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Third
of a Three-Part Series The
Mahabhagavat The appearance of the Lord’s
pure devotee is an exhibition of the Lord’s great mercy on the fallen
conditioned souls (tranaya karunya-ghanaghanatvam). It is not an ordinary event. We have seen
that the pure founders of all the major religions had great effects on those
who were fortunate enough to have their personal association. As time passed,
however, all sorts of abuses manifested; these generally increase proportionate
to duration after the departure of the great soul. Because the pure devotee is
always residing in the spiritual world, his presence is capable of affecting
great changes on the material plane. It is a great mistake to conclude that the
apparent ease with which he extended the Lord’s mercy is somehow the new norm
in connection with how it will be made available in the future, after his
departure. Like the cloud that extinguishes the forest fire (samsara-davanala-lidha-loka), there is a causeless element
to his making that mercy available while he is manifest. Even those who might
otherwise be completely undeserving were then able to take advantage of his
instructions. When the cloud moves on, however, the fire will sometimes start up
again, but this time there is no causeless mercy manifest on Earth to put it
out. Currently, the misunderstanding
of the availability of the Lord’s mercy takes the form of the so-called
initiation processes. One of the main rationalizations offered on behalf of the
zonal acaryas was: “Who will initiate the new people?” That “open door” has
remained a hallmark of the fabricated so-called “ISKCON” ever since. The sheer
number of new “initiates” is just one of the ways that corporate ISKCON legitimizes
itself. Because of the lack of empowerment derived from the real goods, i.e., of
being a bona fide spiritual master, all of this is very easily seen for just what
it really is – a big bluff. Srila Prabhupada initiated
many disciples so that the mission of Lord Caitanya
could be expanded. What occurred after his departure, however, indicated that
many of them were not very serious or sincere. Being the Sampradaya Acarya, an
empowered mahabhagavat, His Divine Grace could take
great risks for Srila Prabhupada’s standard
was liberal. The zonal acaryas pushed a perverted reflection of this standard--with
disastrous results. Being neophyte sahajiya pretenders, they were overwhelmed
by the sinful reactions of their disciples. Despite what should have been one
of the real lessons from all of this, the GBC has not made any real effort to
check any of it. Rittvik makes the
unauthorized assumption that Srila Prabhupada is willing to accept more and more
disciples even into the distant, unforeseeable future. Where did he ever say
this? Does he want to accept the sinful reactions of all these people? The
leaders of both cults make the same self-serving, unauthorized, “easy”
assumptions regarding Lord Krishna’s desire to make His mercy available to
anyone and everyone. Satsvarupa:
Then we have a question concern . . . "’Don't make many
disciples.’ But we do it because we are preaching. Never mind -- let us suffer
-- still we shall accept them. Therefore your question was, when I suffer is it
due to my past misdeeds? Was it not? That is my misdeed, that I accepted some
disciples who are nonsense. That is my misdeed.” Perfect Questions, Perfect
Answers 6: The Perfect Devotee “Therefore one is generally
forbidden to accept many disciples.” Sri Chaitanya Caritamrita, Madhya 22.118,
purport Because corporate ISKCON has lowered
the bar to the standard of hyperinflation of cheap gurus and cheap disciples,
the competing factions were and are compelled to keep pace. Now that the
rittvik and Neo-Gaudiya factions have grown, we hear from them the same
“numbers” argument that was previously only heard from corporate ISKCON.
Indeed, without offering easily available “initiation,” a group cannot truly be
seen as a competitor of the fabricated so-called “ISKCON.” These transparent
political ploys, overriding sastric authorization, should serve as clear proof
that sahajiyism is now in full bloom. “If a so-called
spiritual master accepts a disciple for his personal benefit or for material
gain, the relationship between the spiritual master and the disciple turns into
a material affair, and the spiritual master becomes like a smarta-guru.
