What Happened in Mayapura -- Part Three -- Reactions of Devotees

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Pamho. AgtSP.

 

I first heard this quoted late in 1973 or early '74, but there was a very

significant difference in the wording. As I heard it, and I heard it often,

Srila Prabhupada said that we, ourselves, should feel personally 50%

responsible when someone leaves. Our understanding at the time was that we

each had a responsibility to one another as well as to ourselves. The

practice was to examine ourselves and consider what we might have done or

failed to do, which could have contributed to someone's leaving, and what

could we have done or not done to prevent that individual's leaving. The

emphasis in this case is on personal growth and self improvement rather than

placing blame on others or the society at large. This, I believe, is much

more in line with Srila Prabhupada's general mood and instructions. I wish

there was an authoritative record of those words. Hare Krsna.

 

> I once heard that Srila Prabhupada said that if someone goes away from our

> society it is 50% that person's fault, and 50% the fault of the society.

> Has anyone else heard this?

>

> In any event, as leaders in ISKCON I think it behooves us to accept some

> responsibility for the antipathy that is surely very widepsread at

> present. Can we not admit that we have made mistakes?

>

>

> Nitya-trpta prabhu wrote:

>

> > thought:

> > Why do we have to blame our antipathy on anyone else besides our

> > individual person? Is not life but a test to advance in KC and fully

> > surrender to Guru and Krsna? And Their mission somehow or other?

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In a message dated 6/13/01 8:50:06 AM Central Daylight Time,

Taraka.ACBSP (AT) pamho (DOT) net writes:

 

<< The

emphasis in this case is on personal growth and self improvement rather than

placing blame on others or the society at large. This, I believe, is much

more in line with Srila Prabhupada's general mood and instructions. I wish

there was an authoritative record of those words. Hare Krsna. >>

 

This is a good point, but I am not sure it applies fully to management in

general. Managers constantly made mistakes that Prabhupada had to rectify.

Sometimes devotees were mistreated, offended, etc. by these managers and this

caused their devotional service to suffer.

 

Ys, Md