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Dear Maharaja,

 

I did not mean to offend you. The term "Draconian" has nothing to do with

dragons. It means "Exceedingly harsh; very severe." I don't think that it is

offensive to call draconian your proposed stricture of ISKCON sannyasi gurus

no longer giving initiation to Vaishnavis nor even speaking to them,

especially when our Founder-Acarya did exactly the opposite in words and

deeds.

I do not think that we can generalize to such a degree as you do in your

statements. It's a more complex issue than just the gurus' wrong dealing

with their women disciples. For instance, what if the sannyasi-gurus who

fell down did so because of VAISHNAVA APARADHAS, and not because of "their

perversion of their relationship with their women disciples?" After all,

Krishna gives all protection to his surrendered devotees. However, He no

longer gives His protection to devotees who commit Vaishnava aparadhas. The

gurus' fall downs could have therefore well have been primarily caused by

Vaishnava aparadhas. Their subsequent illicit connections with women would

therefore have been a symptomatic outcome of those aparadhas, and not the

actual cause of their falldown. Therefore to go from there to say that no

more Vaishnavis in ISKCON should never again be initiated and that the only

contact they could ever hope to have with sannyasis is by listening to their

cassette tapes is, again, draconian, in my humble opinion. I am confident

that MANY chaste initiated Vaishnavis (if not all of them) in the ISKCON

world would agree with me on this point.

 

Sure; let's protect the sannyasis more. But let's not change the principles

that Srila Prabhupada established.

 

Yours in the service of Srila Prabhupada and his wonderful disciples,

 

Candrasekhar Acarya dasa