Jagat

This is a post that has been somewhat long in coming, but I think that it needs to be done and said publicly. A few weeks ago I posted on this blog an article about Vishwananda Swami , the founder and acharya of Bhakti Marg . I had my doubts about posting it and knew almost immediately that I was headed for trouble. When I talked to Satyanarayana Dasaji, shortly after which I removed the article, he said to me in an exasperated tone, प्रयोजनमनुद्दिश्य मन्दोऽपि न प्रवर्तते prayojanam anuddiśya mando'pi na pravartate Even a fool does not undertake an action without having some purpose to fulfill. So what was my purpose in writing such an article? Well, I have to admit, that I had not really thought it out carefully. For one thing, I just wanted to write something. I was going through a somewhat dry period and I felt that I really should write anything at all.And since Swami Vishwananda had been around, I decided to write about what I had seen and thought and heard. But...