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Madhyama means MIDDLE stage; He is the RECIPIENT of Diksa. Whereas the Maha-bhagavata is the Spiritual Master who TRANSFERS Krsna in the heart of the Madhyama Adhikari. Thus Diksa is described GRAPHICALLY.
» Read moreSrila Prabhupada KNEW the mentality of some of his “disciples” FULLY well-this is why he says THEREFORE WE MAY NOT COMMIT THE SAME MISTAKE IN OUR ISKCON CAMP-they all had the same ACARYA disease.
» Read moreCompiled quotes from Srila Prabhupada on the authorization required to become guru.
» Read moreIt’s interesting that in noting the incident of Doubting Thomas from the Holy Bible, we can see a similar element of physical bodily dependency in what has become of ISKCON today. Just as Thomas wanted to rely on his eyes to believe in the presence of his spiritual master, Lord Jesus Christ, “disciples” of Srila Prabhupada are preaching that Srila Prabhupada […]
» Read moreWe hear it briefly given in BG 4.34 about approaching a bona fide spiritual master in service and submission and then our natural spiritual inquires will be fruitful, being blessed by the pleased spiritual master.
» Read moreSrila Prabhupada teaches us who is actually the bona fide spiritual master and who is not using the categorical conditional structure “unless one… one cannot.”
» Read moreMahesh Raja (UK) Archive The formalities may be slightly changed here and there to make them Vaisnavas. In his recent article, “Ravindra Svarupa’s Role in the Guru Reform Movement“, Rocana Prabhu wrote” “It’s a fact, as Kurma dasa writes, that this system of voted-in gurus is nonsense. Of course, Kurma prabhu is trying to make out that Srila Prabhupada’s original […]
» Read moreSrila Prabhupada is not any ordinary preacher. In fact, he is the preacher of preachers in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement; His complete teachings constitute the basis for all preaching activities in the movement.
» Read moreIn my discussion with Gaur Keshava I asked him to address a number of questions, to which, in my view, he side skirted and never directly answered. Even he refused to answer at times. A most common tactic was to ignore my question and introduce new points…
» Read moreBy the IRM (ISKCON Revival Movement) www.iskconirm.com 1) “The Guru must be ‘living’.” a) Srila Prabhupada never states this. b) Srila Prabhupada never physically met the vast majority of his disciples, yet they were initiated. Thus initiations can not require the physical presence of the Guru. c) Neither have the very persons claiming we must accept them as Gurus, simply because […]
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