Philosophy of Narayan Maharaj Proven Misleading and False
BY: PARASURAM DAS
Jun 02, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (SUN) — Last Friday, 29th May, big Bhagavat turned up at Matchless Gifts London. He was dressed as a sannyasi, having taken sannyasa from Narayan Maharaj. I was surprised, and invited him in. The conversation went from Gaur Govinda Maharaj - to sabda-brahma - to Narayan Maharaj, and how we must hear from the rasika pure devotee, otherwise Vraj lila is impossible.
He wanted to see Lokanath Swami, who was to give class later at Matchless Gifts. Also he wanted Narayan Maharaj’s followers to join our Hari nama party. I explained that it would be no problem for them to come on Hari nama with us provided: Ashram Maharaja apologises for abusively disrupting our Hari nama, and that they shut down SrilaPrabhupada.com. I think I asked far too much.
Over the course of the debate, Bhagavat admitted to two important facts:
1. Narayan Maharaj followers “should not have lied to cover up the video.” This refers to the Barking Dog video that Jahnava devi exposed.
2. I requested him to give me the original Barking Dog video - and if it was anyway different I would make a public apology to Narayan Maharaj. He said I could have it, but admitted there was no real difference.
I had a missive list of the outrageous bad behaviour of Narayan Maharaj followers. Bhagavat replied that ISKCON has also been offensive to Narayan Maharaj. My reply was, not in England; I am the only offensive person - all the other leaders in England do the 'Vaisnava' thing - tolerate.
So here comes the centre of the debate, what I believe to be the most vital point.
Big Bhagavat Maharaja (sorry, I don’t know his new name) claims that Srila Prabhupada's books, tapes, DVDs, (vani) cannot bring one to Vraj lila, as they are not sabda-brahma.
Here’s the concept:
“One has to hear. It is not that, “All right, tapes are there, I’ll hear the recorded tapes.” sabda-brahma will never descend. […] You should be greedy. Physical contact is required. You must hear directly, not just by listening to tapes. Sabda-brahma will never descend through a tape. One must hear from a physically present Sri Guru.”
(HH Gour Govinda Swami, ‘Q&A’, The Worship of Sri Guru, chapter 3)
Here’s the reality:
“The potency of transcendental sound is never minimised because the vibrator is apparently absent.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.9.8, purport) “You should have a fire sacrifice and the second initiates should hear through the right ear the mantra on my recorded tape.”
(Srila Prabhupada Letter, November 13th, 1975)
Dear Maharaja, in the past, no doubt you loved Srila Prabhupada. My challenge for you is to stand face to face with Srila Prabhupada in his murti form and declare out loud that: “Your books cannot bring me to the highest platform of Vraj lila as they are not sabda-brahma - and Narayan Maharaj can take me there."
I don’t believe you can do it! You said it to me - you know you can’t say it to Srila Prabhupada, because he is still here with us.
So we had no apology from anyone in the Narayan Maharaj camp and still you tried your best to disrupt our Hari Nama, as can be seen on the DVD. I had to move almost 400 devotees to the Southside of Leicester Square as you entered the North and then move everyone through the back streets. Judge for yourself!
Dear Bhagavat, we know you love Srila Prabhupada. Please reject this ill-motivated association and return to your eternal Master.
The philosophy of Narayan Maharaj has been proven to be misleading and false.
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