Official Ramakanta vs. IRM discussion thread

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Posted by Yaduraja on Apr 19, 2006:

 

Dear Ramakanta Prabhu,

PAMHO, AGTSP,

Since, after repeated requests, you have been unable to answer the simple

question of whether or not Srila Prabhupada made himself recognised and

accepted as the sole diksa guru for ISKCON deliberately or accidentally, I

shall now prove it must have been deliberately.

 

Krishna Consciousness is defined below as involving the deliberate

application of spiritual intelligence:

 

"Thus knowing oneself to be transcendental to the material senses, mind and

intelligence, O mighty-armed Arjuna, one should steady the mind by

deliberate spiritual intelligence [Krishna Consciousness] and thus—by

spiritual strength-conquer this insatiable enemy known as lust." (BG 3.43)

 

Furthermore the pure devotee is acting constantly under the direction of the

Supreme Lord and therefore all his activities are deliberate, not whimsical

or accidental:

 

"There is no time limitation for a pure devotee. He is always, twenty-four

hours a day, one hundred percent engaged in activities under the direction

of the Supreme Lord. "Bg 18.56

 

If we now apply the above to what you have said is proven:

 

"Srila Prabhupada made himself recognized and accepted as the sole diksa

guru for ISKCON in 1966"

 

The word ‘made’ above is a verb and is past tense for the word ‘make’. A

definition of the word ‘make’ is ‘establish’.

 

Since we all agree Srila Prabhupada is Krishna Conscious;

 

and since the very definition of the term ‘Krishna Conscious’ means to act

with deliberate spiritual intelligence;

 

and since the pure devotee is always acting under the direction of the

Supreme Lord;

 

Therefore the act described within the sentence you say is proven, must also

have been carried out with deliberate spiritual intelligence, not by some

whimsy or accident. It must have been done deliberately as an act of

devotional service under the direction of the Supreme Lord.

Hope that is clearer for you now.

Best wishes

Ys

Yadu