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15. GITA
"We n approach people with the Bhagavad Gita in c one hand and a gun in the other." Srila Prabhupada
HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
On a morning walk in Raman Reti one day with a group of disciples, Bhaktivedanta said: "Just like the Muslims converted people with a sword in one hand and the Koran in the other, we can approach people with the Bhagavad Gita in one hand and a gun in the other. 'Do you accept Krishna?' 'No.' Pow!
Not now, but later when we are more powerful."
Remember, the principle was that we could do anything for Krishna. The end justified the means. This resulted in fraud and con tactics, drug dealing, murder and prostitution being used by some devotees. Now some argue whether Bhaktivedanta was aware of these things going on or not. He certainly was pleased with the devotees who brought money and wasn't concerned with how they got it. The biggest wheeler dealers became the biggest ISKCON leaders.
It is even sadder to hear people rationalize this incident with the story of the four mystics who plunderred people in South India to construct the Sri Ranganath Mandir in South India.
I hear people say, "Prabhupada purified that money."
We have shown that the ethics of Vaishanav sect is essentially swadharma and not dharma. It is based on what is convenient and does not respect any eternal principles. We wont be able to find a single situation when we are required to be truthful and righteous as long as the situation demands
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