Why ISKCON is wrong..?

I Srinivas Shenoy; personally being a Practicing Brahmin and studying

Vedas have explained it below. It's A detailed & lengthy explanation; I
sincerely apologize if any of the points I have mentioned are against you
faith and belief.

International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a religious

society or CULT, started by A.C Bhaktivedanta a.k.a Prabhupada who is
a Gaudiya Vaishnava. They are different from other societies or schools of
Hinduism by the fact that ISKCON acts like a marketing corporation. While
other schools of Hinduism focuses on inner peace and other philosophical
elements, ISKCON goes around saying JOIN HERE! JOIN HERE! Be our
devotee. Their intentions are no different than the Facebook pages you
see around to make people join their venture so that they get enough
publicity and money. What do the devotees gain from this? A shortcut to
Nirvana, eternal peace; and so on regardless whatever acts they do in their
daily life. What do the Prabhujis of ISKCON gain from this? Money, lavish
life styles, respect from devotees, free trip to tourist places and many more.

Bhaktivedanta Swami a.k.a Prabhupada began ISKCON under the

philosophies of Gaudiya Vaishnavists. A school that is just 500 years old
which was found by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. There werent much people
following this sect until Prabhupada started ISKCON some 50 years ago.
Why? The philosophies and ideals of this sect are in stark contrast with the
core philosophies of Hinduism/ Sanatana Dharma. It is clear from his
speeches that Prabhupada had no philosophical or psychological
knowledge and his statements were hollow. He delivered statements such
as Women have less knowledge than men and Love Krishna or love
vagina. He failed to attract philosopher and scientists, people with rational
thoughts and skeptics. Such people bowed down to the words of Swami
Vivekananda. No people spoke against the philosophies of Swami
Vivekananda. However; only desperate people seeking eternal happiness
who believe in heaven and hell, follows Prabhupada and his society blindly.
ISKCON calls Lord Shiva an Anti-Vedic God stating that he is not present
in the Vedas. Ironically, Rudra is present in all 4 Vedas and the case is
different. What is the sacred text of Hinduism? Its the four Vedas- Rig
Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Atharva Veda. They are shruti
(revealed). They are the words of almighty himself while every other texts
such as puranas and ithihasas are smriti(remembered) are written by
sages after studying the Vedas.

If you didnt get what I mean, Here is an equation: 1+1=2

Here is an illustration of the equation: Dev had 1 apple. Maya gave another
apple to Dev. Now, Dev have 2 apples.
While the equation is difficult to understand by the common people, the
sages drew the illustration to make the ideas of Vedas be understandable
to every single person.

This is why there are many versions of Ramayana, Puranas, and different
stories of creation. I.e. it doesnt make any difference if Dev was Ray and it
was Orange instead of apple. The idea of 1+1=2 is the same.
This is the Vedas. The supreme sacred book. If any other book of Hinduism
contradicts with the Veda then Vedas are given priority and the latter idea
is ruled out. So, what is the sacred book of ISKCON?
Its Bhagavad Gita AS IT IS. When you hear as it is you think its the
original Bhagavad Gita. Its not. Its just the version of Prabhupada who
gave it the title as it is to fool people all over the world. The devotees of
ISKCON never read the Bhagavad Gita commented by other sages such
as Shankaracharya, Dayananda etc. They are arrogant and consider
Prabhupadas version as the final word of God and consider even the
Vedas as inferior. The deity Radha which the followers of ISKCON
worship is not even present in Bhagavata Purana. Radha was just a
character introduced by Jayadev in his poems.

In Prabhupadas version of Bhagavad Gita, Krishna is the supreme God,

the ultimate one and every other Gods of the Hindu pantheon bow down to
him. This is absolute stupidity, The Vedas proposes the Advaita
philosophy; Proposing that all Gods are one and equal. And the formless
God Parabrahma is the supreme God. When someone says this, the
ISKCON devotee or prabhu would take down the BhagvadGita As it is
and points the verses were Krishna says he is the supreme one. This is the
behavior of the followers of ISKCON. Lets say I write a book stating that
Im the most handsome guy in the world. How do you like if I say Im the
most handsome guy in the world.and if you dont believe me seeits
written this book. How about the fact that. Superman exists because it is
written and shown in comics. The views of ISKCON are written by their own
people.

Its like some American write a poem saying Nelson Mandela bowed down
to Obama and 500 years later followers of Obama would say see.its in
this poem. Nelson Mandela worshipped Obama.

