Siksa guru as personal spiritual guide

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On 23 Jun 1999, Harsi das wrote:

 

> ISKCON is one branch of the tree coming from Lord

> Caytanya, but is it the only autorized one? Why not cooperate with other

branches too in order to please our Lord, what could be wrong with such a

proposel?

 

 

I would agree cooperation is always desirable. And at the risk of getting

escoteric, Krsna made sure on occassion that even Radharani realized his

independence, as in the pastimes leading up to the rasa dance. So compared to

Radharani, I doubt we can claim that our ISKCON has an even deeper hold on

Krsna's heart.

 

In any event, ISKCON is an institution dedicated to Prabhupada's teachings on

KC, and so on -- that in my mind is the meaning of the words founder/acarya.

Yes, in a larger sense, we are all family members. Still, we don't excpect our

uncle and cousins to move in with our brother and sisters, etc, presenting

themselves as non-different, or even better, then our actual father and

mother.

 

ys,

 

Sthita-dhi

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Srila prabhu wrote:

 

>For someone as yourself who made the grave error of mistaking and

>accepting a NON bona fide guru for a spiritual master, you display a decided

>lack of humility, remorse and introspection.

 

Dear Srila Prabhu,

 

I was greatly saddened to read the text above. It does not fit with the

compassionate person I know you to be. How many of us had a *clue* about

how to judge a spiritual master when we first came in contact with

devotees? I would have expected you to take a much humbler position and to

admit that you were simply incredibly lucky to have joined ISKCON while

Prabhupada was still on the planet. Let's not be so judgmental of each

other.

 

Ys,

Madhusudani dasi