So the disciples they accepted would be Prabhupada’s disciples, not their own. Prabhupada ordered these 11 devotees to accept disciples on his behalf. Prabhupada extended this system over the years until July 9th, 1977 when he empowered his “Ritvik representatives of the Acharya” (Prabhupada’s words to describe the 11 devotees who later claimed to be Srila Prabhupada’s successors and to be pure devotees on the same level as Srila Prabhupada) to accept new devotees on his behalf, chant on their beads, select a name for them, and enter their name into the book of his disciples without Srila Prabhupada having any physical intervention in the process at all. Ritvik means “priest.” Prabhupada established the “ritvik” system in ISKCON in 1970 when he started to appoint devotee “priests” to perform the initiation ceremonies for new devotees on his behalf. But here you will find the real ISKCON, the real ISKCON is Prabhupada’s movement, not someone else’s. So to the extent that ISKCON is not following Prabhupada we have nothing to do with that. ISKCON is supposed to be following Prabhupada. We are only following Srila Prabhupada, that is all. Hare Krishna! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Hare Krsna.Please explain to me what does ritvik mean.I have heard that you are separate from ISKCON and that you follow the ritvik tradition. By Madhudvisa dasa 81 Is seperate from ISKCON?
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