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Re: Milk for Lord Ganesha





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                  If there is purity in the heart,
                  There will be beauty in the character.
                  If there is beauty in the character,
                  There will be harmony in the home.
                  When there is harmony in the home,
                  There will be order in the nation.
                  When there is order in the nation,
                  There will be peace in the world.

                                    - Sri Sathya Sai Baba


I look to those who say they admire purity in the heart, and look away 
from those who say their purity is so high that others pale in 
comparison.  This forum offers a view of both outlooks you know, and so 
gives all a chance to express insight as well as insult.

I look closely at those who present their insults as if they were
just an opinon, and sometimes request them to show perzactly what they mean.

For example, suppose someone in some forum were to say something like

>Most of the Iskcon devotees were not too surprised that Ganesha would
>accept milk through his deity form. After all, unlike the modern day
>mayavadis, we never accepted the bogus theory that the deity in the
>temple is simply an inanimate mud statue.

If someone were to say something like that, I would probably notice two
things standing out in bas relief there: first the author says MOST
Iskcon devotees were not surprised. Secondly he then says WE never
accepted this and that.

That implies he not only knows a lotta ISKCONits, but also is a member of 
ISKCON, right? Now to such a person, my question would be:
            what `bogus theory' is he talking about?

He refers to some group called `the mayavadis' as if they are real 
people he knows, and goes on to state they have `been brainwashing 
everyone into believing that the deity is simply an idol"

I never came across any person nor any such group. Have you? Then exactly
who is he talking about? Who are these `mayavadis' doing such nasty
things?  Is the group real, with real people he knows, or is this one of
those fictional things where people make up their demons, and then insult
them? 

If anyone were to say such things, they might then go on to imply
ISKCON is the only real healthy sect around today. At least, they would 
probalby say somthing like, oh lemee see  what this sounds like:

>All this makes me quite uneasy. As far as the Vaisnavas are concerned,
>we never denied Ganesha's existence, and so our faith has not really
>been altered. But there are many people whose faith has come simply as
>a result of this, and I have to wonder if such faith is healthy,
>tempered by scriptural guidelines, or if it will be blind, as in the
>case of those who follow India's many self-professed "Gods" who
>manifest magic tricks to lure the naive.

What people are blindly worshiping Ganesha? Who are they exactly, and who
are those blind men following blindly some selfprofessed Gods who manifest
magic tricks? 

If that author actually means a particular group or a particular God, then 
let him say so. But wait. If anyone were silly enough to actually call 
others blind for how they worship, then I would wonder why such a 
healthy sect as ISKCON would foster such a sick attitude of insulting 
people?

If anyone were to ever actually be so coarse, I would most likely be 
astounded the moderators let such vile comments pass, and would very
much ask folks to note that ISKCONites vanity, and denounce it.

If that ever happened, or course.  But then of course no ISKCONite would
ever exhibit such coarse rudeness in open forum. No Hare Krishna would
ever act like a complete ass like that. Not even doctors are so arrogant.


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