There are many caste gosvamis who professionally
create some disciples who do not care for them or their instructions. Such
spiritual masters are satisfied simply to get some material benefits from their
disciples. Such a relationship is condemned by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, who calls such spiritual masters and disciples a
society of cheaters and cheated. They are also called baulas
or prakrta-sahajiyas. Their aim is to make the
connection between the spiritual master and the disciple into a very cheap
thing. They are not serious in wanting to understand spiritual life.” Sri Chaitanya Caritamrita, Madhya 24.330, purport Nevertheless, Srila Prabhupada,
who remains only a figurehead to all of these cults, left behind the most
extensive record of written and recorded teachings since the compilation of the
Vedas. Anyone can take advantage of these. However, what is required to make
these teachings effective is to free oneself from the association of those who
are misusing them to push their own deviant conclusions: “Mundane manufactured sound has no potency,
and as such, seemingly transcendental
sound received from an unauthorized person also has no potency. One
should be qualified enough to discern such transcendental potency, and either by discriminating or by fortunate
chance if one is able to receive the transcendental sound from the bona fide
spiritual master, his path of liberation is guaranteed.” Srimad Bhagavatam
2.9.8, purport Fallen Births Just as the mixed birth of Romaharsan Suta was recalled when
he failed to recognize and honor Lord Balaram as He
entered the assembly at Naimasaranya, it is not at
all difficult to understand who is populating and pushing the current varieties
of sahajiyism. It is not difficult to conclude that
those who were previously mlecchas would take over via
inflated opinions of their own purity and supposed authorization. The false
pretense, deception, arrogance, and offense that have been characteristic of
the zonal acaryas and the GBC is, therefore, to be
expected in the attitudes of the new offshoots; they all have devastated the
spiritual lives of thousands. Practically speaking, it is only the most intense
of the serious who are still absorbed in the “square one” unsophisticated
understanding of The faithless deviations and offenses of the
zonal acaryas threw all who followed them onto the material plane—and into the
lower modes, at that. Very few were capable of seeing their misfortune,
and even fewer were able to see it as Lord Krishna’s arrangement--it was a
manifestation of a very different type of mercy. Those who became fried and
bitter, who saw themselves primarily as victims, failed to recognize this. “Yes, Of course, to search out a guru is very
nice. But if you want a cheap guru, or if you want to be cheated, then you will
find many cheating gurus. But if you are sincere, you will find a sincere guru.
Because people want everything very cheaply, they are cheated. Science of
Self Realization, Chapter Two "Choosing a Spiritual Master-Saints
& Swindlers" Being cheated or misled in this way should
serve as indication that one is not educated in spiritual life, that one is not
sincere or serious enough to pick up the promptings from the Supersoul regarding who should be followed and who should
not be followed: “The first requirement is that one become educated in
spiritual life. Spiritual life is not something one can
understand by a few minutes' talk. . . And if, by chance, someone becomes a little
interested in spiritual life, he wants something immediate and cheap.
Therefore, he is cheated.” Science of Self Realization, Chapter
Two "Choosing a Spiritual Master-Saints & Swindlers" Avoiding this sastric conclusion (regarding
the cause for being misled), all of those who have been cheated by corporate
ISKCON “gurus” still want to hold on to the symbols of their advancement. They
use their so-called initiated names; they expect to be allowed to go on the
altar and so on. As described previously, the rittviks roll out the red carpet
for these deluded people. For all practical purposes, they have built their
whole movement on disregarding the principles immediately described above. The tendency has been for disciples of
disgraced “gurus” to look at rank-and-file disciples of Srila Prabhupada
according to mundane vision (vaisnave jati-buddhi) and think, “I am a better manager than him,”
or “I am a book distributor and he isn’t” or “I have a better sadhana than that
guy.” Such rittviks then conclude that they must be initiated—because they are,
in their own estimation, so much better than all of the disciples actually
initiated by His Divine Grace (1967-1977). There are many such rationalizations--another
is: “I joined the movement so close to the departure of Srila Prabhupada that
his having left is not relevant to my initiation.” “I Am Also
Initiated” There are others who have witnessed the fates
of those who foolishly accepted the guidance of GBC “ISKCON” and who don’t
trust either the rittvik leaders or the Neo-Gaudiya matha. Therefore, they have
rightly decided to forego the various “initiation” processes. Unfortunately,
some of them have also fallen victim to the temptation of “easy” (sahaj) initiation. At least one group claims the equivalent
of initiation from Srila Prabhupada. They say that they are, by virtue of
accepting him as their “Prominent Link,” initiated into the disciplic
succession of the guru-parampara. The group (known by this name, i.e.,
