stop talking about me!

[Guest guest]

My dear friends,

 

I just wanted to make a few comments whilst you are all talking about me!

Babhru prabhu is very correct in saying that this really ought to be handled

in the grand-disciples conference, but there are a few statements I would

like to make to everyone, so I will cross post just this once!

 

Firstly, I will admit that I never understood how the discussion of the work

of a disciple of Srila Prabhupada by Grand-disciples ever went against what

GD was about. I say this openly outwith of the conference, because it was

never clearly explained to me inside of it. Furthermore, I don't get how

discussing my Guru Maharaja's Gita in comparison to SP's ever went against

the tenets of the conference, especially one that is NOT marked ISKCON. I

was never in for promotion, just discussion. I would ask to have a private

discussion about this point, actually, but only this point.

 

However, we really don't need to discuss this now, not now, and not here.

AKC is definitely not the forum for this. It is all water under the bridge.

Yes, it is true that at the time Braja's and Jahnu's comments offended me

greatly. I did not understand at the time how a discussion of the merits of

a particular book warranted a discussion of my Guru Maharaja's whole ethos,

and in particular the rather awkward situation between ISKCON and Sridhara

Maharaja. Yes, I felt hurt and treated badly, but only as much as anybody

would when they are told that what they want to discuss in "inappropriate",

and then when the discussion is further lead into completely inappropriate

territory (i.e true discussion of other mathas, Sridhara Maharaja, etc.).

Again, I must stress that no matter how this confused me, this is not a

matter for AKC and is water under the bridge.

 

I have made up with Braja. She is a woman I greatly respect. Like Jahnu, she

is firmly convinced and unshakable in her faith and conviction for her Guru

Maharaja, and I respect them both for that. Jahnu, a man who I did not see

eye to eye with, still wins over my heart by being so staunch-hearted. On

the other side of the camp, there is Madhu, a warm, caring woman, who is a

very close friend of mine and who I love dearly. I do not like to be so

caught in the middle like this. The fact that you all do not get on with

each other pains me, and conjoined with the fact that I love you all does

not help me any.

 

I do not like to feel like anybody's pawn in the middle, though, and

moreover I do not like to be unwarrantedly the centre of attention. Please

let this matter drop. I want to see bygones being bygones. The fact that

Braja will now be working for my Guru Maharaja's publishers makes me very

very happy, elated, but it is something private and does not have to be used

as a big stick.

 

I would ask now that any further discussion of what went on in the

Grand-disciples conference be confined to that conference. I am making these

statements both within and without, however, so that those who were not

party to those discussions understand what the furore is about.

 

I remain

Your errant servant,

Rama Kesava dasa