immitating Rupa Gosvami

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So Vaisnava position is not very easy thing; above all qualities. Therefore Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura introduced not to become an imitation of Rūpa Gosvami. Rūpa Gosvami, Sanatana, the Gosvamis of Vrndavana, they are paramahamsas. And in Vrndavana you'll find so-called babajis, they have imitated the dress of Rūpa Gosvami-half loincloth-but a biḍi in the mouth. What is this nonsense? Rūpa Gosvami used to smoke biḍi? [laughter] [chuckles] Not only that; you'll find in Vrndavana so many Rūpa Gosvamis are making biḍi. Have you seen in the Gopinatha Bazar? They're making trade, biḍis, and shameless. Therefore my Guru Maharaja introduced this. Of course, sannyasa is there in the Vaisnava... All the acaryas, they were sannyasa, but later on, it so degraded that these biḍi-smoker, ganja-smoker, they imitated Rūpa Gosvami. Therefore to purify, Guru Maharaja introduced this sannyasa system, below the paramahamsas, not that artificial means I become a paramahamsa. No. (More...)

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