Exposing Gaudiya Math Twister: Sankarshana dasa (Bhakta Suria)

Exposing Gaudiya Math Twister: Sankarshana dasa (Bhakta Suria)
BY: MAHESH RAJA

My detailed rebuttal follows below the nonsense article penned by Sankarshana dasa who is also known as Bhakta Suria of Singapore. (He was hiding as Anonymous). He is exposed as Hypocrite Twister. In ALL his articles you have to check what he has avoided to present or HOW he has TWISTED Srila Prabhupada’s quotes to back-up his Anti-Ritvik propaganda/Gaudiya matha following.

Just to give the reader a glimpse of exposing this twister’s cunningness please read:

Become Guru by Order, That's All
http://hareKrishna.com/sun/editorials/04-10/editorials5990.htm

Questions for Suria Prabhu
BY: BHAKTA THAKUR
http://www.hareKrishna.com/sun/editorials/04-10/editorials6016.htm

We hear Suria was initially following bogus GBC voted ISKCON conditioned soul “guru” Indradyumna Swami then the Twister changed game and instead joined Gaudiya Matha conditioned soul “guru” who gave him the name Sankarshana dasa.

The cheaters are always cheated from accepting Srila Prabhupada the BONAFIDE Diksha Guru. This is just the fitting punishment. Instead of accepting the Ritvik system authorized by Srila Prabhupada they go for positions, power, money, prestige and are cheated. WHAT A COLOSSAL LOSS they do NOT get Srila Prabhupada as Diksha guru!!!!!! Therefore they rot in the material world in the OCEAN of CONTINUOUS CYCLE of birth and death BILLIONS upon BILLIONS of YEARS imprisonment in 8,400,000 species of life forms. What a waste of human life form!

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Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2012-04-16 10:06.

Firstly Mahesh Raja is a fool. Srila Prabhupada wrote a letter dated 1967 (early days), to his western disciple, so he uses the word "birthday". "We shall observe his birthday ceremony tomorrow and the brahmacharis shall learn how to celebrate spiritual master's birthday." From the statement Prabhupada indicated ; "spiritual master's birthday" which means Vyasa puja. How can Mahesh Raja miss this? He is affected by envy and prejudiced which covered his consciousness.

Secondly Prabhupada did mention that Srila Sridhara Maharaj is a pure devotee and even a Siksa Guru for Prabhupada.

"This is B. R. Sridhara Maharaja, whom I consider to be even my siksaguru .

Letter to Hrishikesha, January 1, 1969

What Sripada Sridhara Maharaja has directed, I take it on my head. It is appropriate that I should accept his direction.

Letter to Govinda, September 12, 1969

I took his [Sridhara Maharaja] advises [sic], instructions, very seriously because from the very beginning I know he is a pure Vaishnava, a pure devotee, and I wanted to associate with him and I tried to help him also. Our relationship is very intimate. After the breakdown of the Gaudiya Matha, I wanted to organize another organization, making Sridhara Maharaja the head.

Srila Prabhupada was very clear, Srila Sridhara Maharaj is a pure devotee. This Mahesh Raja is envious, here is a scriptural quote to support my claims; "One should not be envious considering one preacher to be very great and another to be very lowly. This is a material distinction and has no place on the platform of spiritual activities."

(Chaitanya-caritamrta Adi 10-7 purport)

Because he is overly sentimentally attached to one personality and his practices, he has developed hatred or lesser reverence to other Gurus and Vaishnava acharyas of other institutions. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur confirms this; "A rule that is followed by one society is not necessarily accepted in another society. That is why one community is different from another. As a community gradually develops more respect for its own standards, it develops hatred towards other communities and considers their standards inferior." (Intro to Sri Krishna Samhita, Thakur Bhaktivinode)

We should not be fooled or misled by such neophytes. We must go to a highly realized soul for guidance on scriptural conclusions. When neophytes mis-interpret such statements, he creates disturbance in society. Thank you.

Sankarshana dasa

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Breakdown analysis of core points of Sankarshana das’s above argument:

“I took his [Sridhara Maharaja] advises [sic], instructions, very seriously because from the very beginning I know he is a pure Vaishnava, a pure devotee, and I wanted to associate with him and I tried to help him also. Our relationship is very intimate. After the breakdown of the Gaudiya Matha, I wanted to organize another organization, making Sridhara Maharaja the head.”
Conversations, March 17, 1973, Mayapur

1) He has CONVENIENTLY chosen IGNORE COMPELETELY the letter by Srila Prabhupada to Rupanuga against his God brothers which is DATED MUCH LATER April 28, 1974 than dates of the above statements. If the earlier dates were taken into account they can ONLY be used as DIPLOMACY – this was mentioned in my article –

http://iskcontimes.com/conditioned-soul-sridhara-maharaja-vs-srila-prabhupada-mahabhagavata
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http://www.harekrsna.org/pada/documents/sridhara-vs-prabhupada.htm
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Srila Prabhupada’s LATER DATED 1975 instructions were to AVOID ALL his God brothers. If ALL these God brothers were Vaishnavas Maha bhagavata why AVOID them?

Letter: Vishvakarma, November 9, 1975

So I have now issued orders that ALL MY DISCIPLES SHOULD AVOID ALL OF MY GODBROTHERS. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY DEALINGS WITH THEM OR EVEN CORRESPONDENCE, NOR SHOULD THEY GIVE THEM ANY OF MY BOOKS OR SHOULD THEY PURCHASE ANY OF THEIR BOOKS, NEITHER SHOULD YOU VISIT ANY OF THEIR TEMPLES. PLEASE AVOID THEM.

Letter: Rupanuga, April 28, 1974

"You are right about Sridhara Maharaja's genuineness. But in my opinion he is the best of the lot. He is my old friend, AT LEAST HE EXECUTES THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLES OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE. I do not wish to discuss about activities of my God brothers but it is a fact they have no life for preaching work. All are satisfied with a place for residence in the name of a temple, they engage disciples to get foodstuff by transcendental devices and eat and sleep. They have no idea or brain how to broadcast the cult of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu." My Guru Maharaja used to lament many times for this reason and he thought if one man at least had understood the principle of preaching then his mission would achieve success. In the latter days of my Guru Maharaja he was very disgusted. Actually, he left this world earlier, otherwise he would have continued to live for more years. Still he requested his disciples to form a strong Governing body for preaching the cult of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. HE NEVER RECOMMENDED ANYONE TO BE ACHARYA OF THE GAUDIYA MATH. BUT SRIDHARA MAHARAJA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISOBEYING THIS ORDER OF GURU MAHARAJA, AND HE AND OTHERS WHO ARE ALREADY DEAD UNNECESSARILY THOUGHT THAT THERE MUST BE ONE ACHARYA.

If Guru Maharaja could have seen someone who was qualified at that time to be acharya he would have mentioned. Because on the night before he passed away he talked of so many things, but never mentioned an acharya. His idea was acharya was not to be nominated amongst the governing body. He said openly you make a GBC and conduct the mission. So his idea was amongst the members of GBC who would come out successful and self effulgent acharya would be automatically selected. So Sridhara Maharaja and his two associate gentlemen unauthorizedly selected one acharya and later it proved a failure. THE RESULT IS NOW EVERYONE IS CLAIMING TO BE ACHARYA EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE KANISTHA ADHIKARI WITH NO ABILITY TO PREACH. IN SOME OF THE CAMPS THE ACHARYA IS BEING CHANGED THREE TIMES A YEAR. THEREFORE WE MAY NOT COMMIT THE SAME MISTAKE IN OUR ISKCON CAMP. ACTUALLY AMONGST MY GODBROTHERS NO ONE IS QUALIFIED TO BECOME ACHARYA. SO IT IS BETTER NOT TO MIX WITH MY GODBROTHERS VERY INTIMATELY BECAUSE INSTEAD OF INSPIRING OUR STUDENTS AND DISCIPLES THEY MAY SOMETIMES POLLUTE THEM. This attempt was made previously by them, especially Madhava Maharaja and Tirtha Maharaja and Bon Maharaja but somehow or other I saved the situation. This is going on. We shall be very careful about them and not mix with them. This is my instruction to you all. They cannot help us in our movement, but they are very competent to harm our natural progress. So we must be very careful about them."

2) Sankarshana das keeps bluffing - repeating the same Hrishikesha letter which has already been dealt with in detail.

"This is B. R. Sridhara Maharaja, whom I consider to be even my siksaguru.
Letter to Hrishikesha, January 1, 1969

Please refer to Hrishikesha’s SORDID history and WHAT the actual PURPOSE behind this letter was in detail:

http://www.iskcontimes.com/sridhara-maharaja-exposed

3) Sankarshana das’s cunning ploy is to TWIST and bluff the reader to include his Gaudiya matha bogus gurus, so he uses Srila Prabhupada’s quote:

"One should not be envious considering one preacher to be very great and another to be very lowly. This is a material distinction and has no place on the platform of spiritual activities." (Chaitanya-charitamrita Adi 10-7 purport)

So what Sankarshana das wants us to do is include his Gaudiya Matha bogus gurus as preachers. We will show that preachers Srila Prabhupada actually meant is MADHYAMA adhikari who can conceive - SEE Ishvara (GOD). NOT just theoretical. When Srila Prabhupada preaches he has DIRECT communication with KRISHNA. Gaudiya matha god brothers were not even on the level of Kanistha (FULLY QUALIFIED Brahmana) status see:

http://iskcontimes.com/conditioned-soul-sridhara-maharaja-vs-srila-prabhupada-mahabhagavata
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Sankarshana das wrote two articles in Sampradaya Sun previously see below. I had every intention of refuting these. However – I have not forgotten. So I present this here.

