What can a Hare Krsna devotee say about 9/11 ?

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> ISKCON commentary concerning 9/11--surely one of the most dramatic

> events in recent history--has consisted mainly of words of sympathy

> for the victims and condemnation of the evil of terrorism.

>

> You can now find on Krishna.com an article that gives a very different

> Krsna conscious perspective:

>

> A Distant View of 9/11

> by Gupta Nama Dasa

>

> The article brings out teachings from Srila Prabhupada that seem

> powerfully relevant. (And related teachings from Srila Prabhupada the

> article doesn't mention will almost surely come to your mind.)

 

Dear Maharaja,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

Surely it's a great article, well written and researched. Gupta Nama prabhu

has done a wonderful job of putting this information together in a very

effective way.

 

But it's hardly anything new: most of the rest of the world (a place that

America has a difficult time remembering or locating unless they want to

blow it up) has known this since before 9/11, yet every time it comes up

it's slammed as a 'conspiracy theory.' The fact is that the American

government *is* a collective group of demons, and has been for a long time,

but of course if a devotee uses the word demonic then they're just fanatics,

right? Because we have to be politically correct, right?

 

It's time to remember that Srila Prabhupada didn't go to America because it

was the "greatest" country in the world: he went there because it was the

most influential and was emerging as the world leader due to their demonic

tactics, and he could no doubt foresee that it was only going to get worse,

and the only intelligent course of action would be to head to the source. He

knew where the power of Kali lay: America. It's high time Americans got over

themselves and stopped inflicting themselves on the rest of the world. Like

Gupta Nama prabhu's article pointed out, in times of peace these people will

create war just for the purposes of self aggrandizement. Only in America...

 

Unfortunately, this "America is wonderful" routine has dirtied up ISKCON as

well, and the institution is suffering under a majority management who are

first Americans, and secondly devotees. I still can't get over the sannyasi

who said, "I can't imagine what it would be like to have been born anywhere

but America...."

 

Thank you and goodnight

 

Your servant

Braja Sevaki dd