Answer to Allegations Made Against H.H. Narayana Maharaja

[Guest guest]

Madhava Ghosh wrote:

> > > . Because, in that time nobody thought that grihastas could preach too.

Grihastas were by definition fallen and one had to be sannyasi to be able to

preach on the greater scale.

> >

> > A philosophy in large part propagated by the misogynist Kirtananada who

was the only sannyasa in the movement for 3 years

 

On 1 Oct 1999, Harsi das wrote:

> You compare the "mistakes" of a proven criminal with someone whose only

> "crime" was, that he renounced the order of sannyasa and the post of an

> "official ISKCON guru", thats like comparing apples with oranges isn,t it?

 

Dear Harsi Prabhu,

 

Guessing that your first language is (probably) not English, I suggest you may

have misunderstood Madhava Ghosh. He was not comparing the two (Harikesa and

Kirtanananda), nor slighting Harikesa Prabhu, but to the contrary, proposing

that this "macho sannyasi syndrome" (as I call it) that had infected Harikesa

was more or less propounded and sponsored by Kirtanananda, ISKCON's original

model of a Western sannyasi.

 

Do I have it right, Ghosh?

 

Dasanudasa,

 

Srila dasa

[Guest guest]

Hare Krishna.

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

Whilst it was nice to hear this well-presented missive supporting HH

Narayana Maharaja, it would feel more complete to hear a similar

presentation explaining his re-initiating of both Prabhupada's and 'ISKCON

guru''s disciples.

 

Your servant,

Vraja Kumara das

[Guest guest]

>

> Harsi prabhu, I think that you misunderstood Madhavaghos prabhu. I think

> that he agrees with me and says that philosophy that grihasthas are by the

> definition fallen was something that Kirtananda, who was the only sannyasi

> in the movement for 3 years, has preached. Is that right Madhava-ghos

> prabhu?

 

Exactly.

 

Certainly we normally expect more preaching from sannyasis than grhastras, but

Kirtanananda twisted that to a degree way out of balance.