Recognizing Sarasvata merits

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On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Eric Bott wrote:

 

<<< No offense intended to anyone, but preaching is done

according to time, place, and circumstance - personally, I remain

unconvinced that the babaji approach has been working that great for the

overwhelming vast majority of conditioned souls. >>>

 

Thanks for such a sensible post, Santiparayana prabhu.

 

Regarding the Gaudiya Matha and/or ISKCON, why should one even take

seriously what is implied by the claims of those who ostensibly represent

the gosvami/babaji alliance--that our unprecedentedly empowered acaryas

have no valid connection to the parampara, are teaching a concocted doctrine,

or are in general "unauthorized"? The authority of the Gaudiya-sarasvata

line is far more obvious than any official imprimatur offered by a so-called

"orthodoxy" that has practically been asleep at the wheel for over a

hundred years.

 

The astonishing success of Srila Prabhupada alone proves the worth

of his parampara. If someone ardently seeks reasons to avoid the association

of pure devotees who will always emphasize surrender to our invariably

difficult mandate of practical, cooperative preaching work--and in my

experience, this seems to be one of two chief reasons ISKCON devotees get

distracted by other Gaudiya traditions (the other being that they simply

can't follow the regulative principles)--then most likely all their lofty

"theological" objections don't really have so much significance anyway.

At the very least, one must consider this honestly.

 

It isn't my purpose to denigrate any other Gaudiya Vaisnavas, nor

did I initiate this discussion, but I think history has clearly shown that

for His own reasons, Lord Krsna saw fit to empower the follwers of Thakura

Bhaktivinoda, Bhaktisidddhanta Sarasvati and Srila Prabhupada, to fulfil

His own desires (cf., Caitanya-bhagavata Antya, 4.126, etc.) most of all.

Any pure Vaisnava should be happy to accede this and glorify them (as

Vallabhacarya did)--or as the case probably is, to at least admit our

indebtedness to them. So maybe the real question is--why don't they?

 

MDd