Siksa guru as personal spiritual guide

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> The example to follow from Payonidhi Prabhu is the ability to be

> open-minded and learn from all Vaisnavas, irrespective of institutional

> affiliations, and to take lessons from those who are by far our seniors.

> It is especially encouraging to observe someone come back from a critical

> mood to an embracing one.

 

 

It is espescially interesting to observe how passionate can

Payonidhi be in his words and actions (one who knows him, there

is no need to tell to). To highlight somone who is switching

from one totalitarian position to the another, as a person

to look upon and follow, is quite interesting. Here is what

Payonidhi were at not so long ago:

 

 

" Confirming Ravindra Svarupa's Letter about

Narayana Maharaja

 

from Payonidhi das

 

Dear Prabhus, Maharajas and Editors of Chakra,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila

Prabhupada!

 

I read with great interest the letter by Ravindra Svarupa

Prabhu regarding Narayana Maharaja. It was a very powerful

letter and explained the situation very well without

trying to be diplomatic or offensive. I pay my obeisances to

Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu for standing up to this sahajiya

philosophy preached by Narayana Maharaja's and his

followers. "

 

And then he goes:

 

 

"After the class, we were asked if we wanted to meet

Narayana Maharaja, and we went inside and talked to him. He

was being massaged by young beautiful women, and they were

so happy to talk to him and massage his legs and feet.

 

Just a few days before, I had read about Lord Caitanya

running towards the singing of some lady about Krsna, and His

servant Govinda stopped Him. I recalled this pastime and some

instructions I had read by Srila Prabhupada regarding sannyasis

dealing with women. As a brahmacari, the first quality you look

for in a sannyasi is renunciation from women's association. I

thought this was indeed strange. (I want to mention this so that

no one will think Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu is making it up)."

 

 

Now nothing can be indeed strange anymore. From calling someone

a preacher of sahajiya philosophy, till full embracing the same.

Beautiful young ladies massaging a sannyasi are also welcomed

now by Payonidhi. But, "whatever example the great personalities

show, the common folk follows..", so we have Payonidhi to look

upon, as given to us by Srila das.

But what if he again switches back, Srila prabhu?? You know well

how passionate he is?

 

 

 

- mnd