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Faction Arises from Avoiding Book Distribution, End Justifies Means in Preaching

📅 May 5, 1976 📍 Honolulu ⏱ 29 min
Book distribution is the essential service; unified effort to spread Krishna's message supersedes sectarian perfectionism.
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Prabhupāda: So I was talking with Siddha-svarup. So while you are all here, so what is the reason [indistinct]? We should work conjointly. Bhūrijana: And...?

Prabhupāda: Jointly work. Don't make division. Bhūrijana: Yeah.

Prabhupāda: What is the misunderstanding, settle up. This way. Bhūrijana: I spoke to him a bit last night, and he said, "If my instructions contradict Prabhupāda's..." Prabhupāda: Huh? Bhūrijana: He said to me last night, "If my instructions to you...," something like that, "contradict Prabhupāda's, then don't follow my instructions." [laughs]

Prabhupāda: Who said? Bhūrijana: That's what he said. I mean, if he...

Prabhupāda: I do not understand[?]. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: If he said that to Bhūrijana, that "If my instruction is contrary to Prabhupāda's instruction, then don't follow my instructions," that is to say that either he thinks that his instruction is the same as yours, or his instruction is different from yours and is not [indistinct]. So far as... I spoke with Gurukṛpā Mahārāja, who's supposed to be GBC for Hawaii. He said that he has deviated.

Siddha-svarūpānanda Mahārāja has deviated. He has created a faction. And we're working together in ISKCON. So many individuals, we're working together to please Prabhupāda mutually. Bhūrijana: Yes. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: So it's up to Siddha-svarūpānanda Mahārāja's group to set the same standard that everyone has to accept. Bhūrijana: That seems to be the... Prabhupāda: Now they are working together.

Why Siddha-svarūpā Mahārāja cannot remain here? Bhūrijana: I think he thinks everyone is in māyā, I think. Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: It doesn't matter what he thinks. He's a disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda. [indistinct]. Bhūrijana: Yes. He causes trouble to Prabhupāda is not good. Prabhupāda: The Siddha-svarūpa group, they do not like to say clear.

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