Суд над Бхагавад-гитой / Attempt to ban Bhagavad-gita


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2011-12-21 18:55

"Do not have him beaten but defeat him with philosophy."
"Do not have him beaten but defeat him with philosophy."
"Do not have him beaten but defeat him with philosophy."
"Do not have him beaten but defeat him with philosophy."
"Do not have him beaten but defeat him with philosophy."


To give one very graphic example, several devotees have testified that Kirtanananda told his women to "do the needful" in regards to Jadurani's getting her head kicked in and covered in blood in the 1980 incident (full story in Chapter Ten). Does anyone think Prabhupada would have like that action? Ironically, in 196768, when Kirtanananda was venomously attacking Prabhupada and actually deserved a beating, Prabhupada told the devotees, specifically Jadurani, "Do not have him beaten but defeat him with philosophy." When these two women who beat Jadurani first went to Kirtanananda to receive permission, he also could have told them to defeat her with philosophy. However, since neither these women nor Kirtanananda could actually defeat her, he had her beaten instead. He never apologized for this. In fact, afterwards,when asked about it, he said he was pleased by it. This is an example of very sinful violence and not violence used to curtail aggression.
http://www.harekrsna.org/pada/guru_biz.htm