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Many of his points are already repeated here. An article I have written below is a refutation of all his present and past twisting. Happy reading!

Srila Prabhupada: Actually amongst my God brothers no one is qualified to become acharya.

Reply to Gaudiya Matha conditioned soul “acharya” supporters:

In this presentation we will expose the Gaudiya math supporters who twist the philosophy in Srila Prabhupada’s books to try making their conditioned soul “acharyas” quotable authority.

Two articles in Sampradaya Sun “Relative Points of View”, “Final Touch Up” written by Sankarshana das (Bhakta Suria from Singapore) have been used here for illustration of HOW these Gaudiya matha supporters use word jugglery to twist Srila Prabhupada’s teachings.

The devious tactics used by Sankarshana das is to LUMP TOGETHER Srila Prabhupada WITH conditioned soul Gaudiya math God brothers as QUOTABLE authority rubber-stamping them as Acharyas. Interestingly he is the only one who quotes Sridhar Maharaja, Narayana Maharaja, Puri Maharaja etc. General section of devotees ALL QUOTE ONLY Srila Prabhupada.

Gaudiya matha camp even NEEDS Srila Prabhupada’s photos, letters, in their books to make out Srila Prabhupada has accepted them. Otherwise, they are TOTALLY USELESS.

My reply will be in [[……]]

Srila Prabhupada is THE AUTHORITY we ALL QUOTE. Srila Prabhupada’s are LAW books for mankind:

The difference between Srila Prabhupada’s books and other so-called gurus writing is Srila Prabhupada’s instruction was coming directly from Krishna. This is transcendental platform.

Note: His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada is always consulting Krishna

Conversations, July 14, 1976, New York

Bali-mardana: In other words, when you decide that someone is to be in charge of a particular temple does Krishna tell you that this person should be in charge.
Interviewer: Or do you by judging him say this person is qualified.
Prabhupada: Yes, because a devotee always consults Krishna and He gives order.
Interviewer: It's a more direct communication.
Prabhupada: Yes. And He gives order.
Rameshvara: Because intelligence, our philosophy is that intelligence comes from Krishna. So if I have some...
Interviewer: And your philosophy is that your daily necessities come from Krishna as well.
Rameshvara: Yes, try to understand. Suppose my intelligence sees that this person is qualified, that means Krishna has told me.
Prabhupada: No, not necessarily, Krishna will tell directly. A devotee always consults Krishna and Krishna tells him, "do like this." Not figuratively.
Interviewer: Does that apply then to other kinds of decisions and other kinds of activities as well?
Prabhupada: Everything. Because a devotee does not do anything without consulting Krishna.

Note: His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada speaks as Krishna speaks.

Antya 5.71

One is forbidden to accept the guru, or spiritual master, as an ordinary human being (gurusu nara-matih). When Ramananda Raya spoke to Pradyumna Misra, Pradyumna Misra could understand that Ramananda Raya was not an ordinary human being. A spiritually advanced person who acts with authority, as the spiritual master, speaks as the Supreme Personality of Godhead dictates from within. Thus it is not he that is personally speaking. When a pure devotee or spiritual master speaks, what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the parampara system.

Note: Difference is Srila Prabhupada speaks what Krishna speaks and so-called gurus have to jog the brain to give answers.

Adi 8.39 The Author Receives the Orders of Krishna and Guru

It is not possible for a common man to write books on bhakti, for his writings will not be effective. He may be a very great scholar and expert in presenting literature in flowery language, but this is not at all helpful in understanding transcendental literature. Even if transcendental literature is written in faulty language, it is acceptable if it is written by a devotee, whereas so-called transcendental literature written by a mundane scholar, even if it is a very highly polished literary presentation, cannot be accepted. The secret in a devotee's writing is that when he writes about the pastimes of the lord, the lord helps him; he does not write himself. As stated in the Bhagavad-gita (10.10), dadami buddhi-yogam tam yena mam upayanti te. Since a devotee writes in service to the Lord, the Lord from within gives him so much intelligence that he sits down near the Lord and goes on writing books. Krishnadasa Kaviraja gosvami confirms that what Vrindavana dasa Thakura wrote was actually spoken by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and he simply repeated it. The same holds true for Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita. Krishnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami wrote Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita in his old age, in an invalid condition, but it is such a sublime scripture that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja used to say, "The time will come when the people of the world will learn Bengali to read Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita." We are trying to present Sri Chaitanya- charitamrita in English and do not know how successful it will be, but if one reads the original Chaitanya-charitamrita in Bengali he will relish increasing ecstasy in devotional service.

Sankarshana das (Bhakta Suria from Singapore) wrote in the Sun articles trying to equate his bogus Gaudiya matha "acharyas" with Srila Prabhupada)

Sankarshana:

Sri Upadeshamrita, verse 5:
"One should mentally honor the devotee who chants the holy name of Lord Krishna, one should offer humble obeisances to the devotee who has undergone spiritual initiation [diksha] and is engaged in worshipping the Deity, and one should associate with and faithfully serve that pure devotee who is advanced in undeviated devotional service and whose heart is completely devoid of the propensity to criticize others."

If someone says that Srila Prabhupada literally meant what he said whenever he criticized his God brothers that is like calling Srila Prabhupada an offender! Srila Prabhupada is a siddha-purusa, an uttama-adhikari who was above ill-feeling towards his God brothers, all life-long devotees of Srila Saraswati Thakura.

[[Srila Prabhupada was NOT criticizing - he was giving FACTUAL TRUTH IN INSTRUCTIONS "AS IT IS" calling spade a spade. When he said his God brothers were envious of him. Envy means these God brothers were CONDITIONED souls.

Bhagavad gita 10.4-5 P The Opulence of the Absolute

Satyam, truthfulness, means that facts should be presented as they are for the benefit of others. Facts should not be misrepresented. According to social conventions, it is said that one can speak the truth only when it is palatable to others. But that is not truthfulness. The truth should be spoken in a straight and forward way, so that others will understand actually what the facts are. If a man is a thief and if people are warned that he is a thief, that is truth. Although sometimes the truth is unpalatable, one should not refrain from speaking it. Truthfulness demands that the facts be presented as they are for the benefit of others. That is the definition of truth.

The other point is EVEN if you accept that Srila Prabhupada criticized his God brothers still he is well within his rights as Uttama Adhikari who comes to level of Madhyama Adhikari to preach – this requires making distinctions. These distinctions may be deemed as criticism to someone envious of his Srila Prabhupada’s elevated status as the ACHARYA.

Adi 7.51 Lord Chaitanya in Five Features

This is a manifestation of real love for Krishna and Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. There are three categories of Vaishnavas: kanistha-adhikaris, madhyama-adhikaris and uttama-adhikaris. The kanistha-adhikari, or the devotee in the lowest stage of Vaishnava life, has firm faith but is not familiar with the conclusions of the shastras. The devotee in the second stage, the madhyama-adhikari, is completely aware of the shastric conclusion and has firm faith in his guru and the Lord. He, therefore, avoiding nondevotees, preaches to the innocent. However, the maha-bhagavata or uttama-adhikari, the devotee in the highest stage of devotional life, does not see anyone as being against the Vaishnava principles, for he regards everyone as a Vaishnava but himself. This is the essence of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's instruction that one be more tolerant than a tree and think oneself lower than the straw in the street (trnad api su-nicena taror iva sahisnuna). However, even if a devotee is in the uttama-bhagavata status he must come down to the second status of life, madhyama-adhikari, to be a preacher, for a preacher should not tolerate blasphemy against another Vaishnava.

Conversations, April 7, 1974, Bombay

Prabhupada: Yes, better field, those who are innocent. That is the duty of the preacher, four things: isvare tad-adhinesu balisesu dvisatsu ca. The preacher should see four things. First of all Ishvara, the Supreme Person, God. So that vision must be there. He knows what is Ishvara or the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then tad-adhinesu, those who have taken shelter of that Ishvara. That means devotees. Tad-adhinesu. And then balisesu. Balisesu means those who are innocent, have no sufficient knowledge, innocent. And dvisatsu. And there is always a class of men who are envious of God, dvisat. Dvisat means envious. So preacher has to see these four classes of men or three classes. One, Ishvara, and the other three classes. So he has to behave like that. To behave with isvara--prema, how to love. That is his business. How to increase love for the Supreme. Prema. Maitri, how to make friendship with the devotee. And to the innocent--krpa, how to become merciful. And to the envious--upeksa, negligence, not to talk with them. Four behaviors. Ishvare tad-a... This is madhyama adhikari. And the position of the preacher is madhyama adhikari. Therefore they have to point out, "Here is a jealous man, envious man." But people do not want it. They say, "Why you are pointing out? Why you are pointing out?" But this is business of the preacher. Otherwise how he will preach?

