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> If ISKCON wants to start offer condolenses to all religious organisations

> whose leaders passed away, then they should have started long time ago, or

> is it just a matter of pick and choose? Recently few Gaudiya Vaisnava

> acaryas passed away, who had large followings, I mean such personalities

> as Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Maharaja, Srila Vaman Maharaja, and few

> others; there was no official letter of condonlenses from ISKCON. Or is

> this letter of condolenses from ISKCON just another attempt to adapt to

> mainstream materialistic religions, which offers no real benefit to

> devotees.

 

Gee, all that from one little letter?

 

As for the comparison between HH BP Puri Maharaja's departure and the

Pope's, I find that *slightly* ridiculous: no "letter of condolence" may

have been sent by ISKCON (and I'm not even sure that's true), but I think

you'll find many ISKCON devotees attended personally, or sent personal

messages to HH Bodhayan Maharaja and other disciples of His Holiness---same

as when HH Tamal Krishna Maharaja left, and HH Sridhara Maharaja. None of

the maths in Mayapur turned out in droves or sent official letters that I

know of. Seems Vaisnavism has a bit of a more pragmatic approach to leaving

one's body; a "letter of condolence" doesn't seem appropriate in such

circumstances, yet is highly appropriate when dealing with those whose

tradition it is to honor such a small, simple gesture. Wouldn't you think?

 

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