Prominent Link) does not emphasize any of the formalities of the initiation
process. Their idea is that, at a certain point in performing “So anyway, from 1922 to 1933 practically I
was not initiated, but I got the impression of preaching Caitanya
Mahaprabhu's cult. That I was thinking. And that was
the initiation by my Guru Maharaja." Lecture, "The chanting Hare Krishna is our main
business; that is real initiation. And as you are all following my instruction
in that matter, the initiator is already there." Letter to Tamal "Well, initiation or no initiation,
first thing is knowledge. . . Initiation is formality. Just like you go to a
school for knowledge, and admission is formality. That is not very important
thing." Interview, "Initiation is a formality. If you are
serious, that is real initiation. My touch is simply a formality. It is your
determination--that is initiation." Back To Godhead, Search for the
Divine These quotes can easily be interpreted to
suit the wishes of those who want to minimize the standard process of
approaching a physically manifest guru. Srila Prabhupada is in no way
encouraging this sort of thinking in any of these excerpts, however. All manner
of self-proclaimed “initiation” have always been held suspect by serious
devotees. Such cheap initiations are pushed by those who want to avoid
discipline. Certainly, as the excerpts substantiated, if one is truly serious,
one is already initiated by the manifest guru one is serving. Unless there is
falldown, there can be no doubt about one’s seriousness if he or she has
accepted formal initiation from a pure devotee like Srila Prabhupada. However,
if one has not yet come into contact with a bona fide spiritual master, one’s alleged
seriousness has no manifest indication of existence: “So if you are actually serious about Anyone who thinks that they are already
initiated by virtue of quotes like those just previous to this one, and not
this important statement made by Prabhupada in When Srila Prabhupada enjoins that one should
accept a spiritual master, he is not talking about rittvik or what Prominent
Link advocates. He is speaking about what he himself accepted and offered, what
both Lord Krishna and Lord Chaitanya accepted and demonstrated, and what is
described repeatedly in the Srimad
Bhagavatam and Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita. Initiation entails
submitting oneself to a qualified person who is physically manifest; it means
accepting strict discipline from an advanced devotee who is directly manifest
on this plane, who tells you what to do and what not to do. “ It is monkey-like to suddenly jump up and
claim that one is initiated, because he or she has been chanting for so many number of years or has attained some unspecified level of “divya-jnana.” Madhudvisa: His
question was that can you take initiation by accepting the spiritual master in
your heart without actually taking. . . “It
is imperative that a serious person accept a bona fide spiritual master in terms
of the sastric injunctions.” Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi 1.35 Just as the previously described flight of
many devotees to the Gaudiya matha could not have occurred were it not for the
chaotic environment created by the zonal acaryas, these self-imagined kinds of
“initiation” are taking place within a warped paradigm composed of three
sahajiya cults; this article is meant to help expose all of them. Since many
have achieved fame, adoration, and distinction by joining these cults, others
will be influenced to think that they also deserve some recognition, without
realizing the necessity of doing the hard work that must come first: “The crux of the matter lies not in the
external nature of the ceremony of initiation as it appears to us, because that
is bound to be unintelligible to us (being an affair of the other world) but in
the conviction of the necessity and the successful choice of a really good
Preceptor. We can attain to the conviction of the necessity and the successful
choice of a really good Preceptor by the exercise of our unbiased reason in the
light of our ordinary experience. When once this conviction has been truly
formed, Sri Krishna Himself helps us in finding the really good Preceptor
through the revealed Shastras. In the second,
He Himself sends to us the good Preceptor himself at the moment when we are at
all likely to benefit by his instructions. The good Preceptor also comes to us
when we reject him. In such cases, also, it is certainly Krishna Who sends him
to us for no reason whatsoever.” Initiation Into
Spiritual Life by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Prabhupada “To cut something, a sharp instrument is
required; to cut the mind from its attachments, sharp words are often required.
The sadhu or teacher shows no mercy in using sharp
words to sever the student's mind from material attractions. By speaking the
truth uncompromisingly, he is able to sever the bondage. For example, at the
very beginning of Bhagavad-gita, Krsna speaks sharply to Arjuna by telling him that, although he speaks like a
learned man, he is actually fool number one. If we actually want detachment
from this material world, we should be prepared to accept such cutting words
from the spiritual master. Compromise and flattery have no effect where strong
words are required.” Perfection of Yoga Smorgasbord There are many devotees who have separated
themselves, to some extent, from the three organized post-modern sahajiya cults.
