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EDITORIAL May 9, 1999 VNN3831 See Related VNN Stories Even An 80-year-old Man... BY GURU-KRSNA DAS EDITORIAL, May 9 (VNN) — ...can marry a 16-year-old girl! (An open letter to the husband of HG Mother Prtha dd) Dear Prabhu, Please accept my most respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to all genuine Prabhupadanugas! In the Introduction to Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Srila Prabhupada writes: "Prakrti is female, and she is controlled by the Lord just as the activities of a wife are controlled by the husband." My humble request to Your Grace is that you please responsibly tend to the recent activities of your good wife, our Mother Prtha, who has made the following accusations against HG Ameyatma Prabhu in her "Aham Brahmasmi" Newsletter (#9), posted on this worldwide network VNN and beyond: * "A 50 something years old man [Ameyatma Prabhhu] asked to marry all the girls in Laksmimoni's gurukula brahmacarini ashrama." [Ameyatma Prabhu was 42 years old when the mother of one of Mother Laxmimoni's students had once expressed to him her concern for finding a suitable husband for her daughter. By her appearance, Ameyatma Prabhu thought the daughter to be not younger than 16 (she was 14) and subsequently explained to the mother that he was willing to accept a second wife, perhaps even her daughter.] * "What would really be nice would be to hear of any justice that is resulting due to his disgraceful behavior, or is he getting away with it?" [Prabhu, there was no impropriety whatsoever; therefore the call for justice is moot.] * "Will we continue to ignore what this is doing to his children?...it is illusion to think the children don't suffer when the father looses [sic] it." [Prabhu, the implication is that Ameyatma Prabhu's children are now suffering from the alleged aberrant behavior of their father--a complete fabrication.] * "It is too disturbing to see him getting away with the appearance of a good devotee." [Prabhu, Ameyatma Prabhu is a first-class devotee. Indeed *much too disturbing* is that his good character has been so severely besmirched by your wife.] * "Similarly, why should these girls have to look at a man in the temple every day who they know would love to sleep with them?!!!" [Prabhu, there is not one girl presently enrolled in the "Vaisnava Academy for Girls" who was also enrolled at the time of the situation in question. Furthermore, it is simply outrageous to suggest that Ameyatma Prabhu wanted to enjoy illicitly with even ONE, what to speak of ALL, of these students.] *"This devotee is KNOWN for his obsession with polygamy and now, known for his interest with these gurukula girls." [We have relayed the actual facts above, prabhu.] * "This man is ruining his entire reputation because of it and doesn't even take care of the wife he has." [Prabhu, Mother Prtha has broadcast incredible false accusations to severely threaten the otherwise good reputation of the exemplary grhasta Ameyatma Prabhu. If "anyone is ruining his entire reputation" it would to be your wife.] "Either way, SA or midlife crisis, it is an emotional problem which needs healing. Healing can't happen if it is ignored and many will suffer, not just him." [Prabhu, is the reader supposed to accept your wife's opinion as a professional diagnosis? Does Mother Prtha bear any authority at all to make such analyses?] *"We have no idea what the future can result in if he is allowed to continue down this path. These girls probably see him as a dirty old man." [Prabhu, aside from the obvious speculation which follows the word "probably," Mother Prtha here again unethically implies that Ameyatma Prabhu is treading a deviant path.] *"He cannot get well if no one speaks about this and points out how he is wrong." [Prabhu, here again your wife speaks as if she were a clinical pyschologist or qualified equivalent. Why should the reader accept her as such? Actually, she has assumed a condition that *simply does not exist*!] *"He hides behind scripture to justify his maya, thinking he is as advanced as what he reads in ancient Vedic literatures..." [Prabhu, please, by what authority does Mother Prtha claim to know the heart of Ameyatma Prabhu?] "Devotees who know something, please speak up!...Please, someone with information, write me so I may inform everyone else." [Prabhu, I have humbly responded to this request of your good wife's above and below. And perhaps in the future she should not "shoot first" and then entreatingly ask questions later.] The above allegations are unequivocally false, and thus the worldwide readership of VNN should know it for certain. Of course if anyone doubts this statement of ours, he may conduct his own investigation. But we have heard from the bona fide authorities (those who actually know the truth of this matter) that all of the above allegations are totally false. Thus, with straw in teeth, I request you, prabhu, to please seriously consider that your good wife, our Mother Prtha, has committed Vaisnava-aparadha by slandering the good character of HG Ameyatma Prabhu; further, we think that she is also dangerously close to offending HDG Srila Prabhupada as well. (To wit, Srila Prabhupada married his wife when she was 11 years old. Therefore, Mother Prtha's "preaching"--that tender young girls between 12-16 must be protected FROM prospective suitors whose intentions are not other than to give religious protection to them via sacred marriage vows--seems blatantly contradictory to the teachings and personal example of our most beloved founder-acarya. Is it not?) Please do not mind, prabhu, but still with straw in teeth I also humbly beg to remind Your Grace that, as the *pati-guru* of our Mother Prtha, you will necessarily suffer reaction for her misbehavior. Finally, prabhu, please forgive me for any offense(s) inadvertently committed by this appeal. Upon the request and with the blessings of numerous other respectable devotees senior to us, we have drafted this open letter in a most sincere and well-wishing attempt to bring a peaceful and happy resolve to all parties, named or unnamed, as well as to pacify the minds of the worldwide readers of VNN. 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