Madhya 24.205 The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse

Everyone is eligible to become Krishna's devotee. One simply has to be trained according to the approved process. It is the work of Krishna's confidential devotees to turn everyone into a Krishna bhakta. If the confidential devotees do not take up the task of elevating everyone to Krishna consciousness, then who will do it? Those who claim to be devotees but do not engage in Krishna's service to elevate all living creatures to Krishna consciousness are to be considered kanistha-adhikaris (people in the lowest stage of devotional service). When one rises to the second platform of devotional service, his business is to propagate Krishna consciousness all over the world. Those who are active in the Krishna consciousness movement should not remain in the neophyte stage but should rise to the platform of preachers, the second platform of devotional service. Devotional service is so enchanting that even the first-class devotees (uttama-adhikaris) also come down to the second platform to preach and render service to the Lord for the benefit of the whole world. ]]

Sankarshana:

"Sridhara Maharaj lived in my house for many years, so naturally we had very intimate talks, He has such high realizations of Krishna, that one would faint to hear them. He was always my good advisor and I took his advice seriously because from the very beginning I knew that he was a pure devotee of Krishna"
- Srila Prabhupada Conversations, 1973, Sridhara Maharaj math

[[ You have to see the CONTEXT Srila Prabhupada is maha-bhagavata so he sees everyone but himself as pure devotee. Srila Prabhupada ALSO said Sridhara Maharaja was responsible for disobeying Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. So "pure" in terms of CONTEXT. Were all disciples of Srila Prabhupada pure devotees? LEARN TO SEE the CONTEXT.

Letter: Tusta Krishna, December 14, 1972

Your next question, after leaving this material realm does the devotee remain forever with his spiritual master? The answer is yes. But I think you have got the mistaken idea in this connection. You speak of pure devotee, that he is saktyavesa avatara, that we should obey him only--these things are the wrong idea. If anyone thinks like that, that a pure devotee should be obeyed and no one else, that means he is a nonsense. We advise everyone to address one another as Prabhu. Prabhu means master, so how the master should be disobeyed? Others, they are also pure devotees. All of my disciples are pure devotees. Anyone sincerely serving the spiritual master is a pure devotee, it may be Siddhasvarupa or others, a-Siddhasvarupa. This must be very clearly stated. It is not only that your Siddhasvarupa is a pure devotee and not others. Do not try to make a faction. Siddhasvarupa is a good soul. But others should not be misled. Anyone who is surrendered to the spiritual master is a pure devotee, it doesn't matter if Siddhasvarupa or non-Siddhasvarupa. Amongst ourselves one should respect others as Prabhu, master, one another. As soon as we distinguish here is a pure devotee, here is a non-pure devotee, that means I am nonsense. Why you only want to be in the spiritual sky with Siddhasvarupa? Why not all? If Siddhasvarupa can go, why not everyone? Siddhasvarupa will go, you will go, Shyamasundara. will go, all others will go. We will have another ISKCON there. Of course, Mr. Nair must stay.

SB 7.4.37 P Hiranyakashipu Terrorizes the Universe

"I worship the primeval Lord, Govinda, who is always seen by the devotee whose eyes are anointed with the pulp of love. He is seen in His eternal form of Shyamasundara, situated within the heart of the devotee." An exalted devotee, or mahatma, who is rarely to be seen, remains fully conscious of Krishna and constantly sees the Lord within the core of his heart. It is sometimes said that when one is influenced by evil stars like Saturn, Rahu or Ketu, he cannot make advancement in any prospective activity. In just the opposite way, Prahlada Maharaja was influenced by Krishna, the supreme planet, and thus he could not think of the material world and live without Krishna consciousness. That is the sign of a maha-bhagavata. Even if one is an enemy of Krishna, a maha-bhagavata sees him to be also engaged in Krishna's service. Another crude example is that everything appears yellow to the jaundiced eye. Similarly, to a maha-bhagavata, everyone but himself appears to be engaged in Krishna's service.

SB 10.13.51 P The Stealing of the Boys and Calves by Brahma

Innumerable living entities are engaged in different types of worship of the Supreme, according to their abilities and karma, but everyone is engaged (jivera 'svarupa' haya--krsnera 'nitya-dasa'); there is no one who is not serving. Therefore the maha-bhagavata, the topmost devotee, sees everyone as being engaged in the service of Krishna; only himself does he see as not engaged.

Adi 7.51 Lord Chaitanya in Five Features

This is a manifestation of real love for Krishna and Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. There are three categories of Vaishnavas: kanistha-adhikaris, madhyama-adhikaris and uttama-adhikaris. The kanistha-adhikari, or the devotee in the lowest stage of Vaishnava life, has firm faith but is not familiar with the conclusions of the shastras. The devotee in the second stage, the madhyama-adhikari, is completely aware of the shastric conclusion and has firm faith in his guru and the Lord. He, therefore, avoiding nondevotees, preaches to the innocent However, the maha-bhagavata or uttama-adhikari, the devotee in the highest stage of devotional life, does not see anyone as being against the Vaishnava principles, for he regards everyone as a Vaishnava but himself. This is the essence of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's instruction that one be more tolerant than a tree and think oneself lower than the straw in the street (trnad api su-nicena taror iva sahisnuna). However, even if a devotee is in the uttama-bhagavata status he must come down to the second status of life, madhyama-adhikari, to be a preacher, for a preacher should not tolerate blasphemy against another Vaishnava. Although a kanistha-adhikari also cannot tolerate such blasphemy, he is not competent to stop it by citing shastric evidences. Therefore Tapana Mishra and Chandrasekhara are understood to be kanistha-adhikaris because they could not refute the arguments of the sannyasis in Benares. They appealed to Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to take action, for they felt that they could not tolerate such criticism although they also could not stop it. ]]

Sankarshana:

"One should not be envious considering one preacher to be very great and another to be very lowly. This is a material distinction and has no place on the platform of spiritual activities. " (Chaitanya-caritamrta Adi 10-7 purport)

[[ Srila Prabhupada is THE preacher: Gaudiya math God brothers are CONDITIONED SOULS.

One additional point for clarification is the Preacher -

Their preachers ONLY Suria (Sankarshana das) quotes these conditioned souls neither are they accepted by ALL the society. They are conditioned souls. Uttama adhikari comes down to Madhyama platform to be preacher. Even in Madhyama stage he SEES Ishvara. So actual PREACHER is not so cheap.

Adi 7.51 Lord Chaitanya in Five Features

This is a manifestation of real love for Krishna and Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. There are three categories of Vaishnavas: kanistha-adhikaris, madhyama-adhikaris and uttama-adhikaris. The kanistha-adhikari, or the devotee in the lowest stage of Vaishnava life, has firm faith but is not familiar with the conclusions of the shastras. The devotee in the second stage, the madhyama-adhikari, is completely aware of the shastric conclusion and has firm faith in his guru and the Lord. He, therefore, avoiding nondevotees, preaches to the innocent. However, the maha-bhagavata or uttama-adhikari, the devotee in the highest stage of devotional life, does not see anyone as being against the Vaishnava principles, for he regards everyone as a Vaishnava but himself. This is the essence of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's instruction that one be more tolerant than a tree and think oneself lower than the straw in the street (trnad api su-nicena taror iva sahisnuna). However, even if a devotee is in the uttama-bhagavata status he must come down to the second status of life, madhyama-adhikari, to be a preacher, for a preacher should not tolerate blasphemy against another Vaishnava. Although a kanistha-adhikari also cannot tolerate such blasphemy, he is not competent to stop it by citing shastric evidences. Therefore Tapana Mishra and Chandrasekhara are understood to be kanistha-adhikaris because they could not refute the arguments of the sannyasis in Benares. They appealed to Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu to take action, for they felt that they could not tolerate such criticism although they also could not stop it.

Lectures, February 11, 1976, Mayapur

In the madhyama-adhikari he can see four things. What is that? Four things means, first of all the Supreme Lord, Ishvara, the controller, he can see. He can see means he understands, he appreciates, HE CAN CONCEIVE, "Yes, the Supreme Lord is there". There is NO MORE THEORETICAL.

When Srila Prabhupada was sending/training devotees to preach he wanted them to come to that level of Madhyama so they can CONCEIVE Ishvara. Paramatma, Supersoul actually instructs from the heart.

SB 4.20.20 P Lord Vishnu' s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena of Maharaja Prithu

The special inclination of the Supreme Personality of Godhead for His pure devotee is not unnatural, nor is it partiality. For example, sometimes a father has several children, but he has special affection for one child who is very much inclined toward him. This is explained in Bhagavad-gita (10.10):

teṣāṁ satata-yuktānāṁ
bhajatāṁ prīti-pūrvakam
dadāmi buddhi-yogaṁ taṁ
yena mām upayānti te

Those who constantly engage in the devotional service of the Lord in love and affection are directly in contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead sitting as the Supersoul in everyone's heart. The Lord is not far away from the devotee. He is always in everyone's heart, but only the devotee can realize the Lord's presence, and thus he is directly connected, and he takes instruction from the Lord at every moment. Therefore, there is no chance of a devotee's being in error, nor is there any partiality on the part of the Lord for His pure devotees. ]]

Sankarshana:

"Nobody should give his own opinion he must quote the authoritative statement to support his proposition."
- Srila Prabhupada Lecture on Bhagavad-gita 1.43, London, July 30 1973

AUTHORITATIVE - Srila Prabhupada is THAT. What Sankarshana is quoting are hodge-podge of conditioned souls "acharyas" statements to back-up his nonsense as authoritative. WE DO NOT ACCEPT HIS CONDITIONED SOUL "ACHARYAS" AS QUOTABLE EVIDENCE.