Many of these devotees have websites, blogs, or publications
of some sort where they make compromised—but less compromised--presentations of
Srila Prabhupada’s teachings. However, virtually all of their versions of siddhanta
contain any number of “easy” malinterpretations allegedly from Srila
Prabhupada’s teachings. Most of these inexperienced people also accept the
three cults as, more or less, still representing Srila Prabhupada. As this article should make clear, it is very
easy to find the philosophical contradictions and deviations of the big groups.
Therefore, it is quite easy to make one’s self-serving adaptation appear
superior to them, at least on paper or on the computer screen. One problem,
however, is that virtually all of these independents have, at some point in the
past, been a victim of one of the cults, and, more often than not, that one was
GBC “ISKCON.” As described earlier, very few devotees are
sincere enough to admit that their knowledge and seriousness were insufficient,
and that is why they were misled by the zonal acaryas; this also extends to quite
a few disciples of Srila Prabhupada, i.e., those genuinely initiated. There
were only a handful of devotees who rejected the zonals as an act of Conscience in
combination with their complete dedication to Srila Prabhupada. Very few of the
others (the smorgasbord) have made any truly honest assessment of the bad effects
that have attended the following of zonal deviants. Primarily these effects have manifested in
the form of acting on the mental plane and fault-finding. When someone is jilted
in a mundane love affair, it is virtually impossible to get one’s mind off the “ex”;
these people are just like that. In terms of their previous relationships with
GBC “ISKCON,” they have become self-appointed experts in saying how what
remains of the movement should or should not be run. This has increased
exponentially since the initial difficulties and falldowns
of the zonal acaryas. There is an endless back and forth, along with party
spirit rhetoric, from anyone and everyone; pretender “gurus” set the bad
example, giving rise to others thinking that they are also now “acarya.” Most of those who followed the zonal acaryas
did so out of some sentiment of duty and loyalty to Srila Prabhupada’s
movement. They thought that they should continue to follow the authority that
had previously represented Srila Prabhupada. They were either unable to realize
that this was no longer the case, or they were afraid of leaving--and again
living amongst the vikarmis. Neither group was spared the bad effects of
serving the zonal pretenders, however. Because they were cheated by that
so-called authority, they are now inherently suspicious of accepting anyone
else as superior; “Once burnt, twice shy.” The zonals were faithless, not
actually accepting Srila Prabhupada’s instructions regarding succession, and
they passed that same disease of faithlessness and contempt to all those who
served them. What the zonals actually did was subvert and destroy the original Another factor in the continuing inability to
cobble together a viable alternative is that most of the smorgasbord
were previously mis-trained in the science of “Therefore, because we are presenting Krsna
as He is, therefore our preaching is perfect. I may be imperfect, but our
preaching is not imperfect. It is very simple. We are preaching all over the
world, ‘Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.’ And these foreign boys
and girls who are after me, they also accepted. They do not say that ‘Here is
another God, sir. Why you are asking?’ That is the difficulty in Return to
Square One “Sacrifice means nothing to be sacrificed.
But sacrifice the sense of ‘I am the Lord,’ that's all. What you have got you
can sacrifice? This is simply a bluff, sacrifice. We cannot sacrifice. What we
have got we can sacrifice? There is no question of sacrifice, but sacrifice
means this doggish mentality that ‘I am Lord, I am God, I
am enjoyer.’" Lecture on Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.3.20-21 in The bona fide spiritual master is the
personification of the sastras; he is the person bhagavat:
“The word guru means ‘heavy,’ heavy with
knowledge. And what is that knowledge? Tad-vijnana.
That heaviness is brahma-nistha -- attachment to brahman and to Parabrahman,
Bhagavan. That is the guru's qualification. brahmany upasamasrayam.” Teachings
of Lord Kapila, Verse Four Due to this heaviness, devotees were afraid
to speak nonsense in the presence of Srila Prabhupada. The pure devotee was
able to push aside all inferior conceptions when he spoke. He created instant
unity and harmony with the Absolute Truth for all who accepted him--simply by
his presence. Although the current
situation of chaos and pandemonium is clearly the result of his physical
departure, this can be remedied if we are able to return to the standard that
he embodied. That standard is our “So there is nothing to be said new. Whatever
I have to speak, I have spoken in my books. Now you try to understand it and
continue your endeavor. Whether I am present or not present, it doesn't
matter.” Arrival Speech on “So there is a necessity for a class of men
who will act as the brain of society. That is called brahmana. That is real
human society, where there are four classes of men: One acting as brain . . . In
the Kali-yuga, there is a scarcity of brahmanas.
