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[Guest guest]

Dear Devotees,

In this thread Srila Prabhupada has been quoted to

have said " My devotees would not go to such and such a place even to

pass urine". In this regard I would like to make a comment: First the

quote itself is a very common Bengali proverb which is frequently used by

numerous persons, Secondly when translated into modern English the quote

simply means that " The place is so disgusting that it is not worth a

trip". Having knowledge of the quote I thought if I put it in proper

context it would serve the reader better.

 

In some instances Srila Prabhupada has used choice

language to describe certain people such as the politicians but I will

never quote them because it could be misconstrued. YS Ashokamrita.

 

[Moderator Note: I would appreciate it that, if there are going to be further

responses to this thread, that we please not constantly use words like "urine"

and "stool," especially in the subject line. Though I understand their place in

this context, I just would prefer that such words not pop up too frequently on a

Vaishnava forum, regardless of context]

[Guest guest]

I agree with you. Without understanding the context such comments can be

misconstrued. But, I want to raise another point here with regard to the

Mayavadis - in one of the verses in Bhagavatam, we have Mayavadis being

glorified as Mahajanas (two kinds of transcendentalists, devotees and

mayavadis...) and in other places we see such outright criticisms thrown at

them - how can we reconcile such statements?

 

in your service,

Aravind.