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

 

It seems wrong to conclude on the basis of all names, listed below, that

everything is bonafide and under control. We all know that it can be seen

otherwise too. You may get all kinds of names on the list, but to actually

get their full support, is another thing. Managers know, that one face may

be shown on outside, and another kept confident. It is normal in managment,

no criticism made.

 

It is not fair to take some hatha-yoga-course, and then whole

Radhadesh college under it, and then say, that such things must certainly be

bonafide, because of all senior vaishnavas lested. Radhadesh Collage is

complex thing, and I'm sure, that all devotees listed don't agree with all

things happening in the name of collage. But they cooperate anyway, and we

must lear the same lesson, to cooperate no matter what.

 

But cooperation is not just accepting any opinion, it may also be seen as

just doing your own part, and leave others to do their part, in whatever way

they know best. Cooperation can be seen as doing something, or as doing

nothing, and tolerating it. Maunaˆ samyati lak¢aam. If something is

happening, and you want to cooperate, you can work on it, if you agree with

it, or you can tolerate it, if you disagre. In both cases one is considered

as cooperating in certain activity, and thus he gains result of such

activity. Therefore in one way you are right, by saying that all those

listed senior vaishnavas support yoga-course. It just may be a bit tricky in

pratice, to internally conclude like this too quickly.

 

If atma-yoga is considered as ISKCON project of the future, then ok. Let it

be done happily, and let it attract its own range of people to KC. But it

need not be expected, that now immediately all of us will be 100%

enthusiastic about it, and just go for it. It may take some time. The point

is, that devotees are sceptical, and they have right to be so. It is not

prohibited to be sceptical towards innovations. Especially, since even

between hi-position names, that you listed, you could surely find some, who

are a bit sceptical about at least something that is going on in ISKCON.

 

your servant Giri-nayaka das

 

> Unfortunately for me, I have visited Radhadesh in Belgium, where the

> course is being held. All courses there are developed under the guidance

> of Praghosa prabhu who is the GBC, and Ambarish (Mr. Ford) is part of the

> exciting educational developments going on there along with other

> distinguished vaishnavas. They have a plethora of courses, you can find

> them at www.radhadesh.com. The faculty council of Bhaktivedanta College is

> made up of:

>

> Akhandadhi Das

> Anuradha Dasi, MST (Oxford)

> Hanuman Das, PhD (University of Barcelona, Spain)

> Kadamba Kanana Swami

> Kartamasa Das, BA (University of Florida)

> Kripamoya Das

> Krsna Ksetra Das, PhD(Oxford)

> Locana Das, PhD (Mainz University, Germany)

> Pranava Das, MA (University of Gothenburg and University of Stockholm)

> Radhika Ramana Das, MST, (Oxford)

> Rati Manjari Devi Dasi, MST (Oxford)

> Rasamandala Das

> Ravindra Svarupa Das, PhD (Temple University)

> Sacinandana Swami

> Sita Rama Das

> Sesa Das, Juris Doctor (University of California, School of Law

> Vraja Lila Dasi, MA (Berkeley University

>

> In the hands of such senior vaishnavas as these, I am sure that anyone who

> attends the course on Atma Yoga will find that they have a very useful

> additional skill for preaching Krishna Consciousness in the West due to

> the interest in yoga, and it could provide an income related to Krishna

> Consciousness for devotee Grihasthas, a very commendable activity. As an

> example I am sure you know, Srila Prabhupada taught sanscrit when he

> arrived in the US as a means to interest people in Krishna Consciousness.

> So yoga is entirely the same idea.

>

> The courses are also raising funds for the Chateau in Belgium, allowing

> grihastas to earn a livelihood and educating interested members of the

> public and devotees on many subjects at the same time.

>

> Radhadesh is an amazing chateau, in a continent which has being scarcely

> surviving in Krishna Consciousness since Bhagavan messed things up.

> Germany, for instance, now has Ravindra Swarup commuting from America to

> manage, and devotees travel weekly from the UK to do the worship in the

> Chateau in France. Somehow Radhadesh with repeated attention from devotees

> like Bhakti Caru Swami and Radhanatha Swami has managed to maintain itself

> and is finding its feet. And it is a most wonderful place to stay - and,

> of course, take prasadam. The deities of Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra

> were installed by Srila Prabhupada. Big lila about that.

>

> Antardwip das