[PADA: Swami BV Tirtha of the Narayan Maharaja camp has evidently left his body. At present we have no other details.
He had apparently had some sort of fall down with a female, and was being criticized for not stepping down from the sannyasa order by some of the other Narayan Maharaja leaders and sannyasas. Apparently, one of these leaders said he could not go to Mayapur to confront BV Tirtha because "his followers will beat me up." And Srila Prabhupada said we should not make more sannyasa, because its not working.
Anyway, some how or other he is no longer here. Its amazing to me how these people say we need to worship the living person, when their living persons keep dying left, right and center. And did we forget to mention, many times their living persons are -- falling down and creating scandals and schisms?
At the same time, many of these Narayan Maharaja folks have been initiating WESTERN people, without taking into consideration that taking karma from them is probably not a good idea. OK, its really a bad idea to take karma from the hamburger eating society. Narayan Maharaja himself died of cancer, after he took many Western disciples. Srila Prabhupada said we neophytes need to avoid taking sins, or we will have to suffer.
Narayan Maharaja evidently never warned his people about this issue.
Anyway its always the same problem with these guys. Their self-appointed acharyas cannot follow properly, and the Isopanisad says -- people who pose as acharyas and do not follow properly are condemned -- to go to the lowest regions of hell. Its really not up to me to dispute that statement, we either accept or we don't.
Anyway, some how or other he is no longer here. Its amazing to me how these people say we need to worship the living person, when their living persons keep dying left, right and center. And did we forget to mention, many times their living persons are -- falling down and creating scandals and schisms?
At the same time, many of these Narayan Maharaja folks have been initiating WESTERN people, without taking into consideration that taking karma from them is probably not a good idea. OK, its really a bad idea to take karma from the hamburger eating society. Narayan Maharaja himself died of cancer, after he took many Western disciples. Srila Prabhupada said we neophytes need to avoid taking sins, or we will have to suffer.
Narayan Maharaja evidently never warned his people about this issue.
Anyway its always the same problem with these guys. Their self-appointed acharyas cannot follow properly, and the Isopanisad says -- people who pose as acharyas and do not follow properly are condemned -- to go to the lowest regions of hell. Its really not up to me to dispute that statement, we either accept or we don't.
In the end, we wish this soul neither well nor unwell. We will let the higher authority sort it out, although we can hope a person who has had some connection to Krishna will reap a benefit -- eventually. We think he was on the wrong road saying he can be essentially another Jesus who can absorb sins. And he was at the same time having some problems with material desires. He will have to take responsibility for these actions. Sorry, to claim we are pure while we are attached to material things, this is not compatible and its an offense. ys pd
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Dandavat Pranams
It's very sad to inform you devotees that Sri Srila BV Tirth Maharaj has left his body. He left his body due to some heart and breathing problems. During this incident he was at the Hospital in Kolkata.
His body will be given "Samadhi in Sri Navadwip Dham." Jaya Nityalila Pravishta Om Vishnupad Astotarasat Sri Srimad BV Tirtha Goswami Maharaj ki Jay.
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Dandavat Pranams
It's very sad to inform you devotees that Sri Srila BV Tirth Maharaj has left his body. He left his body due to some heart and breathing problems. During this incident he was at the Hospital in Kolkata.
His body will be given "Samadhi in Sri Navadwip Dham." Jaya Nityalila Pravishta Om Vishnupad Astotarasat Sri Srimad BV Tirtha Goswami Maharaj ki Jay.
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TD: I wrote this in response to a post that Liana posted -- but it was deleted before i got to finish the comment. It is in response to the passing of Tirtha M.
ReplyDeleteThank Heavens for this.. i've been seeing devotees expressing great love for this man over the past few days, and i was bewildered about it all. I heard about the inappropriate sexual happenings years ago, but i guess that did not affect his standing in the sanga.
To me that is a sign of denial. You call someone a sadhu and then you can't critique them like you would anyone else. So, personally, i did not think that his being the leader of the parikrams was a good thing. He was a control freak. The parikramas back when i went were slanted against English speakers.. So obsessively Bengali, and i didn't dig it. He didn't like that i didn't go for the program.
Prem Prayojan went and did the right thing and got married, but he was shunned by Tirtha M. and others. Is that not pretty hypocritical? I'm too old now to put up with nonsense that i might have twenty years ago.