Guest guest Posted April 13, 2000 Report Share Posted April 13, 2000 >>I believe Satya Narayana was the subject of much GBC discussion a few >>years ago and is banned from ISKCON. Devotees are not encouraged to >>associate with him because he minimizes Srila Prabhupada and Srila >>Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, or so I'm told. Out of curiosity I did visit a few lectures of Satya Narayana during my visit to Vrindavan. I didn't hear a word minimizing Srila Prabhupada or Srila Bhaktisiddhanta. In fact, his edition of Tattva Sandarbha happens to be dedicated to Srila Prabhupada. It is understandable that he may not give the ISKCON emphasis on Srila Prabhupada and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, since having had two ex-ISKCON ex-gurus, he is now studying under Haridas Sastri Maharaja, a senior and respected Gaudiya-vaishnava coming down in the disciplic line from Gadadhara Pandit, outside the line coming down to Srila Bhaktisiddhanta and his followers. Considering this, I don't know if it is of any good to go around banning people, or to speak of having heard of banning people, just for not being in ISKCON, unless we have solid evidence to lay on the table of their being inimical of Vaishnavas. Otherwise, we may make vaishnava-aparadhas by giving a bad name to a perhaps very sincere devotee. your servant, Ekatma das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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