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Srila Prabhupada’s God brothers DISOBEYED their guru Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura THEREFORE are NOT acharya. They are USELESS – ASARA. This is COMMON SENSE.

Letter: Rupanuga, April 28, 1974

You are right about Sridhara Maharaja's genuineness. But in my opinion he is the best of the lot. He is my old friend, at least he executes the regulative principles of devotional service. I do not wish to discuss about activities of my God brothers but it is a fact they have no life for preaching work. All are satisfied with a place for residence in the name of a temple, they engage disciples to get foodstuff by transcendental devices and eat and sleep. They have no idea or brain how to broadcast the cult of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. My Guru Maharaja used to lament many times for this reason and he thought if one man at least had understood the principle of preaching then his mission would achieve success. In the latter days of my Guru Maharaja he was very disgusted. Actually, he left this world earlier, otherwise he would have continued to live for more years. Still he requested his disciples to form a strong Governing body for preaching the cult of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. He never recommended anyone to be acharya of the Gaudiya Math. But Sridhara Maharaja is responsible for disobeying this order of Guru Maharaja, and he and others who are already dead unnecessarily thought that there must be one acharya. If Guru Maharaja could have seen someone who was qualified at that time to be acharya he would have mentioned. Because on the night before he passed away he talked of so many things, but never mentioned an acharya. His idea was acharya was not to be nominated amongst the governing body. He said openly you make a GBC and conduct the mission. So his idea was amongst the members of GBC who would come out successful and self effulgent acharya would be automatically selected. So Sridhara Maharaja and his two associate gentlemen unauthorizedly selected one acharya and later it proved a failure. The result is now everyone is claiming to be acharya even though they may be kanistha adhikari with no ability to preach. In some of the camps the acharya is being changed three times a year. Therefore we may not commit the same mistake in our ISKCON camp. Actually amongst my God brothers no one is qualified to become acharya. So it is better not to mix with my God brothers very intimately because instead of inspiring our students and disciples they may sometimes pollute them. This attempt was made previously by them, especially Madhava Maharaja and Tirtha Maharaja and Bon Maharaja but somehow or other I saved the situation. This is going on. We shall be very careful about them and not mix with them. This is my instruction to you all. They cannot help us in our movement, but they are very competent to harm our natural progress. So we must be very careful about them.

Note: TRUE ACHARYA is Srila Prabhupada in this verse and this SINGULAR person WHO IS: “He is therefore the spiritual master OF ALL THE VARNAS (brahmana, kshatriya, vaishya and shudra) AND ALL THE ASHRAMAS (brahmacharya, grihastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa).”

This is what the envious God brothers can NOT tolerate his UNIQUE position of Jagad Guru. ONLY Srila Prabhupada’s books are FACTUALLY MAKING DEVOTEES ALL OVER THE WORLD. Srila Prabhupada is preaching FROM HIS BOOKS.

Antya 7.12 T The Meeting of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Vallabha Bhatta

tāhā pravartāilā tumi,--ei ta 'pramāṇa'
kṛṣṇa-śakti dhara tumi,--ithe nāhi āna

SYNONYMS
taha--that; pravartaila--have propagated; tumi--You; ei--this; ta--certainly; pramana--evidence; Krishna-sakti--the energy of Krishna; dhara--bear; tumi--You; ithe nahi ana--there is no question about it.

TRANSLATION
"You have spread the sankirtana movement of Krishna consciousness. Therefore it is evident that You have been empowered by Lord Krishna. There is no question about it.

PURPORT
Sri Madhvacharya has brought our attention to this quotation from the Narayana-samhita:

dvāparīyair janair viṣṇuḥ
pañcarātrais tu kevalaiḥ
kalau tu nāma-mātreṇa
pūjyate bhagavān hariḥ

"In the Dvapara-yuga one could satisfy Krishna or Vishnu only by worshiping opulently according to the pancharatriki system, but in the age of Kali one can satisfy and worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari simply by chanting His holy name." Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura explains that unless one is directly empowered by the causeless mercy of Krishna, one cannot become the spiritual master of the entire world (jagad-guru). One cannot become an acharya simply by mental speculation. The true acharya presents Krishna to everyone by preaching the holy name of the Lord throughout the world. Thus the conditioned souls, purified by chanting the holy name, are liberated from the blazing fire of material existence. In this way, spiritual benefit grows increasingly full, like the waxing moon in the sky. The true acharya, the spiritual master of the entire world, must be considered an incarnation of Krishna's mercy. indeed, he is personally embracing Krishna. He is therefore the spiritual master of all the varnas (brahmana, kshatriya, vaishya and shudra) and all the ashramas (brahmacharya, grihastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa). Since he is understood to be the most advanced devotee, he is called paramahamsa-thakura. Thakura is a title of honor offered to the paramahamsa. Therefore one who acts as an acharya, directly presenting Lord Krishna by spreading His name and fame, is also to be called paramahamsa-thakura.

Adi 12.8 The Expansions of Advaita Acharya and Gadadhara Pandita

The words daivera karana indicate that by dint of providence, or by God's will, the followers of Advaita Acharya divided into two parties. Such disagreement among the disciples of one acharya is also found among the members of the Gaudiya Matha. In the beginning, during the presence of Om Vishnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Astottara-sata Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada, all the disciples worked in agreement; but just after his disappearance, they disagreed. One party strictly followed the instructions of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, but another group created their own concoction about executing his desires.

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, at the time of his departure, requested all his disciples to form a governing body and conduct missionary activities cooperatively. He did not instruct a particular man to become the next acharya. But just after his passing away, his leading secretaries made plans, without authority, to occupy the post of acharya, and they split into two factions over who the next acharya would be. CONSEQUENTLY, BOTH FACTIONS WERE ASARA, OR USELESS, BECAUSE THEY HAD NO AUTHORITY, HAVING DISOBEYED THE ORDER OF THE SPIRITUAL MASTER. Despite the spiritual master's order to form a governing body and execute the missionary activities of the Gaudiya Matha, the two unauthorized factions began litigation that is still going on after forty years with no decision.

Therefore, we do not belong to any faction. But because the two parties, busy dividing the material assets of the Gaudiya Matha institution, stopped the preaching work, we took up the mission of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura and Bhaktivinoda Thakura to preach the cult of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu all over the world, under the protection of all the predecessor acharyas, and we find that our humble attempt has been successful. We followed the principles especially explained by Srila Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura in his commentary on the Bhagavad-gita verse vyavasayatmika buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana. According to this instruction of Vishvanatha Chakravarti Thakura, it is the duty of a disciple to follow strictly the orders of his spiritual master. The secret of success in advancement in spiritual life is the firm faith of the disciple in the orders of his spiritual master. The Vedas confirm this:

yasya deve parā bhaktir
yathā deve tathā gurau
tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ
prakāśante mahātmanaḥ

"To one who has staunch faith in the words of the spiritual master and the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the secret of success in Vedic knowledge is revealed." The Krishna consciousness movement is being propagated according to this principle, and therefore our preaching work is going on successfully, in spite of the many impediments offered by antagonistic demons, because we are getting positive help from our previous acharyas. One must judge every action by its result. The members of the self-appointed acharya's party who occupied the property of the Gaudiya Matha are satisfied, but they could make no progress in preaching. Therefore by the result of their actions one should know that they are asara, or useless, whereas the success of the ISKCON party, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, which strictly follows guru and Gauranga, is increasing daily all over the world. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura wanted to print as many books as possible and distribute them all over the world. We have tried our best in this connection, and we are getting results beyond our expectations.

Note: the Gaudiya math god brothers misinterpretation of Vaishnava Acharyas books are banned by Srila Prabhupada - outside instruction is NOT wanted.

Letter: Gurukripa, Yashodanandana, December 25, 1973

Whatever is to be learned of the teachings of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura can be learned from our books. There is no need whatsoever for any outside instruction. So I hope that you have understood these matters and I pray to Krishna always for your protection and advancement in Krishna consciousness.

Letter: Bahurupa, November 22, 1974

IN MY BOOKS THE PHILOSOPHY OF KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS IS EXPLAINED FULLY so if there is anything which you do not understand, then you simply have to read again and again. By reading daily the knowledge will be revealed to you and by this process your spiritual life will develop.

Lectures, December 8, 1973, Los Angeles

So if you want to understand Bhagavad-gita, then we must understand in the same way as the person who directly heard from. This is called parampara system. Suppose I have heard something from my spiritual master, so I speak to you the same thing. So this is parampara system. YOU CANNOT IMAGINE WHAT MY SPIRITUAL MASTER SAID. OR EVEN IF YOU READ SOME BOOKS, YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND IT FROM ME. This is called parampara system. You cannot jump over to the superior guru, neglecting the next acharya, immediate next acharya. ]]

Sankarshana :

A self-effulgent acharya naturally attracts many seekers. If someone is inspired and naturally that improves his devotion to Krishna, it does not matter where he goes. The concept of institution does not exist in scriptures and this should not be a hindrance in one's devotion to the Sweet Lord who is not restricted to any sectarian organizations. Even Srila Prabhupada had given permission to one of his harinam disciples to take diksha from his God brother.

