Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Hare Krishna everyone!!
Everything which needs to be said about ISKCON, it's philosophy which its members are suppose to follow, those who left ISKCON and the criticism these same people have on ISKCON GBC (which are true for some of them if not, all of them when they deviate from the founder acarya's order) as well as the criticism they have on the Vedic (Vaisnava) philosophy is summarized underneath.
So some ISKCON "devotees" (correctly called pseudo-devotees) have mistreated people, even abused and killed them. Does this mean that all devotees in ISKCON are bad? The entire Hare Krishna Movement is wrong? That is the same as saying, that in Western Societies, just because of some people whose plans in sense-gratification have been baffled which turned some of them into killers, rapists, human-trafficers, bankrobbers means that the entire Western Society should be judged like them. This is generalisation is it not?
This is why it is important to study yourself (I am going to repeat this over and over again)!!
Know Srila Prabhupada's unmodified books, and listen to his lectures. It will open your eyes and you will gain strength.
However, it is so, that when these ISKCON followers blindly follow their GBC Guru, templepresidents, senior "devotees", while they know about the deviation, then definitely, these followers are to be rejected as well! Please remember that humans in Kali Yuga are such rascals that they will act like they are your friend (like a devotee should) but have other motives. And these motives are to exploit you, just to satisfy their senses. When you do not know about the philosophy as explained by Srila Prabhupada (we are souls, not the body), then easily you can see who is genuine and who is not.
More then 90% of all these followers of ISKCON, Gaudiya Matha and all other organised religious groupings are NOT genuine. Even during Srila Prabhupada's time in the late 60s and 70s some of his disciples disobeyed him:
Ever heard of Sulocana Dasa? He was murdered by these GBC. He tried to speak out, read all about:
the Guru Business.
For more information, click here and here. Also check the website Kill Guru Become Guru
Note also that these criticizers are not available for comments. You can easily answer their "attack" on the Vaisnava philosophy if you are familiar with Srila Prabhupada's books and lectures. These criticizers of Vaisnava philosophy do not provide meaningful discussions. Also, all of them now enjoy a life of sense-gratification, which should make one wonder what happened there. Remember the 4 types of men who do not want to surrender to Krishna?
Also there are many people who do not join ISKCON or Gaudiya Matha yet still do believe in Srila Prabhupada and his books, which by the way are being modified. Why are these books being modified? There are alot of enemies of the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya in the Kali Yuga, from all sides they attack. Still I find it fun and a honor to fight against them. Whatever may happen to me, my reputation, my name, everything which is associated with my body,
I WILL FOREVER BE INDEBTED TO:
HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SVAMI SRILA PRABHUPADA
and the disciplic line of succession going up al the way back to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, SRI KRISHNA CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU!