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An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

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Prabhupad that devotees wrote and published in a<br />

book were read. At noon, after a chanting session, we<br />

feasted.<br />

Meanwhile, Hayagriva phoned his <strong>for</strong>mer (?)<br />

lover, Kirtanananda Maharaj, who was in Tokyo with<br />

Prabhupad. He accused we four swamis of preaching<br />

Mayavadi impersonal philosophy and saying the<br />

guru is God, which was considered a blasphemous<br />

heresy.<br />

The GBC drove us to Detroit in a van along<br />

with the Detroit devotees to await word from<br />

Prabhupad what to do with us. We were told to stay<br />

in the attic, and only a few authorized devotees could<br />

talk to us.<br />

Prabhupad said we had to leave the movement<br />

and could not preach in the name of ISKCON, but we<br />

should still be respected as sannyasis and not harmed.<br />

Brahmananda, Gargamuni, Vishnujana, and I each<br />

packed a shoulder bag and bed roll. We wrote a letter<br />

to Prabhupad explaining our side of the story.<br />

We set out on foot with no money. I smiled and<br />

waived good-bye feeling this was Krishna's mercy<br />

saving me from a corrupt organization that I was<br />

happy to be rid of. Now, I could just depend on<br />

Krishna's mercy. We went to the post office and<br />

begged enough money to send the letter to Prabhupad<br />

in India where he would be shortly.<br />

We decided to head south since it was fall. We<br />

walked out of Detroit, preferring walking to hitchhiking.<br />

We stopped in a vacant lot near the Ford plant to<br />

rest. Some boys on bikes came to check us out. It was<br />

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