Brahmana is vairagya. A brahmana is not interested
with pounds, shilling, pence, ‘Get money and enjoy.’ That is not the brahmana's business.” Purport
to Parama Karuna The reason that we have had chaos since the
departure of Srila Prabhupada is that the movement has been without a brain.
The zonal acarya “pet disciples” were not at all interested in acting under the
direction of the society’s brahmanas; mostly, they were contemptuous of them.
They took direction from their own ambition and used their power in the GBC to
make that the “reality.” Although Srila Prabhupada made every effort
to see that his disciples became learned in the philosophy, his lieutenants turned
out not to be similarly inclined. They inevitably succumbed to the pleasures of
their big posts (“doggish mentality”) and diverted devotee attention towards
their own priorities; these were generally the amassing of results in terms of
men and money. Rather than praise and consult the self-controlled scholars,
they denigrated them in a manner all too Western. This, of course, further
served their ultimate purpose of having no one seen as being above them. During
his last years, the movement having become so large, it became very easy to
relegate Srila Prabhupada to a mere figurehead who they could exploit to
empower their personal fiefdoms. Did he leave so that they could have their
desire to imitate him fulfilled? Did he
leave in order to force them to get the negative reactions they deserved? The books, lectures, walks, and recorded
conversations have all been compiled; serious devotees are free to study and
discuss the contents: “We are also lawyer, not in the material
sense. But we know what is the law of God.” Room
Conversation with Monsieur Mesman, Chief of the Law
House, on It is not too late—although it is certainly
getting very, very late--to resurrect the importance of what Srila Prabhupada
taught. We can use our unbiased reason to determine in a threadbare manner what
his directions were on practically any topic. Indeed, any real brahmana has
been doing that all along. Such brahmanas can collectively discuss these issues
and determine the correct way to implement Srila Prabhupada’s desires. Services that were enjoined by Srila
Prabhupada during his manifest presence--such as book distribution, Harinam,
and creating a varnashrama society--were just that: Services.
It is the indoctrination by the pet disciples that has caused devotees to think
that their new doctrines should replace the siddhanta, but, in actuality, the
siddhanta must maintain its prominence. Just as Srila Prabhupada created instant
unity due to his being the personification of the Bhagavatam, the
siddhanta (sastra) is the framework within which all authorized services should
be conducted; it is the air which all the other activities need to stay relevant.
It is the only hope for true cooperation and at least some kind of unity to
oppose the madness. This is the real reason the movement has pretty much died
since Srila Prabhupada’s departure. We are advocating a return to the original
standard and siddhanta; this is what we call a return to square one. The death of the movement has meant that real
spiritual advancement, both individually and collectively, has pretty much
stopped for most devotees. Without a genuine manifest shelter, even the most
serious of them have had to confront their material senses without good
association. Those who followed the deviant teachings of the GBC or imbibed the
offences inherent in the Neo-Gaudiya matha have not made any progress; they
have degraded. Their original realization has been covered: yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya The fanatical wing of the rittvik movement is
also guilty of this disregard but has the added feature that no one in it is
enjoined to advance to the stage of guru. According to its standard, trying to
become a pure devotee, one who is capable of giving diksa, is a rejection of
everything it teaches; Prabhupada is the only diksa guru. Some older Prabhupada
initiates, who could be acting in an exemplary manner for others’ benefit,
instead engage in a lifetime of offences and lies by pushing this kind of
rittvik, viciously defaming anyone who disagrees with their apa-siddhanta.
Although there are many humble and even learned (to some degree) rittviks,
there are too many of them for whom party spirit fanaticism is considered the
only “Vaishnava” behavior. sruti-smrti-puranadi- pancaratra-vidhim vina aikantiki harer bhaktir utpatayaiva kalpate "Devotional service of the Lord that
ignores the authorized Vedic literatures like the Upanisads,
Puranas and Narada-pancaratra
is simply an unnecessary disturbance in society." Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu,
