May 08,'09 This is the latest reaction of my 84 year-old mother, who has been following ISKCON, initially as a vitally interested outsider, since I joined in the early years. She now worships Gopal, and follows the four regs:
"Are they stupid, or what? The whole thing is ridiculous! Prabhupada started the movement, he is the holy man. Now they want to change his books, change his arrangements? What if Jesus' disciples started saying that they were as good as Jesus? It would be unacceptable, ridiculous. Nobody will believe them. People are not going to buy this. They (GBC, etc.) MUST be stupid!"
This is interesting, as it gives us a little perspective into how the citizens of the world will react to Srila Prabhupada being relegated to a background position, as opposed to his directions to approach him, the bona fide Spiritual Master, as Founder-Acarya of ISKCON and savior of the world's fallen. Clearly, people will not want to accept a bunch of wannabes when they can have a recognized
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