On January 14, 1975, Srila Prabhupada wrote to Srila Madhava Maharaja:
"I understand from the letter of Asita das that he has gone to your place in Jagannatha Puri. He has asked permission from me for taking [Gayatri mantra] initiation from you. I have given him my permission and you can initiate him if you like so that he may increase his devotional service there."

[[Sankarshana again interpolates his OWN word “Gayatri mantra” - in this Srila Prabhupada’s letter. The words “Gayatri mantra” was NOT mentioned AT ALL!

In ACTUAL FACT Asita was ASKED TO LEAVE ISKCON Mayapur and therefore Srila Prabhupada wrote him:

Letter: Asita, January 10, 1975

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated nil and have noted the contents. If you want to stay there I have no objection. For the time being you can perform your devotional service in Puri and when I return to Mayapur in mid-March, you can see me and we shall see what was the cause for your being asked to leave. It is a big establishment and sometimes disagreement happens and I am helpless. I am enquiring from Mayapur why you were asked to leave there. If you want to take initiation from Madhava Gosvami Maharaja I have no objection.

Sankarshana fails to acknowledge that Asita was asked to LEAVE and THIS is WHY Asita had written for permission from Srila Prabhupada for initiation from Madhava maharaja. OTHERWISE it is an INSULT to Srila Prabhupada:

From the letter below one can see that history repeats itself because they are conditioned souls they ventured to initiate Srila Prabhupada’s disciples. Thus, they were caught out as Srila Prabhupada clearly says of the action “SO IT IS DELIBERATE TRANSGRESSION OF VAISHNAVA ETIQUETTE AND OTHERWISE A DELIBERATE INSULT TO ME. I DO NOT KNOW WHY HE HAS DONE LIKE THIS BUT NO VAISHNAVA WILL APPROVE OF THIS OFFENSIVE ACTION.”

Letter: Mukunda, March 26, 1968

In meantime, I have also received one letter which is very depressing from Hrishikesha. I understand that he has been induced by Bon Maharaja to be initiated by him for giving him shelter, and this foolish boy has accepted his inducement. This isn't very happy news, and I have replied Hrishikesha's letter in the following words, which please take note, and in the future, we shall be very cautious about them. "My Dear Hrishikesha, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of March 14, 1968, and I am greatly surprised. I AM GREATLY SURPRISED FOR BON MAHARAJA'S INITIATING YOU IN SPITE OF HIS KNOWING THAT YOU ARE ALREADY INITIATED BY ME. SO IT IS DELIBERATE TRANSGRESSION OF VAISHNAVA ETIQUETTE AND OTHERWISE A DELIBERATE INSULT TO ME. I DO NOT KNOW WHY HE HAS DONE LIKE THIS BUT NO VAISHNAVA WILL APPROVE OF THIS OFFENSIVE ACTION. I very much appreciate your acknowledgement of my service unto you and you will always have my blessings, BUT YOU MUST KNOW THAT YOU HAVE COMMITTED A GREAT BLUNDER. I do not wish to discuss on this point more elaborately now, but if you are desirous to know further about it, I shall be glad to give you more enlightenment. Mukunda is not here. He has gone to L.A. Hope you are well. If Hrishikesha writes you letter I think you may avoid reply. I DO NOT APPROVE BOTH HRISHIKESHA'S AND BON MAHARAJA'S THIS OFFENSIVE ACTION. Hoping you are both well.

Note: In venturing to initiate Srila Prabhupada’s disciples ---they could not even have understood the philosophy properly. As It is clearly stated: A DEVOTEE MUST HAVE ONLY ONE INITIATING SPIRITUAL MASTER BECAUSE IN THE SCRIPTURES ACCEPTANCE OF MORE THAN ONE IS ALWAYS FORBIDDEN. For them to initiate Srila Prabhupada’s disciples they would be falling into a trap of REJECTING Srila Prabhupada as the Initiating Guru---DIRECT INSULT—committed BOTH by the so-called disciple of Srila Prabhupada and their conditioned soul guides (Narayana Maharaja or Sridhara Maharaja).

Adi 1.35 The Spiritual Masters

The expert spiritual master knows well how to engage his disciple's energy in the transcendental loving service of the Lord, and thus he engages a devotee in a specific devotional service according to his special tendency. A DEVOTEE MUST HAVE ONLY ONE INITIATING SPIRITUAL MASTER BECAUSE IN THE SCRIPTURES ACCEPTANCE OF MORE THAN ONE IS ALWAYS FORBIDDEN.]]

Sankarshana (Bhakta Suria) is a clear case of a hypocrite he TWISTS words from Srila Prabhupada. This was clearly evidenced:

Become Guru by Order, That's All

http://hareKrishna.com/sun/editorials/04-10/editorials5990.htm

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SRILA PRABHUPADA’S GODBROTHERS

Conversations, January 19, 1976, Mayapur

Bhavananda: People are attracted by the Westerners coming to the matha. So if we're up at that matha, any of us, and then they say, "Just see." They say in Bengali, "Just see. They are coming. To see our guru maharaja, they are coming."

Prabhupada: THAT WAS THE POLICY OF MADHAVA MAHARAJA AND SRIDHARA MAHARAJA, THAT "ALTHOUGH BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI IS PROPAGATING THROUGHOUT, HE IS SUBORDINATE TO US, UNDER OUR INSTRUCTION" SO ALL THESE THREE..

Viraha Astaka 1958 (note: Ananta Vasudeva was the THIRD above mentioned)

2) Your so-called disciple, the jackal named Ananta Vasudeva, disobeyed your final instructions to keep the mission united, and thereby created a scandalous fiasco.

The result of this philosophical deviation is evident to this day as imitative sahajiyas are being worshiped as gurus in your temples.

3) Is there a single temple to be found where your instructions are still being followed?
As it is said: "punar musiko bhava"- Everyone has "again become a mouse."

4) The lion's food has been stolen away by the deceptive tricks of the jackal
Now caught in Maya's mighty clutches everyone is reduced to wailing and weeping.

Conversations, February 03, 1976

Prabhupada: At least historically it be proved. (break) ...cause of envy of my God brothers. I was known. Although they knew that Prabhupada liked me very much, because I am grihastha, I was known as paca-grihastha. PACA-GRIHASTHA MEANS A ROTTEN GRIHASTHA. And now they say, "This grihastha has come out more than us? What is this?" (break) Sridhara Maharaja's chief disciple...?

Bhavananda: Gaura.

Prabhupada: HE ALWAYS USED TO SAY TO SRIDHARA MAHARAJA THAT "YOU ARE SEEING ABHAY BABU AS GRIHASTHA, BUT HE IS MORE THAN MANY YOGIS." HE WAS TELLING.

Conversations, April 22, 1977, Bombay

Prabhupada: He cannot make any comment. These are facts. Two parties there were. One party, to use guru as their instrument for self-aggrandizement, and another party left guru. So both of them are offenders. This Kunja Babu, this Tirtha Maharaja's party, he wanted to enjoy senses through guru. And the Bagh Bazaar party, they left.

Tamala Krishna: Vasudeva.
Prabhupada: So both of them are severe offenders.
Tamala Krishna: What about Sridhara Maharaja?

Prabhupada: SRIDHARA MAHARAJA BELONGED TO THE BAGH BAZAAR PARTY. And I was living aloof. My Guru Maharaja approved. He said, "It is better that he is aloof from them."

Tamala Krishna: He could understand that his disciples were not...
Prabhupada: No, he was very sorry. AT THE LAST STAGE HE WAS DISGUSTED.

Letter: Gaurasundara, August 26, 1972

All along I HAVE BEEN DISCOURAGED IN EVERY WAY BY MY GODBROTHERS, but still I have stuck to my duty, keeping my Spiritual Master always in front.

Letter: Krishna dasa, September 9, 1972

MY GODBROTHERS ALWAYS DISCOURAGED ME BUT I DID NOT GIVE UP, I am doing my duty and always keeping my spiritual master in front. Even there is some difficulty or hardship, or even my god brothers may not cooperate or there may be fighting, still, I must perform my duty to my spiritual master and not become discouraged and go away, that is my weakness.

Conversations, June 18, 1976, Toronto

Prabhupada: Daily night. And he was shocked. ONE OF MY GAUDIYA MATHA GODBROTHERS, BIG, HE BECAME THE HEAD OF THIS BHAG BAZAAR GAUDIYA MATHA. So his wife was debauched, and she was bringing new paramour, and the child protested.

Pusta Krishna: New?

Prabhupada: Paramour. And the boy, he was ten years or twelve years old, he could understand: "Who is this man?" So he protested and said, "I shall tell all these things to my father" And he was killed.

Pusta Krishna: The boy was killed?
Prabhupada: By the mother.
Hari-sauri: She murdered him?

Prabhupada: Yes. Killed means given poison. And the father, that is, my Godbrother, seeing this, he also took poison. This is the end of Gaudiya Matha scandal. He was also one of the trustees. This Tirtha Maharaja was a trustee, and another Godbrother and this man. In the beginning, they were made trustees. In the beginning, Prabhupada was to undergo surgical operation. So he was a little nervous, that "I may die." So he made a scrap paper, that "In case I die, these three disciples will be trustees of the Gaudiya Matha Institute." That's all. So this Kunja Babu kept this. There are many long histories. SO ONE OF THE SO-CALLED TRUSTEES WAS THIS VASUDEVA. So he died, his end was like this.

