Encouraging celibacy - interesting comment on the subject...

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> I have said many times that I agree that many of athe statements in SW1

> should not be published.

> I am referring to his other books, which I have not seen mentioned in this

> discussion.

> He does not make such statements in them and each one is more and more

> direct scripture. The GBC did address the issue and he has taken the

> advice.

> I am confident that he will withdraw SW1 and make a statement about those

> things.

 

Maharaj,

 

It would have been nice if Bhakti Tirtha Maharaj, in the course of the

present circumstances, would have already done so.

 

However, he has not.

 

Also, he didn't respond to Bir Krishna Maharaj's obvious objection to his

using "politically correct" language regarding homosexuality.

 

And... according to reports on the Internet that I'd read sometime back, he

addressed a gathering somewhere in North American earlier this year in which

he "approved" of "gay marriages", something obviously Srila Prabhupada

objected to and rejected.

 

Something seems to be amiss here. But yes, if Bhakti Tirtha Maharaj,

instead of, as he wrote to Ajamila Prabhu "I will no longer participate in

these discussions. Beyond a doubt HH Bhakti Vikasa Maharaj is bias toward

me", would withdraw SW1 from circulation and admit that he made a bit of a

mistake on the issue of homosexuality, I think the matter would come to

rest.

 

Although it may not seem like it, I think Bhakti Vikas Maharaj does admire

the many, many positive aspects of Bhakti Tirtha Maharaj's preaching, as

well as hold him in regard for the many years of service he's rendered to

Srila Prabhupada's mission.

 

It's just that he is pained at seeing "water being added to the milk", and I

for one appreciate that. Srila Prabhupada DID NOT COMPROMISE on

philosophical purity, even if he was 90% lenient otherwise.

 

Anyway, this is just my humble opinion.

 

Hope this finds you well.

 

Vaishnava dasanudas,

 

Basu Ghosh Das