ridiculous.


he decorated his temples in 70's style as u so aptly put it, because he was present during that time. and fyi, he wasnt necessarily attached to 1970's home design. he designed using good taste. period. it has nothing to due with the era he was in.

and his followers wear vaisnava dress. this isnt being loyal to the 70's, its being loyal to him.

u say we follow the traditions of the vrajavasis. not entirely correct. we actually, if u want to be specific, follow the traditions of west bengal and those of lord caitanya. dress wise at least. and again, these traditions are transcendant, and not bound by a certain era / epoque.

ridiculous proposal. waste of time.

Haribol Tara
The verse that i had referred to was from the Padyavali by Rupa Goswami. It is something that the pujaris recite as a form of bhutha shuddih.(it was also said to have been recited by Mahaprabhu himself). Its a position that we take on as a humble servant of the servant before we start any kind of worship or even the arotik. We have to understand that Srila Prabhupada was beyond material considerations. To consider that he spearheaded a fashion reform movement in the 70's would be very mundane and denigrating to say the least. Prabhupada exhibited yuka vairagya and according to the time place and cirumstance, without compromising on the quality the temples were decorated to be a replica of Goloka Vrindavan.. Again here Prabhupada was not from this universe but to interact with Kanisthas like us he had to step down to a platform of Madhyama adhikari.He has repeatedly said to his disciples that he communicates with Krishna directly (Prabhupada Lilamrita) so in that instance it would not be wrong to assume that Prabhupada received direct instructions from the Lord on how He would want His altar to look! The earlier paintings by devotees like the one by Jadurani was painted by her merely visualizing the descriptions of Srila Prabhupada, and we all have the proof to see. Another instance to show that Prabhupada was beyond the material platform.
AS far as our attire goes it is the 'Vaisnava' attire not from Vrajabhumi in particular. In fact we are cautioned from imitating the Vrajavasis and instructed to adopt a more conservative outlook while dressing the Lord Himself...We just follow the parampara and representatives of the parampara. It is very dangerous for us to arrive at our own connotations of statements made by Srila Prabhupada...

Anyway the meaning of the verse is:

"I am not a brahmana; I am not a ksatriya; I am not a vaisya or a sudra. Nor am I a brahmacari, a householder, a vanaprastha, or a sannyasi. I identify myself only as the servant of the servant of the servant of the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna, the maintainer of the gopis. He is like an ocean of nectar, and he is the cause of universal transcendental bliss. He is always existing with brilliance." (Padyavali 74)