"People often confuse that, As it is means true, without own

interpretations. But it is not really so. It is just from 'Gaudiya perspective'
only. Such things are called COMMENTARIES (Bhashya) only. Adi
sankara ( Advaita) , Ramanuja (Vishistadvaita) Madvacharya (Dvaita)etc
have written Bhasyas only. They didn't call their Bhasyas as 'Bhagavad
Gita AS IT IS. They are very humble. But Prabhupada showed his
stupidity in the Very TITLE itself. This shows his arrogance and hedonistic
attitude towards other Vedic schools. They have presented Krishna as
someone like some God who wants people to worship him only and calling
others as Demi-Gods. This is filthy and foolish as well. If this continues,
people may develop wrong concept against Bhagavad Gita. Infact
Bhagavad Gita teaches equality of all paths like; Gnyana, Karma, Bhakti
and Rajayogas. Here words of Krishna should not be understood like words
of 'Monopolist and Dictator God who seeks sadistic pleasure by ordering
his creation to worship him otherwise they will not be liberated.'
"- Courtesy the blog - ISK'CON'
The 'Maha' Mantra - "Hare Krishna Hare Rama" is considered to be the
most powerful and greatest (Maha) mantra by the ISKCON devotees.
However this mantra itself is distorted. People have their own favorite
mantras. Some like to chant the Gayatri Mantra and some prefer the
Mrityujnaya Mantra. Yet, the Vedas or puranas never even once said any
mantra was the greatest. The Vedas don't have a note below the mantra
saying "this is the best one". By the way; this mantra doesn't even exist in
the Vedas.

Every other sacred texts of Hinduism, every other sects and schools, every
single one are all opposed to the ideas of ISKCON and the gaudiya
vaishnava cult. The Brahma Samhita which also states that Shiva
worshipped Krishna was also written by the gaudiya vaishnavas 500 years
ago. The ISKCON prabhus fail to point out any other sacred text apart from
the distorted ones of their own in support of their views. They are indeed
Anti-Vedic.
How did the ISKCON succeed? Its the Marketing skills, of course. Lets
see how it is established.
Emotionally sensitive people are in desperate need for a superior figure to
bow down to. The Christians have the Christ; the Muslims have Allah and
so on. While in Hinduism there are 33 Crores Forms of Gods and everyone
is a single force the Nirakara Rupa Parabrahma. Parabrahma doesnt
have a form so cant be worshipped. People take their favorite God; Some
Shiva, some Vishnu, some Ganesha etc. Krishna is one of the popular
Gods and is a heroic figure in Hinduism. Instead of doing things
mysteriously up in the sky, he came down to earth and lived like a human.
ISKCON picked Krishna labeling the Gaudiya Vaishnava way. Ok, Krishna
is been worshipped for ages. There are thousands of temples in India for
Krishna. People all visit them without any biased view. What do the
ISKCON have to do to bring all those people exclusively inside their
temple? Make people believe that every other God in Hinduism are inferior
and Krishna is the only supreme God.

This is a difficult job because the Puranas and Vedas have a different view.
Lets distort it, ISKCON thought. Trimurti - the three ultimate Gods of
Hinduism- Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Nobody worships Brahma
apparently. Vishnu? Lets just say that Vishnu is only an avatar of Krishna
and Krishna is the supreme one. WOW! Nobody ever did such a distortion
to Hinduism. Check out every single book of Hinduism and try to find if any
one of it (apart from the one written by Gaudiya Vaishnavas) which
supports this blasphemy. They made Krishna their 'Father' and Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu their 'Ideal figure '. They said,
Shiva is a Demi-God." "Ganesha is a Demi-God." All gods are Demi-gods
except Krishna.
He cannot grant wishes. He only has the control over material elements.
He cant help you attain Nirvana.
Shiva is the best Vaishnava and the greatest devotee of Krishna.
The worshippers of Shiva are brute, alcoholic womanizers. They dont have
artistic sense and they behave like barbarians.
Shiva once said to Yashoda Give me at least the chance to eat the
remnants of Krishna in Mathura.
Shiva and his consort Parvati sought permission from Krishna in order to
give birth to Lord Ganesha.
Shiva is a barbaric God. He needs human sacrifices, blood and skulls of
people to be pleased.
"Adi Shakti" A collective form of female deities in Hinduism is the "Maya" or
illusionary powers of Krishna.
Such are the preaching of The so called ISKCON.

