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Did Srila Prabhupada break tradition?Contradicting Sastra? MAYBE NOT!

 by Yashoda nandana dasa Since many of us support the  July 9th 1977  http://www.harekrsna.com/ sun/editorials/10-07/ editorials2084.htm   that Srila Prabhupada himself set-up AND NEVER RECINDED, I wish to respond to the above. The Ritvik System is just FORMALITIES, so as per Srila Prabhupada's instructions: " The formalities may be slightly changed here and there to make them Vaisnavas ." It is being misconstrued as "introduce a new system", BUT--FACTUALLY--it is ONLY FORMALITIES. Lets study the following in terms of FORMALITIES: 1) Srila Prabhupada as a sannayasi got his disciples married. There is no verification in sastra that a sannyasi can do this. Srimad Bhagavatam 5.1.24 Purport - The Activities of Maharaja Priyavrata: "Sometimes we are criticized because although I am a sannyasi, I have taken part in the marriage ceremonies of my disciples. It must be explained, however, that since we have started a Krsna consc

The GBC’s False Dichotomy-2: Parampara v Ritvik

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The GBC’s False Dichotomy-2:  Parampara  v  Ritvik Back to Prabhupada, Issue 20, Summer 2008 By Krishnakant W e just saw on page 5 how the guru hoaxers deliberately pose a false question to reach a false conclusion. Another example of this technique at work is in regards to the issue of the disciplic succession or  parampara . This time  “ritvik”  is set up to fail by claiming it is an alternative to the disciplic succession or  parampara . And if one is offered a choice between following the  parampara  or this “new-fangled ‘ ritvik ’ “, one of course will choose  parampara . And again the choice offered is incorrect. It’s not that we must choose between the disciplic succession or  ritvik , but rather between who can be a member of the disciplic succession, and for how long, and under what circumstances. The GBC would have us believe that their guru hoax program faithfully follows a “traditional” disciplic succession model, whereas Srila Prabhupada remaining the Guru of