THE ISKCON AS IT IS

The Iskcon as it is, by Haripada dasa
The Iskcon as it is consists of people who with much enthusiasm and determination have decided to put their words, actions and thoughts to please Srila Prabhupada. They have full faith and are very convinced that if they please Srila Prabhupada, then Krishna will be pleased with them, and their return home, their return to God is more than guaranteed.
THE SLOGANS OF ISKCON AS IS AS WE ARE: WE WANT TO NECTAR, THE TRUTH WILL MAKE YOU FREE, IT WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER TO PRAY THAT TO CRITICIZE, THE ONLY WAY TO ELIMINATE THE MALDAD IN PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE LEVEL, IS THROUGH GOODNESS, THAT DOES NOT LIVE TO SERVE, IT DOES NOT SERVE TO LIVE AND PEACE AND WELL. MALDAD WILL WIN AS THE GOOD PEOPLE DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO PREVENT IT.
To Iskcon as it is he does not like to criticize anyone, in relation to this, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Maharaja Prabhupada, said: "That others do what they want, it does not concern me, I already have much work purifying my damned mind". The Bhakti plant feeds on NECAR, not on rare stories, gossip, etc. We have very definite spiritual ideals, try to follow all the instructions given in the books by Srila Prabhupada, and we help others to do the same, in doing this we live with Srila Prabhupada and acquire his qualities. Our LOVE and SERVICE is for Srila Prabhupada, and we have full faith that Srila Prabhupada is the person who will take us back home, back to Krishna.
The Iskcon as it is is nourished spiritually with these 6 transcendental activities:
1.- Offer gifts as charity, 2.- Accept charitable gifts, 3.- Reveal the mind confidentially, 4.- Ask confidentially, 5.- Accept prasada and 6.- Offer prasada.
The 10 philosophical points that the Iskcon accepts as it is are:
1.- We are not interested in the opinions of an ordinary person, ordinary people have four types of defects, the first defect is that it tends to make mistakes, another defect is to be in illusion, the third defect is the propensity to deceive and finally Our senses are imperfect. Any opinion other than revealed truth is devoid of any value, revealed truth means, truth, or writing that comes from a reliable source, the chain of disciplic succession formed by genuine spiritual masters is the reliable source; Since these people are self-realized and pure souls, and are free from the four defects mentioned above.
2. God or Krishna, the beautiful reality, is the source of everything.
3. God or Krishna, the Supreme Being, is the master of all powers and energies.
4. God or Krishna, is the ocean and the personification of all spiritual mellows; There are five kinds of transcendental mellows, one is the passive melosity, the other is the mellow of service, the third mellow is that of friendship, the fourth is the parental and maternal mellows and the last mellow is the conjugal.
5. The spiritual soul, that is, we are not a direct part of God or Krishna, but separate parts of the Supreme Lord. Spiritual souls are the innumerable living entities, all infinitesimal spiritual sparks. Spiritual souls are of two kinds: a) Eternally conditioned and b) Eternally liberated, they populate both the material and spiritual planets.
6. The sixth teaching notes how the conditioned spiritual soul falls in love with the dazzling illusory power of ignorance. She has forgotten God or Krishna and remains eternally bound in this phenomenal world, enjoying material existence.
7. The eternally liberated souls are eternal associates of God or Krishna, they reside in the spiritual world and enjoy spiritual loving relationships with God or Krishna, the source of all pleasure.
8. Everything material or spiritual comes from God or Krishna. Spiritual souls and matter, both are transformations of the energy of God or Krishna. Everything is part of God or Krishna and has something in common with Him and something different from Him. This is inconceivable.
9. The only way to attain pure devotion to God or Krishna is devotional service. The nine members of devotional service are: 1) Listen to the name and glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. 2) Sing your glories. 3) Remember the Lord. 4) Serve at the Lord's feet. 5) Worship the deity of the Lord. 6) Offer obeisances to the Lord. 7) Act as a servant of the Lord. 8) Make friends with the Lord and 9) Deliver completely to the Lord. The chanting of the Holy Name is the most important devotional activity. The sacred writings have many volumes that describe the glories of the Holy Name.
10. The tenth teaching gives us the understanding that the supreme goal of life is DIVINE LOVE, pure love for GOD or KRISHNA. Sometimes people complain that there is a lot of crisis and I tell them that the only crisis there is is LOVE FOR GOD, and people say, "You are absolutely right."
The authoritative source of these ten philosophical points have been extracted from the Hari Nama Chintamani of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
Everyone is welcome to the Iskcon as it is, only the insane and the lazy have no place (a madman is a person who does not believe in God and a lazy person is a person who does not like to cook). Here there is no place for opportunists or to climb posts, here we are all friends and humble servants of one another, we are all friends and spiritual brothers and sisters, and the one who has the most capacity to serve we accept as a natural leader. Here they all sing their 16 rounds without offenses of the Maha Mantra Hare Krishna, they all follow the 4 regulative principles very strictly, they all sing the three gayatris daily, they all follow the Ekadasis, the Chaturmasya, Kartika Vrata, the appearances and disappearances of the Supreme Lord and Their devotees, all avoid the bad association and are always happy and eager to associate with the serious and sincere devotees of Srila Prabhupada, always carry the tilaka marks on their body, always have Srila Prabhupada in the center of their lives and help The people to put Srila Prabhupada at the center of their lives and every day read in the morning and at night the books of Srila Prabhupada, they only eat Krishna prasada, food offered to Srila Prabhupada, Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu and Sri Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead. Here everyone obeys the instructions given by Srila Prabhupada in his books on how we should use our earned wealth VERY ARDUALLY, Srila Prabhupada sets the example of Srila Rupa Goswami, when he withdrew from service to the Muslim government and surrendered to the lotus feet of Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu divided his wealth into three parts.1-50 percent gave it to the Brahmanas and Vaisnavas, 25 percent to their relatives and the other 25 percent to personal emergencies, by practicing this creates a transcendental atmosphere and Selfishness is destroyed. Here nobody speculates, we understand and accept that a person is speculating, when he does things in a capricious way without leaning on GURU, SADHU and SASTRA. In the Iskcon as it is only the original books of Srila Prabhupada are used, we are totally against all the changes that have made to the original books of Srila Prabhupada.
In the Iskcon as it is we have full faith that Srila Prabhupada is the way, the truth and the life, and if someone goes back home to God or Krishna, it is by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada.
May the Jagat-guru, the Savior of the Fallen, Saktyavesa Avatara, MOR SENA PATI, THE COMMANDER IN BOSS OF THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF SRI GAURANGA MAHAPRABHU, HIS DIVINE GRACE ABHAY CHARANARAVINDA BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA bless and protect you all.
OM TAT SAT