishna Das (acbsp1).  

Anyone who accepts You as the Founder- Acarya of ISKCON and strictly follows Your orders, has access to this topmost distinction of ACBSP. Because You are the Founder-Acarya of this institution, The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, anyone who surrenders to Your orders becomes Your shiksha disciple and You become His shiksha Guru. One may have one diksha Guru only, but many shiksha Gurus. And except for You Srila Prabhupada, all shiksha Gurus are to be treated equally, whereas You stand supreme at all times, places and circumstances! Again the reason being, that You are the Founder-Acarya of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In all meanings and senses, You are the provider and maintainer of The International Society for Krishna Consciousness and everyone else is provided for and maintained in The International Society for Krishna Consciousness. All glories to Your Divine Grace!!! 

Because the distinction ACBSP is of the transcendental realm, it is higher that any mundane distinction of BA, MA and PhD, or whatever the mundane wranglers and speculators may invent with their fertile but imperfect brains. But that is not the only reason. It is higher because Sri Krishna’s statement in Bhagavad Gita 6.46, version 3:

“A yogi (one who is trying to link up with the Supreme) is greater than the ascetic, greater than the empiricist and greater than the fruitive worker. Therefore, O Arjuna, in all circumstances become a yogi.”

Sri Krishna is the highest authority of all.

Jai Srila Prabhupada!!!