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03-08-2008, 12:15 PM
If you remember, the BBC narrator/interviewer said, "it's been 23 years since the death of Prabhupada". This means that this video is from '00 or '01, 7 years ago. Even if one was a university professor studying ISKCON and Gaudiya Vaisnavism they would conclude that most Western, ISKCON gurus have no idea of the internal moods of the previous acaryas. Without these moods there is no possibility of real humility on the spiritual platform. But there can be an attempt to appear "down to earth". I thought that was the problem that we are shackled "down to earth"? Maybe it's better to go to Mayapura and grovel before Jayapataka Swami than be an ordinary materialistic person. But there will always be those who want more and that has caused quite a problem within ISKCON.
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