Pusta Krishna: His son was killed, isn't it?
Prabhupada: His wife was a regular prostitute, and she killed her child, and on this shock, he took poison and died.
Pusta Krishna: He killed himself, oh.

Prabhupada: Naturally, he became shocked, that "This is my family life--the wife is prostitute and son is killed. What is the value of my life?" This was his spiritual realization. Just see. (laughs) AND HE WAS MADE THE CHIEF, AND ONE OF THE SUPPORTER WAS SRIDHARA MAHARAJA.

Pusta Krishna: Vasudeva Sridhara?

Prabhupada: No, no. He was made chief. Guru Maharaja did not make him chief. But after his passing away, some of our God brothers voted him chief.

Pusta Krishna: Am I mis...? You had told me once, I'm not certain. Maybe I made a mistake. YOU SAID THAT VASUDEVA, IT WAS KNOWN FACT THAT HE WAS HOMOSEX?

Prabhupada: Yes.
Pusta Krishna: Vasudeva.
Prabhupada: HE WAS HOMOSEX AND SEX, EVERYTHING.

Letter: Pradyumna, February 17, 1968

REGARDING THE BOOK LIST: "LORD GAURANGA" BY S.K. GHOSE AND VEDER PANCHAYA BY BON MAHARAJA ARE USELESS AND YOU MAY NOT GET THEM. The other books and the Gaudiya paper are acceptable. If you have free use of Xerox machine you may make copies of some of the smaller works. REGARDING BHAKTI PURI, TIRTHA MAHARAJA, THEY ARE MY GOD-BROTHERS AND SHOULD BE SHOWN RESPECT. BUT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY INTIMATE CONNECTION WITH THEM AS THEY HAVE GONE AGAINST THE ORDERS OF MY GURU MAHARAJA.

Letter: Niranjana, November 21, 1972

If you are serious to be an important assistant in our Society you should fully engage yourself in translation work, AND DO NOT MIX YOURSELF WITH MY SO-CALLED GOD-BROTHERS. AS THERE ARE IN VRINDABAN SOME RESIDENTS LIKE MONKEYS AND HOGS, SIMILARLY THERE ARE MANY RASCALS IN THE NAME OF VAISHNAVAS, be careful of them. And do not dare to question imprudently before your Spiritual Master. Further talks we may discuss when we meet.

Conversations, September 21, 1973, Bombay

Prabhupada: Yes. If by the dress of sannyasi, you take some money and eat and sleep, then it is transcendental fraud. (SP laughs) (Hindi) Just like others are toiling, and we are getting money by some dress. That's all. They are getting money by laboring hard, and we are getting money... In India, mostly the sannyasis, they do that. The priests also, they do that. This is our profession, just... My Guru Maharaja said that thakura dekhiye paya rasta karache, rastaye 'yandiya jivika badram karam bhari (?). Instead of earning livelihood by showing the Deity in the temple, it is better to take the profession of a sweeper in the street and live honestly. He said like that. The sweeper is working hard toiling and getting some money and living. This is honest living. But just like in Vrindavana, all the Goswamis. They have got their Deity. People are coming, contributing. Typical example, Gaurachanda Goswami. Thakura dekhiye paisa rasta. (?) All the sevaites, they are meant for... Our Kunja Babu also planned like that. He thought, "By cheating all the God-brothers, I have got now Chaitanya Matha. And people will come to see Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's birthplace, and I will get good income. And it will be distributed amongst my brothers and sons and myself. That's all." That is his scheme.

Tamala Krishna: Perfect material plan.

Prabhupada: Yes. It is another way of earning money. And he was always after Guru Maharaja only for this purpose. Guru Maharaja took that "Oh, this man is helping me." But he had no such plan, to help Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. He had the plan, "Keep Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati in front, earn money, and put it in my pocket." That was his very beginning. He was taking money like anything. But he was a good manager. Other God-brothers complained, sannyasis. Guru Maharaja used to say that "Why you are complaining? You cannot reform him, your God-brother? And if I would have to keep expert manager like him, I would have to pay something Suppose he is taking something, why do you grudge?" (Prabhupada laughing) He would say like that. So nobody could say anything. But after the demise, everything burst out. "Kunja Babu must be driven out." That was the whole plan of Gaudiya Matha breakdown. The grudge was against Kunja Babu.

Tamala Krishna: Who is Kunja Babu?

Prabhupada: That Tirtha Maharaja. His name is Kunja Vihari Sar. So that was boiling in everyone's heart. So as soon as Guru Maharaja passed away, so that burst out. And the whole plan was how to get out this Kunja Babu.

Tamala Krishna: Not how to preach.

Prabhupada: No. This was the cause of breakdown. This was suppressed by Guru Maharaja under his influence, but the rebellious was there during his lifetime. And it burst into... Therefore he advised that "You make a governing body and Kunja Babu should be allowed to remain manager." This was directly spoken. He never asked anybody to become acharya. He asked that "You form a governing body of twelve men and go on preaching, and Kunja Babu may be allowed to remain manager during his lifetime." HE NEVER SAID THAT KUNJA BABU SHOULD BE ACHARYA. NONE, NONE OF THEM WERE ADVISED BY GURU MAHARAJA TO BECOME ACHARYA. HIS IDEA WAS "LET THEM MANAGE; THEN WHOEVER WILL BE ACTUAL QUALIFIED FOR BECOMING ACHARYA, THEY WILL ELECT. WHY I SHOULD ENFORCE UPON THEM?" THAT WAS HIS PLAN. "LET THEM MANAGE BY STRONG GOVERNING BODY, AS IT IS GOING ON. THEN ACHARYA WILL COME BY HIS QUALIFICATIONS." But they wanted that... Because at heart, they were, "After demise of Guru, I shall become acharya." "I shall become acharya."

So all the acharyas began fight. One side, that Vasudeva Acharya and Sar Kunja Babu Acharya. And Paramananda, he thought that "Whoever will be powerful, I shall join them." (laughing) He only thought. But Guru Maharaja never asked that these three men should be trustees. He wanted governing body. So the rebellion broke out immediately after his passing away. And then fight in the High Court. And Kunja Babu, he is very intelligent man. So from the very beginning he knew that "There will be fight after the demise of Guru Maharaja. So fight will be in the High Court. So at the expense of Guru Maharaja, let my brother and sons become attorneys and barrister so I will have not to pay all these things." It was a planned thing. And that is being done. He was a clerk, it was not in his power to make his brother and sons attorneys and barristers. They were all made at the cost of Gaudiya Matha to fight with (indistinct) in favor of Tirtha Maharaja. These were the planned things. But I was a rotten grihastha. I did not join any one of them. (Prabhupada laughs) I was rotting in my household life. That's all. But I was planning how to make, how to make this. That was my desire from the very beginning, since I heard it. But I was never with them, either this party or that party. And Guru Maharaja also recommended, apnader tasturi tublia thaki bhavan. Takhona (?). "When there will be need, he will do himself. There is no need of living with you. It is better to live apart from you." When I was recommended by Goswami Maharaja to live in the Matha, that "He is so nice." Sometimes he recommended. In Bombay, here in this Bombay. That house. Yes. He (Guru Maharaja) said "Yes, he is very expert. He can do. So it is better to live apart from you. And he will do everything when there is need." He said. I could not understand. Although I was apart from them, a grihastha. In this Bombay I was doing business. (people talking outside)

Letter: Gurudasa, August 29, 1972

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 23, 1972, and I have noted the contents carefully. Do not be depressed. ALL ALONG MY GODBROTHERS GAVE ME ONLY DEPRESSION, REPRESSION, COMPRESSION--BUT I CONTINUED STRONG IN MY DUTY.

The Evolutionists: Philosophy

Prabhupada: UNLESS YOU SURRENDER, WHERE IS THE COOPERATION? Where is the cooperation? Just like all my disciples, because they have surrendered, so there is cooperation. Therefore this movement is increasing.

Letter: Tirtha Maharaja, November 8, 1965

Kindly accept respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. Since I have come to the United States of America I had several correspondence with Sripada Govinda Maharaja. While I was in Calcutta at that time as well as in our different exchange of letters there was some hint from Sripada Govinda Maharaja, I should work in cooperation with your holiness and in my last letter I have already expressed my readiness to cooperate with your holiness and I had to ask from Govinda Maharaja as to the basic principle of that cooperation. BEFORE I TOOK SANNYASA PERHAPS YOU WILL REMEMBER IT THAT I PROPOSED TO JOIN YOU IF MY PUBLICATIONS WERE TAKEN UP. BUT SOME HOW OR OTHER IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE AND WE MISSED THE CHANCE

Letter: Jayapataka, February 23, 1971

SO FAR AS COOPERATING WITH MY GODBROTHERS IS CONCERNED, THAT IS NOT VERY URGENT BUSINESS. SO FAR UNTIL NOW MY GODBROTHERS HAVE REGULARLY NOT COOPERATED WITH ME AND BY THE GRACE OF MY SPIRITUAL MASTER, THINGS ARE STILL GOING AHEAD. SO COOPERATION OR NON-COOPERATION, IT IS THE DESIRE OF BHAKTIVINODE THAKURA TO PREACH THE CHAITANYA CULT ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IN 1875 HE PREDICTED THAT SOMEONE WOULD COME VERY SOON WHO WOULD INDIVIDUALLY PREACH THIS CULT ALL OVER THE WORLD. SO IF HIS BENEDICTION IS THERE AND MY GURU MAHARAJA'S BLESSINGS ARE THERE, WE CAN GO AHEAD WITHOUT ANY IMPEDIMENT BUT ALL OF US MUST BE VERY SINCERE AND SERIOUS.

