{"id":11719,"date":"2013-07-07T17:29:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T16:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11719"},"modified":"2013-07-07T17:29:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T16:29:18","slug":"gour-govinda-swami-on-conflict-in-iskcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11719","title":{"rendered":"Gour Govinda Swami on Conflict in ISKCON"},"content":{"rendered":"

Submitted by Madhavananda (das) GGS (Gopal Jiu Publications – IN)<\/em><\/p>\n

Devotee: Why are there so many conflicting ideas for the ISKCON movement?<\/p>\n

Gour Govinda Swami: Bah, stop it! There is no conflict. No conflict. No conflict. You are a mad fellow. There is no conflict, no confusion. It is all clear, b\u0101b\u0101. Conflict and confusion are within you. Therefore you see conflict. If you put on yellow glasses, everything looks yellow. A man sees the reflection of his mind. In your mind there is conflict and confusion, and therefore you see it outside.<\/p>\n

When Hanuman went to Ravana\u2019s capital Lanka, he was extremely angry because the demon Ravana had kidnapped his master\u2019s wife, Sita. Out of anger, Hanuman\u2019s eyes were red hot. Ravana had kept Sita in a very lovely garden, called the Ashok Van. A\u015boka means, \u201cno lamentation\u201d. That garden was extremely beautiful. Ravan had brought so many varieties of nice flowers, fruits, and birds from the heavenly planets. In that garden were many wonderful ponds and springs. Hanuman went there, but he saw no variety. He saw everything red, because anger was inside him. His eyes were red hot. Do you understand? Are your doubts clear?<\/p>\n

Devotee: No.<\/p>\n

Gour Govinda Swami: No? Why not?<\/p>\n

Devotee: For instance, when Srila Prabhupada was directly present, everything in ISKCON was under his direction.<\/p>\n

Gour Govinda Swami: He is still directing, but you can\u2019t see it. You have no vision. It will take time for you to understand. Be patient and wait, wait, wait. All these problems are inside you. The conflict is within you. Therefore you see such things outside.
\n\u2014 From a lecture in Bhubaneswar on 23 March 1993<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gour Govinda Swami: Bah, stop it! There is no conflict. No conflict. No conflict. You are a mad fellow. There is no conflict, no confusion. It is all clear, b\u0101b\u0101. Conflict and confusion are within you <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}