Interpretation is at the heart of the ritvik controversy.

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>> SP could see how G-math failed by not following the system suggested by

>> Srila BSST (to have a GBC body) so he made a GBC body, it seems. I am

>> sure SP has said somewhere why he did it. That will end our "seems" and

>> "maybes"!

>

>Letter to Rupanuga Maharaja, Tirupati, 28 April, 1974

>

>[...]

>"In the latter days of my Guru Maharaja he was very disgusted. Actually, he

>left this world earlier, otherwise he would have continued to live for more

>years. Still he requested his disciples to form a strong Governing body for

>preaching the cult of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He never recommended anyone to

>be acarya of the Gaudiya Math. But Sridhara Maharaja is responsible for

>disobeying this order of Guru Maharaja, and he and others who are already

>dead unnecessarily thought that there must be one acarya. If Guru Maharaja

>could have seen someone who was qualified at that time to be acarya he

>would have mentioned. Because on the night before he passed away he talked

>of so many things, but never mentioned an acarya. His idea was acarya was

>not to be nominated amongst the governing body. He said openly you make a

>GBC and conduct the mission. So his idea was amongst the members of GBC who

>would come out successful and self effulgent acarya would be automatically

>selected. So Sridhara Maharaja and his two associate gentlemen

>unauthorizedly selected one acarya and later it proved a failure. The

>result is now everyone is claiming to be acarya even though they may be

>kanistha adhikari with no ability to preach. In some of the camps the

>acarya is being changed three times a year. ***THEREFORE WE MAY NOT COMMIT

>THE SAME MISTAKE IN OUR ISKCON CAMP.*** Actually amongst my Godbrothers no

>one is qualified to become acarya. So it is better not to mix with my

>Godbrothers very intimately because instead of inspiring our students and

>disciples they may sometimes pollute them. This attempt was made previously

>by them, especially Madhava Maharaja and Tirtha Maharaja and Bon Maharaja

>but somehow or other I saved the situation. This is going on. We shall be

>very careful about them and not mix with them. This is my instruction to

>you all. They cannot help us in our movement, but they are very competent

>to harm our natural progress. So we must be very careful about them."

>[...]

 

SOLID!!!!

 

we need to post this very quote again and again on this conference! it's so

important for the whole ISKCON! Thankyou so much for providing it so

quickly.

 

ys, bb