Please try to maintain the philosophy of unity in diversity.

[Guest guest]

"Now this displeasing of Godbrothers has already begun and gives me too much

agitation in my mind. Our Gaudiya Math people fought with one another after

the demise of Guru Maharaja but my disciples have already begun fighting even

in

my presence. So I am greatly concerned about it. 'Trnad api sunicena...'

"Please try to maintain the philosophy of unity in diversity. That will make

our movement successful. One section of men have already gone out, therefore

we must be very careful to maintain unity in diversity, and remember the story

in Aesop's Fables of the father of many children with the bundle of sticks.

When the father asked his children to break the bundle of sticks wrapped in a

bag, none of them could do it. But, when they removed the sticks from the bag,

and tried one by one, the sticks were easily broken. So this is the strength of

 

unity. If we are bunched up, we can never be broken, but when divided, then

we can become broken very easily." (Kirtanananda, 10/18/73)