| Oops … Did I really say that? |
Summer 2006
Below are some quotes from His Holiness Narayana Maharaja:
| “Our Gaudiya Vedanta Samiti
sannyasis (Narayana Maharaja’s organisation) have never
fallen. I have strong belief in this, as I have seen our
Gurudeva’s sannyasis; none of them have ever become
deviated. And, only in a very exceptional case has any of Srila
Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura’s sannyasa
disciples fallen. Those who cannot fall are the real ISKCON.” (Narayana Maharaja Lecture, June 29th, 2002) |
| “There are many examples of persons who
have been renounced sannyasis for 20 or 30 years; such
persons may even have initiated disciples. However, after years
of service to his gurudeva, he may conclude, “I’m in a dilemma;
I have not realized anything. Everything that I believed to be
true is false. I’m giving up my sannyasa and my chanting
and remembering; I will no longer cheat others. I’m going to
marry and start a real life.” (Narayana Maharaja Lecture, Austria, September 19th, 2002) |
| “If he (Srila Prabhupada) had told them
everything, and if they were so knowledgeable and expert, why
have so many of the senior devotees, even those in the renounced
order, fallen down? Where are they now? […] If there is no need for Prabhupada’s disciples to continue hearing from a bona fide guru, then why are they falling? Why? I know more than you, much more than you.” (Narayana Maharaja Lecture, Canada, April 2001) |
| “If all the devotees, sannyasis
and so many brahmacaris with saffron cloth were serving
him and following him, then why did they leave the institution?
Why all this? Why did they leave and become weak? Why? It means
that they are not aware of what Srila Swami Maharaja (Srila
Prabhupada) wanted. They were not following so much.” (Narayana Maharaja Lecture, Lecture, California, June 10th, 2000) |
[Note: Sannyasa = celibate, renounced
monastic order. Sannyasi = renunciant. Brahmacari =
celibate student monk].
Above, Narayana Maharaja uses the fall of ISKCON sannyasis as
evidence of the following:
a) Their fall from sannyasa proves that they never belonged to the real ISKCON.
b) Their fall from sannyasa happened because they “have not realised anything” and everything they “believed to be true is false.”
c) Their fall from sannyasa was because they were not knowledgeable and therefore they need to hear from a bona fide guru such as Narayana Maharaja.
d) Their fall from sannyasa was because they were not aware of what Srila Prabhupada wanted.
Since two of Narayana Maharaja’s top sannyasis – Bhaktisar Maharaja (ex-Dhrstadyumna Swami/Das from ISKCON) and Aranya Maharaja (ex-Parantapa Das when with ISKCON, and ex-Premaproyajna Das when with the non-ISKCON Gaura Govinda Swami camp) – have also now fallen from sannyasa, after being sannyasis for just a few years, then according to Narayana Maharaja’s OWN WORDS, we can conclude the following:
a) Narayana Maharaja’s movement is NOT the real ISKCON.
b) If one hears from Narayana Maharaja they will not realise anything and what they believe to be true will be false.
c) There is no need to hear from Narayana Maharaja, as he is not a bona fide guru that one can hear from to be saved from falling.
d) Narayana Maharaja’s sannyasis were not aware of what Srila Prabhupada wanted.