Hare Krishna. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila Gurudeva. Please accept my humble obeisances. Hope this finds you in good health.
i wrote Senan only two emails, both respectful. One was to offer my viewpoint on not moving Srila Gurudeva, for which he thanked me for giving him attention, and the other to suggest he acquire Srila Gurudeva's rooms in Mayapur. He never replied to that one, and i did not write him again. Now i find myself on the list of his avowed 'enemies' of himself and Srila Gurudeva. I can't think of any reason for this except he probably read some appreciation of mine for Srila Gurudeva's productive disciples like Nimai Pandit prabhu or someone else whom he hates, or maybe because i consider his diatribe to be a big interference in our community's attention on the real problems we are facing in Bhubaneswar--protecting Srila Gurudeva's Samadhi in BBSR and rebuilding Srila Prabhupada's Bhajan Kutir, etc.
Previously, Senan was OK with everything and everyone; with Caitanya Chandra das in Gadei Giri and Fakir Mohan, ISKCON BBSR. He started behaving like this only when he didn't get support for his self-approved projects which were all failures. Everything he is promoting or arguing about is Senan's personal agenda; it has nothing to do with Srila Gurudeva; he hates the BBSR guys because they gave his project to Murali Krishna prabhu and Senan hates Murali, so much so that Senan took pills to commit suicide, leaving a note in which he implicated Murali and all the other guys he hated saying they are the cause of his death. Srila Gurudeva sent somebody who ended up finding that letter and at the same time admitted Senan to a hospital.
Senan quoted Gandhi a few emails ago. He reminds me of Gandhi, who never said anything against the British rule; in fact he went to London to study the Law. However, when he went to South Africa, he got insulted there. Then he started his independence movement. Even it was also a failure. What kind of independence did India get? Same Britishers influencing and controlling the country through the educational system, financial institutions, media, etc. India..British mentalities in Indian bodies.
Senan is consumed with the effort to convince us to join him in trying to remove Srila Gurudeva from BBSR. He claims Srila Gurudeva's "unspoken, unwritten" desire is to be in Mayapur.
Srila Gurudeva didn't chose Mayapur and He did not leave of His Own Sweet Will, rather He left to save ISKCON from Sri Guru Vaishnava Aparadha. The following are some of the reasons.
The following is an excerpt from the letter Drutakarma das (ACBSP) wrote to GBC.
"Pass the following resolution:
...Srila Prabhupada's clear teaching is that the jivas in the material world originally existed with Krsna in one of His spiritual planets directly engaged in His service. Their falldown into this material world is due to misuse of their free will. When they go back to Godhead, they regain their original positions as Krsna's loving servants...Any ISKCON member actively promoting an opposing view among ISKCON members shall be subject to sanctions, including removal from positions of authority (sannyasa, GBC, guru, temple president) and ultimately expulsion."
This letter is the reason the GBC wanted Srila Gurudeva out of ISKCON. Everyone knows that Srila Gurudeva did not accept the fall theory and the GBC were threatened by Srila Gurudeva's strong philosophical and sastrical background. The GBC accepted the fall theory in order to maintain their position as good as God. If they accepted otherwise, then they could not retain control and maintain the Spiritual Authority position. The GBC follows what is convenient and favorable for them, not siddhanta. And we all know what happened with the eleven zonal acaryas.
Another reason is Madhavananda das.
In 1993, in Washington, DC, Bhakti Tirtha Maharaj told Srila Gurudeva's disciples in front of Srila Gurudeva, that "As Maharaj (Srila Gurudeva) travels and preaches very strongly, the disciples should be careful with their behavior. The authorities may not be able to find any fault with Maharaj, however they may use the disciples' behavior as an excuse to find fault with Maharaj."
So, everyone who goes to Mayapur knows that during the GBC meetings before Gaura Purnima only Srila Prabhupada's books and Back to Godhead are allowed for distribution. All the other gurus' books and pamphlets/magazines are allowed only after the meetings. Srila Gurudeva specifically told Madhavananda das to wait until the GBC meeting is over; then he can distribute the magazine. Md's closest supporter Rasikananda das also told Md not to promote his magazine after seeing Md going around showing his magazine. Somehow or other, Md didn't agree with Srila Gurudeva or his close associate/supporter, he still went around showing his magazine to one and all, especially the gurus/GBCs. Finally, Md ended up showing the magazine to Jayadwaita Swami who didn't like the magazine one bit, as at that time, Md was known as Srila Gour Govinda Swami's disciple. So JS took the magazine away from Md, threw it on the ground, beat that magazine with his sannyas danda and warned Md that he will take this matter to GBC! Here JS got the perfect opportunity to attack Srila Gurudeva in the GBC using Md's behavior as an excuse. JS thought Md's magazine belonged to Srila Gurudeva and Md was promoting for Srila Gurudeva.
Scared, Md came and reported this incident to Srila Gurudeva and apologized saying he got carried away, etc. Srila Gurudeva didn't say a word and asked Md to leave. That evening while speaking on the topic of why Mahaprabhu stayed in Puri, Srila Gurudeva left for the Spiritual Abode.
It was another reason for Srila Gurudeva to leave, however Srila Gurudeva disappeared with Gopal; Gopala didn't want any one of the GBCs to have the satisfaction of gloating that "we got rid of Srila Gour Govinda Swami". Rather Srila Gurudeva departed gloriously speaking Sri Krishna katha which no one can ever emulate in ISKCON again. It was on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Srila Prabhupada's divine appearance day, so in future it will be a lot easier to remember. Some say that Srila Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Srila Prabhupada became two; one portion is Srila Prabhupada and other one is Srila Gurudeva. i even heard someone from the Gaudiya matha saying that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada could have stayed another 10 - 12 years and those 12 years He got through Srila Prabhupada. So that was one portion and the other one is Srila Gurudeva and Srila Gurudeva's departing on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada's appearance day is confirmation to me and others that He is the other Portion.
Sri Guru Nityananda Prabhu is not going to destroy His Own Institution because some foolish jivas don't understand His expansions. "Fools deride Me when I appear in the human form"... It is better that those foolish jivas practice something spiritual than mess themselves up badly. GBC can materially manage a pseudo spiritual institution, however they are not ready for the real deal. It is not their fault because they don't understand what is Vaishnava aparadha. They read it but they never got the understanding from a young age, as we are from Western background. So Sri Nityananda Prabhu gave the GBCs the benefit of the doubt and unwound Himself as Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila Gurudeva's Physical Identity and saved the entire ISKCON; past, present and future.
Now looking at all these events and reasons, it doesn't sound anything like what Senan is disrupting our devotional community about; he has failed to understand Srila Gurudeva's desire, failed to understand Srila Gurudeva in tattva and has succeeding only in weakening our resolve to work together to protect and serve Srila Gurudeva in His Chosen Samadhi spot. Plus, Senan's attitude about Srila Gurudeva is way off....claiming that "Gurudeva is begging for accommodation.." That is very insulting. The One Who has eternal position in Goloka Vrindaban dham, why would He beg for accommodation?
Hare Krishna. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami Srila Gurudeva.
Lowly servant in the service of Srila Prabhupada and Srila Gurudeva
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Astonishingly clearly presented... I will have to contemplate this for some time. Thank you, obeisances. Hare Krsna