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WORLD March 12, 2000 VNN5667 Comment on this story Adridharana's Attack On Sanga: Public Reaction BY SANGA  USA, Mar 12 (VNN) — Here are a few of the many letters received by Sanga re: Swami BG Narasingha's response to Adridharana's attack on Swami Tripurari."I can certainly understand and do applaud the whole rtvik reform group for exposing, challenging and attempting to rectify GBC corruption. But when you bark up the wrong tree (i.e., Tri...), and try to go after someone like Sripad Tripurari Swami who's been humbly preaching Krsna Consciousness for 30 years worldwide and fighting GBC deviations much longer than RRG or IRM or IRG or PADA has, my applause suddenly, mysteriously, turns, transforming to boos!! Thumbs down. U-Turn. Wrong direction. You've gone too far!"
- Tarun Krsnadas "The criticisms coming from IRM are misplaced and wholly inappropriate. I greatly prefer the commentaries of Swami B.V. Tripurari to the comments of his critics. I'm inspired and enthused by his deep study of Srila Prabhupada's books and the books of other acarya's in our line. I'm glad that he has taken so much effort to carefully study these many works and now offers the modern western world insights into the divine world these great devotees so wonderfully describe. I look forward to reading more presentations of Vaishnava siddhanta by Tripurari Swami." - Vidyananda dasa "Thank you for taking a strong position with your response to Adridharana's extremely foolish and offensive newsletter. Krishna says 'All these devotees are undoubtedly magnanimous souls' not just the ones who agree with a particular mood or style of preaching. On the one hand I was very upset by this man's arrogant and stupid opinions about the work you are committed to. Yet I am not surprised by it at all. He has lost all his Krsna Conscious intelligence." - Mayesvara das "Tripurari Maharaja is indeed doing great service for his followers as well as the Vaishnava community. I have deep respect and affection toward Tripurari Maharaja while I am solidly an ISKCON man with respect for the boundaries set by its leaders. "I strongly disagree with the utility of one Vaishnava attacking another. Are Vaishnavas subject to critique and attack simply because they hold a position on a philosophical issue or point of strategy? No, they are not. Years ago when living in Calcutta, I became a little fond of Adridharan. I found him an intelligent and stalwart follower of Prabhupada and ISKCON. I hope that his current fervor does not continue to produce unwarranted attacks." - Dayananda das "I agree whole heartedly with Swami B.G. Narasingha's response. Obviously Adridharana is not very advanced and is very ignorantly offensive. He is a good example of how devotees can spin off into useless branches which eventually dry up, being disconnected, as happened in the time of Lord Caitanya, even with some of Adwaita's sons. "The astonishing irony is that these rtvik proponents are the ones who are the most philosophically deviant, and as such, they will have to bear significant karmic responsibility for their concocted ideas and those who are negatively affected." - Uttamasloka dasa. "Bravo at your defense of Sripad Tripurari Maharaja! Thank you for upholding the dignity of our Sampradaya; the All Glorious line of Sriman Mahaprabhu & Sri Rupa-Raghunatha. All glories to the unstoppable flow of Krishna's Mercy manifest through such exalted Vaishnavas, 'tandera carana sevi, bhakta sane vas, janame janame hoy ei abhilasa!'" - Chiranjib das Adhikary "I cannot tolerate such hellish statements made by these pseudo Vaisnava groups about my pujaniya Srila Tripurari Maharaja, who falls into ecstasy while taking the term 'Gaudiya'. It is only Kali. Gaura-katha kirtan and more preaching, more fighting is needed." Unqualified servant of the whole Gaudiya Family, Your krpaprarthi, Sri Nitai Das. "Although I am very unqualified I could not forget to put here some humble words uplifting the Sripad Tripurari Maharaja's qualities which are only seen in so high souls. Don't worry about this aparadhi. Sri Krsna in our heart always knows who are His pure devotees. I am sure You are one of His preferred." - Arjuna dasa, Brazil Questions or comments may be sent to sadhusanga@swami.org. [Reprinted with permission from Sanga 3/10/00 http://swami.org] Comment on this story  Contact VNN about this storySend this story to a friend
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