ISKCON’s Zonal Acarya System
Prabhupada named some disciples who could give ritvik initiation on his behalf. They could initiate new devotees and they would be disciples of Prabhupada.
Bogus Guru System
Born Again Krishna’s
The new gurus didn’t exhibit the qualities of real spiritual masters yet ISKCON preached that they were topmost devotees on a level equal with Prabhupada.
The New ISKCON Guru System
With the “zonal acarya” system in tatters due to the fall of many of the so-called acaryas the GBC established a new system allowing any disciple initiated by Srila Prabhupada to apply to become a guru. This considerably increased the number of gurus in ISKCON, but did nothing to solve the problems resulting from the […]