IRM: Bhakti Charu Swami’s Ritvik Initiations
Back To Prabhupada Magazine, Issue 32 — Following his humiliating exposure in the book 100 Contradictions: The life and teachings of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami (see some reader reaction below), Bhakti Charu Swami (“BCS”) has adopted the IRM’s position with even more vigour. On 22/7/2011, BCS conducted an initiation ceremony at the ISKCON temple in Wiesbaden, Germany. Below we compare the initiation ceremony he conducted with how a ritvik initiation ceremony on behalf of Srila Prabhupada would be conducted. All the information and quotes provided regarding the BCS ceremony is taken from a transcript of the initiation ceremony, which can be checked here: http://tinyurl.com/3c3njva [also archived at www.iskconirm. com/docs/webpages/bcs22juIy2011.htm , download as PDF (200 KB) ]. Quotes from BCS will appear in tinted panels below. Initiation rituals BCS initiation a) BCS states that initiation is being given on behalf o...