1.2.101 There are four types of neophyte devotees.
They are, in order of degradation or advancement, the sahajiya, the mishra bhakta (ordinary devotee), the sadhana bhakta, and
the special devotee who has achieved anartha-nivritti. The sahajiya inevitably
believes that he or she is on a far higher level than is actually the case and almost
always fault-finds those who are better situated. As the following exchange
makes clear, it is not necessary that one have a conscious desire to come under
the influence of sahajiyism; one simply has to
regularly hear from them. Prabhupada: These sahajiyas will come out of so
many devotees. What can be done? From my Guru Maharaja's disciples, so many
sahajiyas came. These are called sahajiyas. Very easily they capture thing. So
my Guru Maharaja used to say, "When
my disciples will be sahajiya, it will be more dangerous.” He used to
say like that. Take things very easily. You know that Purusottama,
supposed to be my Godbrother? The
mishra-bhakta takes to the process but maintains a
separate interest from that of the spiritual master. The sadhana bhakta
eventually accepts initiation and performs activities ordered by the spiritual
master, in the spirit described here by Srila Prabhupada (ara na koriho
mane asa, i.e., no independent desire or interest
from the guru). As his or her faith and knowledge increases, he or she may be
able to come to the stage of anartha-nivritti. Cognitive dissonance has reaped a heavy toll
amongst the followers of Srila Prabhupada and, in the chaos that has ensued, new varieties of sahajiyism
have taken root. Although there are marked differences from the original
thirteen cults (described over a century ago by Srila Bhaktivinode
Thakura), there are also quite obvious similarities; when
a stream overflows its banks, it will follow the same channels created by
previous floods. When bona fide We should renew our efforts to understand and
follow Srila Prabhupada’s teachings, re-dedicating ourselves to the personal
application of the principles of bhakti-yoga. We should give up any previous idea
that simply floating along in the society, friendship and love stream in any
one of these groups will be sufficient to bring us to perfection. Nothing is
automatic. Such an unconscious idea will never lead us to the perfection of
knowledge. In essence, his teachings are not all that
hard to assimilate. If one is an initiate of His Divine Grace, he should make
every effort to become a pure devotee, to be the next link in the disciplic
succession. If one is not initiated by Srila Prabhupada, he or she should
endeavor to become sincere, so that Lord Krishna will put him or her in touch
with a bona fide spiritual master. These efforts can only be successful if we
separate ourselves from those who are covering Hare Krishna All glories
to Srila Prabhupada and his real eternal movement. “Anyone following the order of Lord Caitanya under the guidance of His bona fide representative, can become a spiritual master, and I wish
that in my absence all my disciples become the bona fide spiritual master to
spread Krishna Consciousness throughout the whole world.” Letter to Madhusudana from Navadvipa on Srila Prabhupada: So therefore the conclusion is guru is necessary and
guru is he who is representative of “Unfortunately, in present
day society, in the name of suddha-bhakti, various
types of mixed devotion--such as karma-misra, jnana-misra, and yoga-misra, as
well as various polluted and imaginary conceptions--are spreading like germs of
plague. People in general consider these polluted and mixed conceptions to be
bhakti. They respect them as such and thus
are deprived of suddha-bhakti. These polluted
and mixed conceptions are our greatest enemies. Some people say that there is
no value in bhakti, that God is only imaginary sentiment, that man has merely
created the image of God through imagination, and that bhakti is a diseased
state, unable to benefit us in any way. These types of opponents cannot harm us
much, because we easily recognize them and avoid them. However
. . . . . . those who propagate bhagavad-bhakti as the highest dharma--yet behave against
the principles of suddha-bhakti--can be especially
harmful to us. In the name of bhakti, they instruct us against the
actual principles of bhakti. This ultimately leads us to a path that is
diametrically opposed to bhagavad-bhakti. Therefore,
with great endeavor, our previous acaryas have defined the svarupa or intrinsic
nature of bhakti, repeatedly cautioning us to keep away from polluted and
mixed concepts.” Bhakti Viveka
Tattva by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura Prabhupada
(emphases added) Prabhupada: My Guru Maharaja used to say, "When our men
will be sahajiya, he will be more dangerous." Devotee: Our own men. Prabhupada: Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura,
he said that, "When our men will be sahajiya, oh, they'll be more
dangerous." So our men are becoming, some of them, sahajiyas. This very
word he said, that, "When our men will be sahajiyas, he'll be more
dangerous." 21st Century Mleccha Sahajiya Cults Part 1 21st Century Mleccha Sahajiya Cults Part 2 Quotes from the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada are copyright by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust |