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Visvanatha Chakravaty Thakura

• To: yasoda
• Subject: Visvanatha Chakravaty Thakura
• From: madhudvisa@krishna.org (Madhudvisa dasa)
• Date: Tue Oct 22 14:09:50 1996
• Message-Id: id6546

Dear Yasoda Nandana Prabhu

Hello. Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila 
Prabhupada.

Thanks for your reply to my letter about Srila Visvanatha Chakravaty Thakura 
and his guru. I am sorry I quoted from an unauthorized book. I very much agree 
that we should just quote from Srila Prabhupada's books, he has given us 
everything. 

I am a little tired of the whole debate. In my mind it is very clear. We just 
have to submissively hear from Prabhupada and all the apparent problems will be 
resolved. We have to be prepared to hear everything Srila Prabhupada says, not 
just the things that support our views. I see both ISKCON and the ritviks 
quoting Prabhupada and both are guilty of selecting quotes which support their 
position and neglecting others which do not. It's clear from Prabhupada's words 
and mood he wanted his disciples to become qualified gurus -- there are so many 
letters, quotes, how can we deny it? It is also clear at the time of leaving 
his body he could not see anyone qualified to be the next "Acarya" of ISKCON 
therefore he instituted a ritvic system so he could continue to take disciples 
after he disappeared from our mundane vision. It is also clear during his 
physical presence Srila Prabhupada ensured everything he said was recorded so 
his vani would be available to future generations, it is also clear he arranged 
the temple program around worshiping the founder-acarya... So it is clear to me 
that Srila Prabhupada is the Founder-Acaraya and that he wants his disciples to 
become qualified acarya's also. And if some become qualified they can take 
their own disciples. Whay not?? But that doesn't mean the worship of the 
Founder-Acarya, Srila Prabhupada would be in any way reduced...

So that is my understanding. Now it is our business to take Prabhupada's 
teachings very seriously, make them our life and soul and actually live them. 
Then we will be teaching by our own example, and that is acarya, teaching by 
example... There is no alternative. We have to seriously follow all Srila 
Prabhupada's instructions: 4 regulative principles (no illicit sex, no 
intoxication, no meat eating, no gambling), chanting 16 rounds, distributing 
his books, living in the assocation of devotees, only eating prasadam, rising 
before 4:00 am and attending mangal-aroti, tulasi-puja, guru-puja, Srimad 
Bhagavatam class, prasadam, books distribution, Hari-Nama sankirtana, etc... 
Otherwise we are just wasting our valueable human life argunig among ourselves 
and with ISKCON. What's the point of that? We should just get the job done. 
Give Krishna consciousness to the fallen conditioned souls. Print and 
distribute Srila Prabhupada's books, cook, offer and distribute Krishna 
prasadam to the conditioned souls, go out on Hari-Nama sankirtana and give the 
fallen souls a chance to hear the Hare Krishna maha-mantra chanted from the 
lips of pure devotees... And preach... Tell people about Krishna...

Why not?

Looking forward to hearing from you. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! 

Your servant

Madhudvisa dasa

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