mayavadi aparadhis

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On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Aravind Mohanram wrote:

>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?>

 

Dandavats. Jaya Srila Prabhupada.

 

Pardon me for butting in here; one consideration is that it's important to

distinguish between the mayavadi impersonalists and various other types of

impersonalists. Many genuine impersonalists are simply innocent; they simply

haven't yet received the mercy of pure devotees or Bhagavan. However, the

mayavadis *refuse* such mercy due to their impudent ideology, with which they

deny Bhagavan's exalted and transcendental status. That is, they say they're

themselves transcendental, while also asserting that Bhagavan is ultimately

mundane. That's both absurd and repugnant.

 

Because they are also transcendalists, devotees sometimes respect even the

impersonalists, but because the mayavadis are offenders, they're nonetheless

rejected. In many cases, the "transcendentalism" of so-called mayavadi groups

is also doubtful anyway; amongst so many cheating entrepreneurs in saffron

robes, it's actually difficult to find a bonafide impersonalist these days. I

don't think we'll find many references from Prabhupada's books in which

mayavadis in particular are praised.

 

I hope this helps.

 

MDd