Gaudiya Matha association

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On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Jahnu (das) (San Rafael, CA - USA) wrote:

> > I'm not about to join Gaudiya Matha, and I'm pretty cautious

> > about inter-institutional association, on a practical level (mostly

> > due to the ISKCON's historical experience with this, which has

> > invariably been negative); however, at the same time, I don't see

> > anything in Prabhupada's books explicitly prohibiting devotees from

> > hearing non-ISKCON Gaudiya Vaisnavas who inspire them. His

> > circumstantial instructions are another thing. I've always wondered

> > how that policy can be so vehemently enforced in light of this lack.

>

> Hari Sauri prabhu said something in that regard on the Srila

> Prabhupada Said conference.

(snip)

> And of course, after a few years and the loss of many ISKCON

> devotees to various Gaudiya Matha camps, Srila Prabhupada's words are

> all the more relevent, having being proved true by our own unfortunate

> experiences and our avoidance of Srila Prabhupada's advice.

 

It's verry hard to deny that Srila Prabhupada himself was the

real source of ISKCON's traditional coolness toward Gaudiya Matha, and so

there seems little need to try, if we're submissive to his Divine grace.

It's also true that much or most of what Prabhupada warned us about Gaudiya

Matha has come true because some people have insisted on re-interpreting

Srila Prabhupada's pertinent remarks in such a roundabout manner that

they've circled themselves several times over. Moreover, and perhaps

most importantly, this is still no reason to disrespect anyone in that

position.

 

MDd

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At 03:05 PM 3/3/2002 -0800, you wrote:

>Moreover, and perhaps

>most importantly, this is still no reason to disrespect anyone in that

>position.

 

Megadittoes, prabhu. Thanks.

 

Babhru