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Sorry senor but I beg to differ from you . Having lived in India for the

better part of 28 years . Having seen Srila Prabhupada actively preaching in

India to Indians ( especially high class people ) , having befriended many

high class and even simple Indians , I feel that despite the present day

India in general they do have much better samskaras than we do . I do feel

that Srila Prabhupada really wanted to make some followers in the west and

then convince the Indians to take up their own culture and help him preach

all over the world .

 

bharata bhumite haila manusa janma jara ( look it up ) .

 

I am weak , I am sick , I am tired but I wish I had the strength to finish

this properly and put things into balance . Ravana , Kamsa etc were all born

as Indians . You get the best and the worst . Personally , having a fairly

active preaching schedule , I like to hear of Indias achievements ( not that

they should be in any way puffed up - pride will bring them crashing down )

.. People have negative impression of India as a poor country of beggars and

it is hard to sell them a culture whose roots are in India if they have

negative impressions .

 

I also say that there was woe to any person who would denigrate India in

front of Srila Prabhupada . Ask Tamal Krishna Goswami , Jayapataka Swami ,

Giriraja Swami or any of the people with experience . Today there are tens

of thousands of regular congregational members in India . They chant rounds

, follow the principles fairly easily and the numbers are growing all over

the country . We get half a million pilgrims at our Bombay Janmasthami . It

goes on and on .

 

Better to just let this conversation end with mutual respect . There is

positive energy everywhere .

 

I apologize if I have said anything wrong .

 

Your servant

Sridhar Swami

 

 

I am more concerned that a sincere searcher , Patrick Stacey , has written

a letter to this conference asking for information and I will bet no one has

answered him .