Guest guest Posted October 3, 1999 Report Share Posted October 3, 1999 On 22 Sep 1999, Srila Dasa wrote: > > The story of Devananda Pandit in Caitanya Bhagavata is very instructive. > Devananda Pandit [viz, big GBC managers] was so proud of his erudition as a > devotee and speaker of the Bhagavata that he committed a great offense to > Srivas Thakura by having him dragged out of the assembly [viz ISKCON] when he > was in trance. NONE of the GBC members that I have a personal relationship with even remotely resemble a Devananda Pandit. Could you refrain from making such sweeping negative generalizations? Why should all COM readers need to be so battle hardened? One can be innocently browsing and get body-slammed at any click. You want to go out and COM-mingle with your peers, but it's such a tough neighborhood that that you have to run through it holding on tight to your faith to protect it from plunderers. You see a name, you know it's gonna be a bile dump, but somehow you click anyway. Can't we be safe in our own neighborhood? Where's Curtis Sliwa when you need him? I'm aware that GBC Devananda Pandit's do exist and have a couple of examples in mind. I even participated (peripherally) in an internal investigation of one who has been subsequently "kicked upstairs" (Fancy title, no portfolio. All hat, no cattle.) But hey, I'm half-full. It's great. You should try it sometime. (OK, on COM I'm half-empty, but that'll pass) YS Jiva Goswami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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