Why the Gaudiya Matha Failed

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trnad api sunicena, taror api sahisnuna

amanina manadena, kirtaniyah sada harih

 

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kṛṣṇeti yasya giri taḿ manasādriyeta

dīkṣāsti cet praṇatibhiś ca bhajantam īśam

śuśrūṣayā bhajana-vijñam ananyam anya-

nindādi-śūnya-hṛdam īpsita-sańga-labdhyā

 

One should mentally honor the devotee who chants the holy name of Lord Kṛṣṇa, one should offer humble obeisances to the devotee who has undergone spiritual initiation [dīkṣā] and is engaged in worshiping the Deity, <b>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</b>.

 

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Maybe the person who criticizes other devotees will become a pure Vaisnava in his next life.

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Better to look at why your own spritual pursuits are failing rather than making this type of propaganda on a public forum.

 

Srila Prabhupada said some harsh things when he felt like he wasn't supported by, or even when he felt offended by some of his god brothers. He apologized to all vaishnavas at the time of his passing from this world for the harsh criticisms he levied sometimes. They all told him that what he did was such a wonderful service and that whatever he might have said in the course of his preaching campaign was not taken as an offense by them.

 

I am quite sure that the last thing that Srila Prabhupada wanted was for his 'followers' to post those statements all over the internet in the mood of 'My Guru is Jagat Guru and all others are useless or envious'.

 

Grow up and get a spiritual life. It is quite clear that you need good guidance and that you have not assimilated the teaching practically into your own life. Go back to square one and this time pay attention.

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Better to look at why your own spritual pursuits are failing rather than making this type of propaganda on a public forum.

 

Grow up and get a spiritual life. It is quite clear that you need good guidance and that you have not assimilated the teaching practically into your own life. Go back to square one and this time pay attention.

Good instruction. I'm sure that it applies to 99.9% of us. This also includes those of us who have recently had association with a sadhu and have had that sadhu's adivices "go in one ear and out the other".