Guest guest Posted December 27, 2002 Report Share Posted December 27, 2002 On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, krishna_susarla <krishna_susarla wrote: > I have definitely been told by devotees doing research that "not > all that glitters is gold." Specifically, I have been informed of > many works circulating in Vraj that are attributed by some to a > respectable Gaudiiya aachaarya, but express conclusions that are > clearly unacceptable, such as maayaavaada. On the other hand, sometimes such dubious authors are deliberately identified as Gaudiyas, etc., just to give them credibility; I can name several works of this sort too. > I'm still not sure what to think of SLJ - I never saw a copy of this > published by the Gaudiya Math. Jagat said he doesn't have any bibliodata after all. (Madhava said) > > Yes, I was in ISKCON once. My back-then guru became degraded in his > practice of bhakti and I left him. > One wonders if Bhaktivinod Thaakura had similar reasons for taking > shelter of Jagannaatha daasa baabaajii. It has been my observation > that disciples of degraded gurus do speak highly of the gurus, until > they finally decide that enough is enough, and move on. Prahlada maharaja even respected Sanda and Amarka. MDd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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