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Amogh Lila Das banned from ISKCON
The Worldwide Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), an affiliation selling “Krishna consciousness” all over the world, restricted a priest, Amogh Lila Das, over controversial feedback about thinker Swami Vivekananda and his guru Ramakrishna Paramhansa throughout one among his new ‘pravachans’ (discourses).
ISKCON, in a press launch on Tuesday, clarified that Amogh Lila Prabhu had admitted to his mistake by regretting “unacceptable” feedback about Grasp Vivekananda and his guru. The organisation mentioned the monk would “minimize himself off from social media” for a month to atone for his inappropriate remarks. On social media, Amogh Lila Das is a popular determine. On quite a lot of social media platforms, his movies on faith and motivation obtain 1000’s of views every single day.
Amogh Lila Das: Purpose behind Ban?
Amogh Lila Das questioned Swami Vivekananda’s consumption of fish in one among his pravachans, stating {that a} virtuous man would by no means devour something that harms an animal.
“Will an ethical particular person ever devour fish? Is not it true that fish additionally really feel ache? Will an ethical particular person then devour fish?” Amogh Lila Das acknowledged in entrance of an viewers. He additionally attacked Swami Vivekananda’s guru, Ramakrishna Paramhans.
ISKCON mentioned that it was harm by Amogh Lila Das’ “inappropriate and unacceptable feedback and his lack of knowledge concerning the nice teachings of those two personalities and that he can be banned from the convention for a month.”
Amogh Lila Das: Who is that this monk?
Little or no is understood about Amogh Lila Das and the web is of no assist both. Nevertheless, in accordance with a few of his YouTube interviews, he claims that he was born Ashish Arora in Lucknow to a spiritual household.
He additionally claims that he started his non secular journey at a younger age. He left dwelling seeking God in 2000 when he was in twelfth grade. Nevertheless, he made the choice to return and pursue a software program engineering diploma. Subsequently, he labored for a multinational company headquartered in the US after graduating in 2004. He joined ISKCON on the age of 29 and have become a loyal Hare Krishna Brahmachari (celibate).
On social media, the engineer-turned-monk instructions vital followership. Previous to being banned from ISKCON, he served because the VP of the ISKCON temple in Delhi’s Dwarka.
First Printed: Jul 12 2023 | 6:10 PM IST