Whereas Vedic philosophies provide an individual to follow or worship any

god or goddess he /she want to and have no compulsion.
Those who are exposed to the views of ISKCON find it difficult even to talk
about Lord Shiva. Thus they all focus their attention to the only supreme
God, Krishna. However; only common people seeking the short cut to
eternal happiness follow ISKCON.
They say, "Your soul will be liberated only if you worship Krishna, if you
worship other gods your soul will be tortured in hell."
While the Karma law of Hinduism is of different nature. There is no heaven
or hell. Only Life after Death or Niravana. That life depends upon the acts
you do in this one. Karma states every action has its consequences; which
is scientifically proven. Every intellectual believer of Hinduism even atheists
believe in this philosophy. ISKCON proposes a shortcut to happiness. No
wonder why selfish people blindly follow them- they just need a prosperous
life regardless whatever sins they do.
Actually, Krishna is an avatar of Lord Vishnu. In every age, when evil
becomes dominant, Vishnu will incarnate on earth to defeat it. In the
Dwapara Yuga, Vishnu incarnated as Krishna in human form. He did his
Karma and died. Even there is a story behind that. Rama, the previous
avatar of Vishnu killed Vanara King Bali by cheating. Knowing that what he
did was wrong, Rama said, you will kill me the same way, while Im not
aware of your attack, in our next life. Just as he said, Krishna was the
reincarnation of Rama and while he was sleeping in a jungle, a hunter
(reincarnation of Bali) shot Krishna with an arrow thinking that he was a
deer by just seeing his feet. Thus the law of Karma is even applicable to
Gods in human forms. Krishna died, but Vishnu still lives, because he is
timeless like Lord Shiva.

ISKCON have been doing whatever they can to degenerate other Gods of
Hinduism. An ISKCON PrabhuJi once said I was a Shiva devotee when I
was young. Wanted to offer my skull to Shiva Lingam but didnt find the
courage or sword to do it.
What an imprudent scenario!
Search the whole sacred texts of Hinduism and youll never see an
instance where anyone offering his skull to Lord Shiva to make him
pleased. How can it be? The person will die after he cuts his head, how can
he take that to Shiva Lingam after his death? This statement of the
PrabhuJI was intended to give a wrong impression of Lord Shiva to the
people. They will misunderstand Shiva as some demon barbaric God like
that of the Mayans or Celts who seeks sacrifice of humans. It is better to
worship Krishna, theyll think.
People with lesser knowledge on Hinduism, who never read any Puranas
or Vedas are prone to believe such distorted ideas of these fake prabhujis.
While, people who know what Hinduism is, the reality of the Gods in it and
the significance of Lord Shiva will only spat at ISKCON. That is why
ISKCON have better success in countries other than India. Indians know
the truth about Hinduism but a person new to it would believe whatever
distorted philosophies the bogus prabhujis propose.

ISKCON have established their luxurious temples in the continent of

Europe and America to receive infinite funds from lost souls and depressed
individuals who want spiritual upbringing. They brainwash singles, divorced
individuals to accept celibacy and follow their concepts, eventually the
person in the fit of devotion would offer all his wealth to ISKCON as the
person has no heirs to his or her property. The motive of providing
luxurious temples & free delicious food is to attract funds (a marketing
policy).

I have seen several pictures of foreign ISKCON devotees wearing sacred

thread around their shoulders like a practicing Brahmin. I got furious as it
requires a Vedic lineage to do so. Intact they don't even perform the
Sandhyavandanam (daily rituals and rites of a Brahmin). One has to follow
rules to gain the benefits of the sacred thread. I have seen Shaligrama (a
divine stone) in ISKCON temples which are kept in the temple alter. I have
observed that they have painted a face on it which is obviously wrong.
They don't even offer necessary sacrifices to the stone; which is a
mandatory thing as per Brahma Sutras. None of the Hindu rituals begin
without the prayers and remembering the lord Ganesha while the ISKCON
never mentions to do so. I have observed that the devotees are expected
to chant 16 revolutions of a rosary made of 108 beads; 1,728 every day.
The so called Maha Mantra of ISKCON is chanted while performing daily
chores and activities even while walking on the streets wearing leather
footwear and even while staring at the women. The mantra has no Nyasa &
Dhyana. ISKCON is an organization that provides wrong knowledge about
Hinduism. If someone for an instance joins ISKCON he is been restricted to
ask doubts and clear his concepts, restricted to read and gain knowledge
from the materials written and published by ISKCON, compulsion in not
consuming particular food products etc. The most idiotic thing is that
ISKCON notifies their members to perform fast on particular days and
mention that if one does it his soul would directly reach Go Lok (the
Abode of Lord Krishna). I seriously busted out in laughter when I heard this
for the first time. Not even; The Garuda Purana doesnt mention it. A man
receives his rewards on the bases of his behavior and not by performing
fasts. The Karma system is not a local railway transit to take you directly to
the last railway station by not halting in between. Another fact is that they
consider Chaitanya Mahaprabhu as one of the 24 incarnations of Vishnu
which is totally wrong.

ISKCON are known for their frequent filing of lawsuits, sex scandals and
money handling. The prabhujis and their followers find inner peace by
dancing around ding dong and speaking against Vedas and other Gods of
Hinduism. After reading this detailed analysis of ISKCON; if you still feel to
join them and spoil our culture; then its your choice.