We have been a little inflicted by public criticism that we God brothers do not work together. My Guru Maharaja wanted also us to work together but somehow or other it hasn't happened up until now. So your program of cooperating with Madhava Maharaja is not so important. Best thing is that all we God brothers work together. Then the criticism will stop, otherwise even we join together, criticism will go on. So this has been going on for the last 24 years, but everyone of us is doing his best keeping Lord Chaitanya in the center. We should be satisfied so much.

Letter: Achyutananda, June 8, 1974

You should not write anything to Madhava Maharaja's camp. You may have talked many things with Mangala Niloy but why write him in black and white. The letter must not be sent. THEIR POLICY HAS BEEN ALL ALONG TO SUPPRESS ME AND TAKE CREDIT FOR HIMSELF. THEIR PROPOSAL FOR COOPERATION IS A MYTH. THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WHICH IS COOPERATIVE. YOU KNOW IN A RECENT ARTICLE THEY MANAGED TO WRITE IN SUCH A WAY THAT MADHAVA IS DOING THE WORLD MOVEMENT AND WE ARE HIS SUBORDINATE. FROM THE BEGINNING THAT HAS BEEN THEIR MENTALITY. SO THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF COOPERATION WITH THEM. RATHER YOU SHOULD AVOID STRICTLY MEETING WITH THEM. THEY ARE NOT AFTER PREACHING BUT MATERIAL GAIN AND REPUTATION AND ADORATION. OTHERWISE WHY THEY ARE NON COOPERATING WITH ME? SO NO COOPERATION IS POSSIBLE. Do not think or indulge in loose talks. Be careful always. Let us do the duty of propagation sincerely and seriously on our own principles. Krishna and Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura are our only hope and they and helping us. If anything has to be done it is to be talked on the higher level between Madhava Maharaja and myself, but I know his mentality is different and there is no possibility of cooperation.

Letter: Pradyumna, February 17, 1968

Regarding the book list: "Lord Gauranga" by S.K. Ghose and Veder Panchaya by Bon Maharaja ARE USELESS and you may not get them.

Letter: Sukadeva, November 14, 1973

Regarding the Gaudiya Math books being circulated there, who is distributing? Who is sending these books? The Gaudiya Math does not sell our books, why we should sell their books. Who has introduced these books? Let me know. THESE BOOKS SHOULD NOT AT ALL BE CIRCULATED IN OUR SOCIETY. BHAKTI VILAS TIRTHA IS VERY MUCH ANTAGONISTIC TO OUR SOCIETY AND HE HAS NO CLEAR CONCEPTION OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE. HE IS CONTAMINATED. ANYWAY, WHO HAS INTRODUCED THESE BOOKS? YOU SAY THAT YOU WOULD READ ONLY ONE BOOK IF THAT WAS ALL THAT I HAD WRITTEN, SO YOU TEACH OTHERS TO DO LIKE THAT. You have very good determination.

Letter: Vishvakarma, November 11, 1975

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated September 3, 1975 with the enclosed statement about Van Maharaja. So I have now issued orders that ALL MY DISCIPLES SHOULD AVOID ALL OF MY GODBROTHERS. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY DEALINGS WITH THEM NOR EVEN CORRESPONDENCE, NOR SHOULD THEY GIVE THEM ANY OF MY BOOKS OR SHOULD THEY PURCHASE ANY OF THEIR BOOKS, NEITHER SHOULD YOU VISIT ANY OF THEIR TEMPLES. PLEASE AVOID THEM.

Lectures, September 11, 1971, Mombasa

So bija-nirharanam. This propensity we should always remember that "I shall be greater than him, I shall overlord him." Just like my God brothers. THE PROPENSITY IS THAT "OH, HE HAS BECOME GREATER THAN US," THEY ARE VERY ENVIOUS. THEIR PROPENSITY IS TO BECOME BUT THEY COULD NOT, THEY ARE THEREFORE ENVIOUS. THIS IS MATERIALISM. THERE IS NO SPIRITUAL SENSE HERE. In the material..., spiritual world, if somebody is greater in service, others, they appreciate, "How great he is, how he has advanced in Krishna's service. We could not do it," the Radharani's spirit. Why Radharani is worshiped by the devotees? His (her) spirit is like that. If anyone, She finds a nice devotee of Krishna, She immediately recommends to Krishna, "How nice this devotee. He can render better service than Me. Please accept him." This is spiritualism. This is spiritualism.

Conversations, November 3, 1973, Delhi

Prabhupada: Smith Stanstreet, an English company. They gave me an agency. So some of my enemy... He was my, he was my employer, but he gave information that I am also manufacturing now, drug and chemical works. So they informed them that "He's pushing his own goods, not your goods." They... He wanted that agency. Yes. In this way, because as soon as you come in the... EVEN IN THE SPIRITUAL FIELD, MY GODBROTHERS ARE ENVIOUS. You see? So as soon as you become successful, there will be many enemies. That is natural. That is the sign of success. In your business, if there are many enemies, competitor, that means you are successful. So anyway, Krishna has brought me to the right path. So I may not fall down. That's all. (laughter) When I was reading this verse, that yasyaham anugrhnami harisye tad dhanam sanaih, Krishna said that "When I show somebody My special favor, I take away all his money," I became shuddered, "So Krishna will take my all money? If He's..." And actually that happened. He took my all money, all family, all friends and everything. (laughs) And He asked me, "Go to America. You'll get many money, much money, and many friends. You go ahead, Come here." Yes. That was His intention. And I was sticking to limited money, limited friends, limited society. This is special favor.

Conversations, July 13, 1974, Los Angeles

Prabhupada: ...that if we remain rascals, then that Gaurasundara's example will be followed. One day you'll again become crazy and close up everything and smoke. That's all. My Guru Maharaja used to say, prana arthe yanra sei hetu pracara. "One who has got life, he can preach." The dead man cannot preach. So you become with life, not like dead man. Without life... JUST LIKE ALL MY GODBROTHERS. THEY ARE DEAD MEN. AND THEREFORE THEY ARE ENVIOUS OF MY ACTIVITIES. THEY HAVE NO LIFE. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE EASY-GOING LIFE, SHOWING THE DEITY AND THEN SLEEP, THEN IT IS A FAILURE MOVEMENT.

Conversations, October 16, 1975, Johannesburg

Prabhupada: Capacity of the container. This is described in the Bhagavata and the Chaitanya-charitamrita also. krsna sakti vina nahe krsna name pracara: "Without Krishna's special power of attorney, nobody can preach His name." Chaitanya-charitamrita. SO THESE RASCALS, GODBROTHERS, THEY ARE ENVIOUS THAT... WHAT HE HAS WRITTEN? BON MAHARAJA. JUST SEE WHAT KIND OF MEN THEY ARE. THEY ARE NOT EVEN ORDINARY HUMAN BEING. THEY ARE ENVIOUS OF ME, AND WHAT TO SPEAK OF MAKE A JUDGMENT BY ESTIMATION? THEY'RE ENVIOUS. ENVIOUSNESS IS IMMEDIATELY DISQUALIFICATION OF VAISHNAVA, IMMEDIATE. HE IS NOT A HUMAN BEING. PARAMO NIRMATSARANAM SATAM. THIS BHAGAVATAM IS MEANT FOR THE PERSON WHO IS COMPLETELY NOT ENVIOUS. THAT IS THE BEGINNING. Why a Vaishnava should be envious for anyone? Everyone is working according to his karma. He is trying to rectify him, that "Be out of these clutches of karma. You come to bhakti." Why he should be envious? Vancha-kalpatarubhyas ca krpa-sindhubhya eva ca. A Vaishnava should be like ocean of mercy to reclaim the fallen souls. That is Vaishnava's qualification. So Vaishnava should be envious? Just see. So these persons, they are not even human being, what to speak of Vaishnava. Vaishnava cannot be envious. Vaishnava should be: "Oh, my Lord's name is being broadcast. He is getting, giving so much service to make Krishna known." That man has appreciated, that "All these spiritual leaders, they are deriding. You are the only man.. You are... It enthuses us, give us more encouragement, that you are keeping intact, love of Krishna." This is an appreciation. Why he should be envious? He should be, rather, very much enthused that "This single man is keeping Krishna all over the world." And everyone is deriding. Even Gandhi is killing Krishna. Dr. Radhakrishnan is killing. Their only business is to kill Krishna. He is also doing that, our, this Bon Maharaja. He never speaks of Krishna. His rascal, that Institute of Indian Philosophy, nobody goes to urine(?) there. We see practically. And our temple is always filled up, five hundred men. And he is trying for the last forty years. He is simply planning: "This will be playground. This will be this ground. This will be this ground" And it is becoming jungle. Still, he is so envious, black snake. So one circular letter should be issued to all our center, that "Any Bon Maharaja or anyone, his representative, should not be received." They are envious. Yes. Quoting that. We have got several complaints like that. Satsvarupa also complained. Sometimes our order was cancelled by Bon Maharaja's propaganda.

