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My latest realisation: Both rendition of Bhagavad Gita As It Is are, unfortunately, MOST UNPROFESSIONAL. They may be qualified instead as SUBJECTIVE AND WHIMSICAL.

It would appear that this is also the state of contemporary ISKCON. Let us, therefore, work VERY HARD toward bringing ISKCON to the state of a world standard, professional, fully efficient and influential Krishna conscious institution. “The best in the world.” as is generally the aspiration for Australian corporations.

Currently we find that the most important BBT Sydney dispatch office, the very heart of the preaching mission, is GREATLY SUB-STANDARD, by literally making it almost impossible to obtain books at will. Moreover the manager has left his post and gone overseas. We do not know the purpose of his trip. This is a very CRAZY and INTOLERABLE SITUATION. Have the responsible BBT authorities lost interest in Book Distribution? Is it their intention to SABOTAGE the preaching effort??? The structure of the BBT SYDNEY dispatch organisation needs a very urgent and thorough overhaul.

In my 28 years of relationship with BBT Sydney, I have never seen such an uncongenial situation, where it has become almost impossible to obtain books at will. This is the LOWEST STANDARD OF BBT SERVICE EVER SEEN!!! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON???????? WAKE UP AND GET GOING. CAN THIS PLEASE BE FIXED PROPERLY ASAP???

OR ALTERNATIVELY, WHY DONT YOU JUST STEP ASIDE AND MORE QUALIFIED STAFF THAN YOU ARE WILL TAKE OVER, BY KRISHNA’S MERCY.

There is now a tinge of parasitism in the Australian BBT, in the sense that instead of making books available at will, the managers of the Australian BBT restrict heavily the supply of books to its customers, so much so that sometimes it is the customers that has to pay extra funds to obtain his shipment. “Save our own BBT money, use other people’s money.” This happened to me. This is my practical experience. And this is just not acceptable. And I should really make a claim to the BBT for the extra freight money I had to pay due to its mismanagement. And which healthy business will behave in that way to make its products more difficult to access for its customers? It is madness. Ordinary business men study how to make their products more easily available to the market. BECAUSE EASINESS OF ACCESS IS MOST IMPORTANT, and MOST PRIMORDIAL TO OBTAIN A SALE. BBT does the opposite. Again it is sheer madness! PLEASE REFORM THIS SITUATION ASAP! Signed: Yadavendra Das (acbsp1).

This also concerns ISKCON Minister for Book Distribution HG Vijay Prabhu who is included in the recipients of the email, as well as Mayapur Sasi Prabhu who is also included.

Today, 24th October 2024, while on Book Distribution Krishna kindly supplied evidence to back my claim. Thank you Krishna! I have no interests whatsoever in the Tesla Company.

The 1 stands for Prabhupada disciple, generation 1, or as it is called sometimes “direct Prabhupada diska disciple” But every faithful ISKCON man and woman is a Prabhupada disciple with a little number 1,2,3,4 … and up to 100 and beyond ……but that’s a long way down the road, but a Prabhupada disciple nevertheless. So I am initiating this rightful and parampara novelty and everyone may follow. I have already explained my reasoning and purpose in a previous article. Democracy rules. No more beating around the bush from now on!!! TOGETHER LET US CONQUER THE WORLD FOR SRILA PRABHUPADA AND SRI KRISHNA. THE WORLD IS TRULY AT OUR GRASP AND SRILA PRABHUPADA WANTS IT. He has expressed it on innumerable occasions, as follows. Please find just 3 Prabhupada letter quotes, wherein He expresses the global potential of the Krishna consciousness movement and its members:

“It is a fact that Krishna desires to have His own men in the top posts. That is why after so much fighting in the Battle of Kuruksetra, only the five Pandavas remained, because they are devotees of Krishna and He likes it when His own men are serving in the top positions of leadership. So gradually we shall also try to influence the leaders of this country and other countries to base their political activities upon a God-conscious platform. It is the duty of the brahminical class to advise the leaders, not that they shall themselves serve as leaders. So more and more I am urging my students to recognize the grave responsibility which is theirs for saving this fallen human society from gliding down into hell. Actually, it is the fault of the rascal leaders that the conditions in the world today are so topsy-turvy. In your country many fools elect the biggest fool to be their leader, it is like one blind man leading so many other blind men. But for the most part, the ordinary citizens of the society are innocent enough, they simply require good leaders and everything can be rectified. So it is our great responsibility to become very serious in the matter of executing Krishna Consciousness, and if we are sincere and go on expanding this movement all over the world, gradually we shall induce the leaders to accept our philosophy more and more. You are the pioneer in this matter amongst the devotees in your country, so whatever experience you have gained you may pass on to the others who may also attempt to engage in political activities. I am very thankful to you for your bold attempts, may Krishna give you His all blessings.” Letter to Amarendra, June 12 1972

“Yes, the program of increasing book distribution is very much appreciated by me, and especially if you can preach very widely to the university students nearby to your place, that is the best program. Try to get a course of instruction in the college and preach daily in a scholastic way. If we can attract this student class of men by our preaching work, that will enhance everything and we are very much in need of intelligent preachers for expanding this movement all over the world. I want that you all my advanced disciples become very bold preachers and take up this task of saving the fallen humanity from its worst condition of sinfulness. If you simply convert the leaders of your country to our philosophy, then the whole world will follow and be saved from ruin. Otherwise, they are all doomed to become animals like hogs and dogs. So you preach like that, very strongly, to especially the hippie class of men and the student class of men and convince them to give up their sinful activities and find out their real perfection of life in this Krishna Consciousness movement.”

Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Sukadeva — Los Angeles 16 August, 1972

I am also glad to note the work going on in East Germany. Try to impress upon them to make communism God-centered. God is the father of everyone, and we are all His sons. Everything is His property, and everyone has the right to enjoy it. Without being God-centered, Communism will fail. So we have got good potency to be the leaders of the world if we carefully push on this movement.

Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Hansadutta: — New Delhi 8 November, 1973

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Please always chant a minimum of 16 rounds or 1728 Hare Krishna Maha Mantra daily and strictly follow the four regulative principles. :

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare