Adri's and Ajamila's war of words

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Adri wrote:

> > 4) So I ask you for the ***4th*** time - please state WHERE I claimed I

> > would 'kill gentle vaisanavas' - or have the deceny and humility to

> > apologise for lying yet again

 

Ajamila replied:

>You threatened to kill any Vaisnava who comes to the ISKCON Calcutta Temple

>to take back what you have stolen from ISKCON. So why don't you just admit

>it and stop playing your silly little games?

 

 

Is anyone else tired of this thread? It's obviously a question of

definition. Adri feels like any Mayapur devotee who would enter the

Calcutta temple with the purpose of taking it over is a "goon" or "thug",

Ajamila feels that they're "gentle vaisnavas" taking back what belongs to

them. You two are never going to agree on your terminology and thus not on

who would be killed by the gunmen (goons, thugs, or gentle vaisnavas).

 

I pray that there will be no storming and no shooting. There has already

been one life lost recently. I wish all sides would wake up and see where

this is potentially heading. Nothing is worth more bloodshed. I'm soon

getting to the point where I don't care who initiates whom. I just want the

fighting to stop. There is nothing spiritual about this.

 

Ys,

Madhusudani dasi

[Guest guest]

>

> Adri wrote:

> > > 4) So I ask you for the ***4th*** time - please state WHERE I claimed

> > > I would 'kill gentle vaisanavas' - or have the deceny and humility to

> > > apologise for lying yet again

>

> Ajamila replied:

> >You threatened to kill any Vaisnava who comes to the ISKCON Calcutta

> >Temple to take back what you have stolen from ISKCON. So why don't you

> >just admit it and stop playing your silly little games?

>

>

> Is anyone else tired of this thread? It's obviously a question of

> definition. Adri feels like any Mayapur devotee who would enter the

> Calcutta temple with the purpose of taking it over is a "goon" or "thug",

> Ajamila feels that they're "gentle vaisnavas" taking back what belongs to

> them. You two are never going to agree on your terminology and thus not

> on who would be killed by the gunmen (goons, thugs, or gentle vaisnavas).

>

> I pray that there will be no storming and no shooting. There has already

> been one life lost recently. I wish all sides would wake up and see where

> this is potentially heading. Nothing is worth more bloodshed. I'm soon

> getting to the point where I don't care who initiates whom. I just want

> the fighting to stop. There is nothing spiritual about this.

>

> Ys,

> Madhusudani dasi

 

I'm also praying that the ISKCON Calcutta crisis will soon come to a

peaceful end. And I also couldn't agree more that there is absolutely

nothing spiritual about threatening to kill Vaisnavas. The gentlemanly

course of action for someone in Adri's position would be to resign

gracefully; but Adri won't, he's too stubborn. And it is very sad that his

stubborness has developed to the point of threats to kill anyone who tries

to remove him. As you well know for many years we painstakingly listened to

every single point Adri had to make. But because nearly everyone in ISKCON

has rejected Adri's ideas he has reacted very, very angrily. Adri's

consequent ungentlemanly behaviour is damaging ISKCON's good name. But it

seems Adri cares more about his personal considerations rather than ISKCON.

 

So I think it is important we keep talking to Adri in case at any pint he

has a change of heart. But at the moment that seems highly unlikely. Apart

from Calcutta and Bangalore this kind of regrettable disturbance has never

happened anywhere else in ISKCON. So let's pray for a peaceful solution.

 

ys

 

ada