09-08-05, 05:31 AM
Jaya Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Astottarasata Sri Srimad His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada ki!
Jaya Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Astottarasata Sri Srimad His Holiness Bhakti-Tirtha Swami Maharaj ki!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
"Honor Bhakti wherever and however and among whomever it manifests itself. Wish it well, while remaining chaste to your own tradition..."
- His Holiness Bhakti-Tirtha Maharaj
We in ISKCON are situated where we are by Krishna's arrangement, and the Ritviks and other dissidents are where they are- ALSO by His arrangement. Neither group is entirely good, nor entirely evil. We each have acted upon our God-given understandings (contaminated somewhat by our individual karmic accrual) to have arrived where we are at, and we ALL can derive positive benefit from learning from each other in a spirit of friendliness and helpfulness, without compromising what anyone feels are principles of a foundational nature.
Ritviks, in my personal view, are probably, as a class, more astute students of many of Srila Prabhupada's books than is your garden-variety ISKCON-ite, albeit they grievously err in terms of the First Offense againt the Holy Name:
1. To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives for propagating the Holy Name of the Lord.
Nonetheless, numerous of them are in fact Vaishnavas, and should be regarded as such (unless or until they prove themselves otherwise).
i greedily solicit all views, such as might add to my own body of knowledge, and wish you all an abundance of empowered devotional service. HARE KRISHNA!
your servant,
Bhuvana.[/b]
Jaya Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacharya Astottarasata Sri Srimad His Holiness Bhakti-Tirtha Swami Maharaj ki!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
"Honor Bhakti wherever and however and among whomever it manifests itself. Wish it well, while remaining chaste to your own tradition..."
- His Holiness Bhakti-Tirtha Maharaj
We in ISKCON are situated where we are by Krishna's arrangement, and the Ritviks and other dissidents are where they are- ALSO by His arrangement. Neither group is entirely good, nor entirely evil. We each have acted upon our God-given understandings (contaminated somewhat by our individual karmic accrual) to have arrived where we are at, and we ALL can derive positive benefit from learning from each other in a spirit of friendliness and helpfulness, without compromising what anyone feels are principles of a foundational nature.
Ritviks, in my personal view, are probably, as a class, more astute students of many of Srila Prabhupada's books than is your garden-variety ISKCON-ite, albeit they grievously err in terms of the First Offense againt the Holy Name:
1. To blaspheme the devotees who have dedicated their lives for propagating the Holy Name of the Lord.
Nonetheless, numerous of them are in fact Vaishnavas, and should be regarded as such (unless or until they prove themselves otherwise).
i greedily solicit all views, such as might add to my own body of knowledge, and wish you all an abundance of empowered devotional service. HARE KRISHNA!
your servant,
Bhuvana.[/b]