Sentimentalism vs Sadhu's knife

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Srila das wrote:

 

>

> If you have a "reasonable doubt" about anybody, the RESPECTABLE thing to

> do -- BEFORE relying on second-hand accounts or cursory impressions -- is

> to clear it up by approaching the person him/herself and getting DIRECT

> answers.

 

Then you got to be quiet here. You are a second-hand source,

and as such you got not to be relyig on.

 

 

> This would seem especially pertinent to where senior sadhus are

> concerned. Otherwise, a cultured person, a "gentleman" as Prabhupada would

> say, witholds his comments about ANYBODY until he gains sufficient

> acquaintance with the person to make a proper judgment.

 

So thus, you my dear gentlman, have given us here your judgment

on ENTIRE ISCKON and all ISCKON spiritual leaders that

offer no good or sufficient sadhu-sanga to their sisya!

Oh, what I am saying! Of course, none in ISCKON is perceived

by you as a sadhu senior to you. I see, that's why

you are still to be understood by all the disciples of ISCKON

gurus to be a cultured person and gentleman, even if they are

to listen your dismissal of their spiritual masters as a good

sadhu-sanga for them.

(am I again getting cynical here? tell me)

 

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It is up to an individual to select whom to wish to go check

out as a sadhu, or a mahabhagavata. This is something that is

not left to fellow ISCKONiates for their free consideration.

This is the crutial point that you are refusing to acknowledge.

You say "getleman". See, for me a gentleman is one who will

not insist "This one is a sadhu, a mahabhagavata, the one to

be accepted as such and followed by the ISCKON". The gentleman

will say "I found that such and such person is a mahabgagavata,

if you want go and check out for yourself, you can do it."

That's all. All? Oh, what a daydreamer am getting I! Please

somebody quickly give me a few slaps to wake me up!

 

 

The taktic of Narayana Maharaja proponents (like you here) is

to claim "Narayana Maharaja is an inpeachable sadhu. Your only

hope for going back to Godhead, forget ISCKON". Then, if the rest

of ISCKONieates react "Yeah? Well, fine for you. We don't mind.

Now, if you pardon us we got things to do here", then...

 

 

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- mnd