Guest guest Posted July 16, 1999 Report Share Posted July 16, 1999 On 14 Jul 1999, Mahanidhi das wrote: On 14 Jul 1999, Mahanidhi das wrote: > > > Narayana Maharaja's explanation to that event was that Satsvarupa Maharaja broke away because he was possessive of his disciples that he (SDG) feared to loose to Narayana Maharaja. > The whole thing is reminiscent of all the best of ISKCON's most cultish days. If your on their boat, your saved, if not, your a self-centered demon going to hell. As far as I know, Satsvarupa Maharaja backed off from NM's association as gracefully as I would imagine is possible. I was in India during Kartik '94, and Satsvarupa Maharaja spent a week with his disciples in Mayapur focusing on reading Prabhupada's books. When I went to Vrndavana, the NM followers still seemed to think he was their intimate confident. To me, their 'elevated' scene was way too sugar-syrupy, but that could just be a result of my hard-assed East Coast conditioning (and proud of it!) Still, I remember going on a nice parikrama with some of them around Govardhana Hill. Again, I'm probably biased, but it really seemed that SDG tried to be as respectful as possible about it all, and then you hear this kind of stuff. Obviously this gopi bhava condition is a part of our philosophy, and I think it's all just great if as followers of Srila Prabhupada you approach through Prabhupada's teachings and so on. But these NM people seem to have a real problem with that idea, and my honest opinion is that is where they really blow it. ys, Sthita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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