Happy New Year goys and goyls! I’ve been kinda busy over the new year (not hung over), so I’ve handed off the first post of the year to our Uzbekistani correspondent Azamat. He’s actually from Kazakhstan, but had to move after you know what with his sisters. His English isn’t perfect, but he works cheap and he’s devoted to Prabhupada. Isn’t that all that counts? You can see his post at my Hare Krishna News site, go to Sri Srila Prabhupada-asstaakaam Hope your year is full of fun and happiness.
Love and kisses, V
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Seeker said:
Hi Vrajabhumi,
Though it may sound repetitious, I want to take every possible opportunity to thank you (and Krishna for providing you the inspiration) to continue with this blog. Especially, when I see the alternatives that goes on in the name of God and Vaishnavism, I shudder at the thought of myself without being equipped with the knowledge in this blog. I stumbled across this link http://trivikramaswami.com/the-unique-position-of-srila-prabhupada.html and found it hilarious.
Fact is stranger than fiction – any amount of sarcasm to point out flaws in the concept of guru as understood by ISKCON is overcome effortlessly by the comments of ISKCON gurus. Nothing is more hilarious than reality, it seems. Their articles make me wonder what kind of inner world that these gurus must be dwelling in – for example, in this link, an innocent devotee asks what should he do if he hears Srila Prabhupada’s statements being commented as wrong and the guru replies that he should protest and should even be willing to give up his life – scary.
Trivikrama Swami:
People who promote such fanaticism and listen to it need not have any fear that they will get killed. They should only fear that they don’t end up killing others.
“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions” – Blaise Pascal
2) And another link – http://trivikramaswami.com/dream-about-srila-prabhupada.html
I don’t even understand what it means by “I was encouraging her to develop her relationship with Srila Prabhupada”. It probably shows that they lack understanding of even basic theology – as if Prabhupada has powers like paramatma to listen to your prayers, answer them by coming in your dreams, etc.., After espousing such nonsense, no wonder they are unable to control the ritviks who engage in sophistry. After all, if Prabhupada has powers like paramatma (even if not equal), can answer your prayers, develop a relation, etc.., and anyway, if a guru has to tow his line with Prabhupada by accepting him in toto, then of course, you don’t have much to argue in favor of why a guru is required within ISKCON. Anyway, the rubber-stamped gurus and ritviks deserve each other and of course, both these parties deserve Srila Prabhupada to be led astray by his teachings. Though I can see that different people need to hear and learn even such nonsensical things as part of Krishna’s grand script, I lose that understanding at a momentary level and think why do these guys have to mess up with bhakti so much complicating their own lives and the lives of so many others. I mean, they can make it real fun and make people enjoy it rather than twisting this whole process into something that resembles activities in a lunatic asylum.
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