Open Letter to Bhagavan das
BY: JAGANNATHA MISHRA DASA
Mar 18, CANARY ISLANDS (SUN) —
March 14, 2010
Dear Bhagavan das,
You are a special devotee and you will be asking yourself what in the world makes me persecute you in this way. I know I am being a bit too picky. But the reason could be that I am fed up with "pakka" devotees talking down to me, a recurrent happening in our movement. Looking at the frequency they smash themselves against maya, I simply find not proper this new model you present of mega-guru-super galactic coming back demanding insistently we should forget everything and eat from your hand again. Of course this new model is super mega chic cause now you do not have to follow any rules besides balancing your heart chakra and controlling the anger that this letter can cause you.
Your writings have an overall sense of putting the blame of your heavy shortcomings on your disciples and worse, on HDG Srila Prabhupada, like if we made a mistake in trying to become dependent on you, we were at fault for expecting so much from you, that you have had a relationship with us but we failed to connect with you. And resent the fact that HDG did not leave a manual on how not to be all the things you were and you enumerate in your letter, while that is common sense and subject only to individual maturity.
You claim sincerity, yet you made your godbrothers attend your gurupuja and jump for cookies… or else leave the zone… this is arrogance passing off as sincerity and that's why some say you are arrogant… asuri sampat…. symptomatic of asura.
You did not mention this in your 2000 Gaura purnima letter, but a one to one search of them is needed, not just a generic letter (that not even mentions that). That will put your words in motion and start give you some real credit.
Are you like many others in the movement wanting to cash in on being a "guru"?.. acting like a caste brahmana or elitists. And at the same time you now preach a lopsided version of guru-disciple relationship, what to speak of the new age concepts of the "Goddess", sex for spiritual advancement, etc.
Thanks for the suggestion on opening a center. I already have one to which you are invited anytime.
March 16, 2010
On Bhagavan das' New Identity
He is openly making his own path, not based on shastra, but on his own whims, asastra vidhim usrtija. He poses himself as a leader, but our acharyas state that a qualified leader controls the six urges. The urges are controlled by performance of sadhana. He could not control his urges… and was gone for 24 years… and now he is back and fit to instruct. What sadhana made him qualified?
Now he is telling his followers: "you do not have to follow anything, I did and failed so you would too". It is even biggest disservice than before when he was sannyas, at least he was preaching renunciation back then.
Is he so addicted to elitism that he aspires to become vantasi srestha… the best of the Vantasis… vomit eaters? He could not control his senses… and now he targets those who can also not control their senses… and together they will deceive themselves until the end… what a tragedy.
And there are enough fools in Kali Yuga to empower him… no doubt he will get followers. But, would Srila Prabhupada be pleased with him?
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