Sadhu Swami and the Brahmacarya Conference

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Sadhu maharaja is the one who is contributing the most valuable texts in

this conference (in the last few years).

This dynamic (that one is censoring a person just because he belongs to

another group, is completely against any spiritual behavior and even against

common sense.

And we want to learn "sama darsinah"(BG 5.18) ???? Whenever he would say

something which is against sastra then one could correct him on the same

basis (but nor suspend (=censor) him from a conference.)

 

We take good advice also from materialists - why not from Gaudiya Vaishnavas

(the very same tradition we are in)?

 

> Dear Respected Members of the Brahmacarya Conference,

>

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

>

> Back in August Sadhu Swami made some comments that disturbed some members

> of this conference, and they suggested that I suspend him. One reason

> given for suspending him was that he took sannyasa from a non-ISKCON

> sannyasi and the other was that his comments were offensive.

>

> At the time, I was traveling with Indradyumna Swami's Polish Festival Tour

> and did I not want to spend my time at Poland's Internet cafes researching

> the character and activities of Sadhu Swami. I also did not want the

> Brahmacarya members minds disturbed by controversial statements and

> refutations. Thus I suspended him temporarily 'until I could sort out the

> situation', for which he was a bit offended. Now he wants to know my

> decision on the matter.

>

> If we decide to make it a rule for this conference that persons with

> non-ISKCON affiliations cannot be a part of this conference, then of

> course the question is solved. Then to be fair we would also have to

> remove other people in a similar situation. I do not know how many other

> people this will affect. At any rate, I do not feel myself to be more

> than one insignificant member of the conference and do not wish to force

> my opinion on this on everyone else. Perhaps we could have some

> discussion about it. After deciding this point, we can worry about the

> particulars of Sadhu Swami's case.

>

> your servant,

> Krishna-kripa das

> moderator of Brahmacarya