Guest guest Posted September 22, 2004 Report Share Posted September 22, 2004 My Dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for sending me 2 copies of BTG stationery & envelopes. I have received a letter from Damodara (dated Oct. 9) in which he writes to say: "Swami Kirtanananda has returned to the United States and is causing quite a stir among the devotees. Following his suggestions, we have stopped wearing robes and have cut off our flags. He said these appurtenances are too strange-looking to outsiders and only make it more difficult for them to consider chanting Hare Krishna. Swami Kirtanananda has said we must avoid appearing to be Orientalists if we are to have 108 centers in the US.'' This is very much disturbing to me & has caused me much pain. Please therefore stop Kirtanananda from making his mental concoctions. Do not be misled by him. >>> Ref. VedaBase => Letter to: Brahmananda -- Calcutta 14 October, 1967 Some devotees nowadays say kind of the same thing: that we need to look more like karmis in order to integrate within the society, become accepted by the society, and/or to make it easier for people to join us. Apparently such thinking disturbed Srila Prabhupada greatly. Comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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