Siksa as most important guru

[Guest guest]

On 28 Jun 1999, Srila Dasa wrote:

 

> Don't try to create a false dichotomy

> when we are obliged to reconcile and create a harmonic understanding:

 

 

Don't try to create a false doctrine when we are obliged to promote our own

guru's camp, regardless of its faults. I am NOT for the demise of ISKCON; I

advocate citizen active involvement and admonish apathy. But we MUST make

every attempt to cure the movement of apparent social diseases through

implementation of varnasrama-dharma as described by Srila Prabhupada. If we

are not successful due to corrupt leaders then another branch of the tree can

be started. Right now I have about as much interest in ISKCON as Srila

Prabhupada had in the Gaudiya Matha when he started ISKCON. But I have not

given up all hope. Perhaps ISKCON can support "cooperative extension" programs

of devotees trying to promote programs like VAD while they are reconciling

their troubles?

 

 

 

 

> How can you decry the importance of "advanced devotees" (sadhu) without

losing

> your credibility?

 

 

Never would decry such a thing. But then, I know that such association can be

found within ISKCON and amongst my godbrother/sister friends, and particularly

in Srila Prabhupada's books. This is complete Vaisnava association.

 

 

> The fanatical attempt to advocate that devotional service

> can be successfully performed by avoiding or neglecting sadhu-sanga is

simply

> foolish. You are living an "illusion" to quote SP's purport in SB

> 4.9.[11-13?]

 

 

I am definitely in illusion but not about association of devotees.

 

 

 

> This is what I meant by "one-sided and small-minded" and your strong retort

in

> this regard should only prove to the more sane and level-headed on this

> conference that your one-sided emphasis is imbalanced and misconceived.

 

 

 

We will leave that to their good judgement I guess. I will tell them again

they need go nowhere but into Srila Prabhupada's books for all of the "highly

advanced" association they need. If they also have the nice company of devotee

friends in and around ISKCON then everything is very nice.