Conversations, January 08, 1977, Bombay

Prabhupada: Let them chant and take prasadam. They'll... Everyone will get. Then gradually, as a snake charming, by chanting, chanting, chanting, then they will be subdued. And that is guaranteed process. There is no doubt. Anyone, even a man is like a snake. In material world everyone is a snake, envious snake is very envious. You are passing by the side, "Oh! You are passing by my side?" This is snake. No offense. Because he is passing--he has got the poison--he'll utilize it. This is snake. Without offense. If somebody hurts him or tramples him--no. "Oh, you are so daring? You are passing? You do not know I am snake." Sarpah krurah khalah krurah sarpat kruratarah khalah. There are similarly men also. Unnecessarily they are envious, offensive, unnecessary. They cannot tolerate others' opulence. JUST LIKE OUR GODBROTHERS. THEY ARE ENVIOUS. WHAT I HAVE DONE TO THEM? I AM DOING MY BUSINESS, TRYING TO SERVE MY GURU MAHARAJA. BUT THEY ARE ENVIOUS BECAUSE I AM SO OPULENT. I have got so much fame, so many influence, so much influence all over the world. Everyone is praising me about... That is ignorance. And this is regrettable because they are posing themselves as Vaishnava. Ordinary man can do that, but they are dressing like Vaishnava, and they are so envious. That Tirtha Maharaja, unnecessarily he was envious, whole life fighting, fighting, fighting in the court and died. Simply planning. So who has gone for the beads? Simply planning. So who has gone for the beads?

Conversations, April 2, 1972

Prabhupada: Just like my Guru Maharaja did not travel all over the world, so I have got double energy than him. So you must triple energy, four times energy than me. Then actually disciple. MY GODBROTHERS ARE ENVIOUS BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT DO. THEY COULD NOT DO EVEN HALF OF GURU MAHARAJA'S WORK, AND I AM DOING TEN TIMES. SO THEREFORE THEY ARE ENVIOUS. So if an ordinary man like me can do ten times, you are Americans--twenty times, then you are successful.

Devotee (1): If we can do twenty times, it's only because you gave us the energy.

Prabhupada: Yes. My blessings are there, you do it, try. Just like Guru Maharaja gave blessings to everyone, but if they do not try, if they remain Kunja Babu, then they'll remain Kunja Babu, what can be done? If he's satisfied only one building in Mayapur and two buildings in Vrindavana, that is his only ambition. The ambition is poor.

SRIDHARA MAHARAJA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISOBEYING THIS ORDER OF GURU MAHARAJA

In the following letter Srila Prabhupada gives a HUGE amount of information.

1) Notice how he gives Sridhara Maharaja –credit—for ONLY--- HE EXECUTES THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLES—so we can understand Sridhara Maharaja was NOT on prema bhakti level---this is why Srila Prabhupada again says AMONGST MY GODBROTHERS NO ONE IS QUALIFIED TO BECOME ACHARYA. How can a person disobey the Guru and become Guru?

2) Srila Prabhupada KNEW the mentality of his “disciples” FULLY well—this is why he says THEREFORE WE MAY NOT COMMIT THE SAME MISTAKE IN OUR ISKCON CAMP—they all had the same ACHARYA disease. As a Representative of the Supersoul –he could FULLY understand their desire to be worshipped as ACHARYA---but as the Bhagavad–Gita says from lust rises anger then memory is bewildered then –intelligence is lost----so they went to the extent of poisoning Srila Prabhupada---to grab the “ACHARYA” disease.

Letter: Rupanuga, April 28, 1974

You are right about Sridhara Maharaja's genuineness. But in my opinion he is the best of the lot. He is my old friend, AT LEAST HE EXECUTES THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLES OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE. I do not wish to discuss about activities of my God brothers but it is a fact they have no life for preaching work. All are satisfied with a place for residence in the name of a temple, they engage disciples to get foodstuff by transcendental devices and eat and sleep. They have no idea or brain how to broadcast the cult of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. My Guru Maharaja used to lament many times for this reason and he thought if one man at least had understood the principle of preaching then his mission would achieve success In the latter days of my Guru Maharaja he was very disgusted. Actually, he left this world earlier, otherwise he would have continued to live for more years. Still he requested his disciples to form a strong Governing body for preaching the cult of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. HE NEVER RECOMMENDED ANYONE TO BE ACHARYA OF THE GAUDIYA MATH. BUT SRIDHARA MAHARAJA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISOBEYING THIS ORDER OF GURU MAHARAJA, AND HE AND OTHERS WHO ARE ALREADY DEAD UNNECESSARILY THOUGHT THAT THERE MUST BE ONE ACHARYA. If Guru Maharaja could have seen someone who was qualified at that time to be acharya he would have mentioned. Because on the night before he passed away he talked of so many things, but never mentioned an acharya. His idea was acharya was not to be nominated amongst the governing body. He said openly you make a GBC and conduct the mission. So his idea was amongst the members of GBC who would come out successful and self effulgent acharya would be automatically selected. So Sridhara Maharaja and his two associate gentlemen unauthorizedly selected one acharya and later it proved a failure. THE RESULT IS NOW EVERYONE IS CLAIMING TO BE ACHARYA EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE KANISTHA ADHIKARI WITH NO ABILITY TO PREACH. IN SOME OF THE CAMPS THE ACHARYA IS BEING CHANGED THREE TIMES A YEAR. THEREFORE WE MAY NOT COMMIT THE SAME MISTAKE IN OUR ISKCON CAMP. ACTUALLY AMONGST MY GODBROTHERS NO ONE IS QUALIFIED TO BECOME ACHARYA. SO IT IS BETTER NOT TO MIX WITH MY GODBROTHERS VERY INTIMATELY BECAUSE INSTEAD OF INSPIRING OUR STUDENTS AND DISCIPLES THEY MAY SOMETIMES POLLUTE THEM. This attempt was made previously by them, especially Madhava Maharaja and Tirtha Maharaja and Bon Maharaja but somehow or other I saved the situation. This is going on. We shall be very careful about them and not mix with them. This is my instruction to you all. They cannot help us in our movement, but they are very competent to harm our natural progress. So we must be very careful about them.

Letter: Subala, October 15, 1974

This is the motto of our spiritual life: yasya prasadad bhagavata prasadao. MY OTHER GODBROTHERS THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH LITIGATIONS, POLITICS, AND DIPLOMACY, SO WHAT IS THE PRACHARA? AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED I HAVE THE BLESSINGS OF MY GURU MAHARAJ. I DO NOT NEED ANYTHING ELSE. That is how I went to your country, just to try to carry out his order. By his blessings it has come out successful.

Letter: Gangamayi, October 18, 1974

YOU ARE RIGHT THAT POLITICS SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IN MY PERSONAL LIFE I DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE POLITICAL DIPLOMACY OF MY GOD-BROTHERS. I WAS SIMPLY THINKING HOW TO FULFILL THE ORDER OF MY GURU MAHARAJ. HE GAVE ME HIS BLESSINGS, AND I WAS SAVED FROM ANY IMPLICATION. NOW I AM TRYING TO CARRY OUT HIS INSTRUCTIONS STRICTLY, AND IT HAS COME OUT SUCCESSFUL.

NARAYANA MAHARAJA AND SRIDHARA MAHARAJA INSULTED SRILA PRABHUPADA.

Letter: Mukunda, March 26, 1968

"My Dear Hrishikesha, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of March 14, 1968, and I am greatly surprised. I AM GREATLY SURPRISED FOR BON MAHARAJA'S INITIATING YOU IN SPITE OF HIS KNOWING THAT YOU ARE ALREADY INITIATED BY ME. SO IT IS DELIBERATE TRANSGRESSION OF VAISHNAVA ETIQUETTE AND OTHERWISE A DELIBERATE INSULT TO ME. I DO NOT KNOW WHY HE HAS DONE LIKE THIS BUT NO VAISHNAVA WILL APPROVE OF THIS OFFENSIVE ACTION. I very much appreciate your acknowledgement of my service unto you and you will always have my blessings, BUT YOU MUST KNOW THAT YOU HAVE COMMITTED A GREAT BLUNDER. I do not wish to discuss on this point more elaborately now, but if you are desirous to know further about it, I shall be glad to give you more enlightenment. Mukunda is not here. He has gone to L.A. Hope you are well." If Hrishikesha writes you letter I think you may avoid reply. I DO NOT APPROVE BOTH HRISHIKESHA'S AND BON MAHARAJA'S THIS OFFENSIVE ACTION. Hoping you are both well.

Note: In venturing to initiate Srila Prabhupada’s disciples ---they could not even have understood the philosophy properly. As It is clearly stated: A DEVOTEE MUST HAVE ONLY ONE INITIATING SPIRITUAL MASTER BECAUSE IN THE SCRIPTURES ACCEPTANCE OF MORE THAN ONE IS ALWAYS FORBIDDEN. For them to initiate Srila Prabhupada’s disciples they would be falling into a trap of REJECTING Srila Prabhupada as the Initiating Guru---DIRECT INSULT—committed BOTH by the so-called disciple of Srila Prabhupada and their conditioned soul guides (Narayana Maharaja or Sridhara Maharaja).

Adi 1.35 The Spiritual Masters

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