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Go to the “Narayan Maharaja Page”“Weshouldconsidertheenormityof thisstatement--thatSrilaPrabhupada knewof thechildabuse butfailed todoanythingabout it.Basically Jaduraniis sayingthat SrilaNarayanaMaharajasaid SrilaPrabhupada isomniscient, likeKrsna,but didn'tintervenebecausethechildren'sTwoTroublingIssuesConcerning theTeachings of SrilaNarayanaMaharaja
By Dravidadasa
CHAKRA (May7, 2000) - Tobe realfollowers of SrilaPrabhupadameans toaccept histeachings asthe GaudiyaVaisnavasiddhanta.
guru-mukha- padma-vakya,cittete koriyaaikya ar nakoriho maneasa
"Make theteachingsemanatingfrom the lotusmouth of ourspiritualmaster onewith yourheart, and donot desireanything else."One of thegreatestdangersfollowers of
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sufferingwasultimatelygood forthedevelopment of theirdevotionalservice!”
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DRAVIDADASA
BhaktivedantaBook Trusteditor Seniordisciple of SrilaPrabhupada
“Prabhupada
: Thatis not the... Then youdo notunderstand.
ACARYAIS NOT
SrilaPrabhupadaface whenthey take siksafrom SrilaNarayanaMaharaja orothers outsideISKCON is thatthey riskacceptingteachings oracceptingviews of SrilaPrabhupadathat may atfirst seemperfectlyreasonable butthat ultimatelylead to graveoffense. Twoexamplesconcern thefall of the jivaissue and whatI call "theomnisciencefallacy."
TheOmniscienceFallacy
From a readingof the sastrawe learn thatthe acarya isbeyond thefour defects of imperfectsenses,makingmistakes,becomingillusioned, andcheating. Inaddition, Krsnasays (Bhag11.17.27),
acaryam mamvijaniyannavanmanyet a karhicit namartya-buddhyasuyet
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GOD,OMNISCIENT. HE ISSERVANT OF GOD.HISBUSINESSIS TOPREACHBHAKTICULT. THAT IS ACARYA.
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SRILAPRABHUPADA
Guru is notomniscient
a sarva-deva-mayo guruh
"One shouldknow theacarya asMyself andneverdisrespect himin any way.One shouldnot envy him,thinking himan ordinaryman, for he istherepresentativeof all thedemigods." These andmany otherstatements inour line(saksaddharitvenasamasta-sastraih) givea very exaltedview of theVaisnavaacarya. Onemay evenconclude thathe sharesKrsna's qualityof omniscience. The followingis a letter Iwroteconcerning thedangers of thisview.------------------------------October 27,1997Dear Badriji,Please acceptmy humbleobeisances. All
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