Doubtful sources

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On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, krishna_susarla <krishna_susarla wrote:

> I have definitely been told by devotees doing research that "not

> all that glitters is gold." Specifically, I have been informed of

> many works circulating in Vraj that are attributed by some to a

> respectable Gaudiiya aachaarya, but express conclusions that are

> clearly unacceptable, such as maayaavaada.

 

On the other hand, sometimes such dubious authors are deliberately

identified as Gaudiyas, etc., just to give them credibility; I can name

several works of this sort too.

 

 

 

 

> I'm still not sure what to think of SLJ - I never saw a copy of this

> published by the Gaudiya Math.

 

Jagat said he doesn't have any bibliodata after all.

 

 

 

 

(Madhava said)

> > Yes, I was in ISKCON once. My back-then guru became degraded in his

> practice of bhakti and I left him.

> One wonders if Bhaktivinod Thaakura had similar reasons for taking

> shelter of Jagannaatha daasa baabaajii. It has been my observation

> that disciples of degraded gurus do speak highly of the gurus, until

> they finally decide that enough is enough, and move on.

 

Prahlada maharaja even respected Sanda and Amarka.

 

MDd