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Originally Posted by Beggar
Perhaps if Jayapataka Maharaja would have waited until he was in a mature stage to take disciples, things would be seen in a different way. You have to remember that he began taking disciples at the age of 29 in 1978 under what now seems rather spurious circumstances. Compare this to most of the sannyasis in the GM derived maths who did not take disciples until they were in their 60s or 70s and after 40 or 50 years of practicing life. I think if the interviewer from the BBC had met one of them, he would have naturally had a more respectful attitude.
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Yes, when Prabhupada would have come as a young man to NY things would have been totally different, people may have been not so respectful, etc. Young gurus don't seem to work. Yesterday was a broadcast about the sadhus of Hrishikesh, they had passports saying 128, 140 years old. And people treated them really respectful.
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Milla: I am not embarrassed in any way, but I am selective when it comes to tell people about it. Yes, ISKCON is a cult, but most people's idea of a cult is so off the wall that most can't understand my experience unless I spent hours explaining it, and this happens only with close friends.
I was quite open about my ISKCON experience until I talked to an acquaintance (the new girlfriend of a relative) about it. She was so genuinely sorry about how I got cheated by life and started asking all those sympathetic questions in the mood of "Oh, you poor loser" that I was startled. She was divorced and on disability benefits, with four teenagers three of whom had a severe form of ADHD, and she herself was going blind because of an incurable hereditary eye disease -- and still she thought that she should feel sorry for me because of my association with ISKCON. After that I became more careful what I say and to whom.
BABU: The dark pit that is iskcon... even the blind feel sorry for us.....
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This is the result of worship of young, inexperienced gurus.