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ISKCON Ritvik Debate San Diego - early 1990s
Reply 3 years ago

Replying to andycookin
Both are possible. Our disciplic succession has many gaps, going all the way back to Krsna 5000 years ago. The problem rests on being able to identify a genuine Pure Devotee.

That's a remarkably uninformed statement. Our list of the Brahma-Madhva-Gaudiya vaishnava sampradaya, as given in the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, only includes the prominent acharyas. In between, in some cases, there are spiritual masters who "did not make the list" but who were no less capable of connecting disciples to the disciplic succession. And there were branches of the sampradaya that existed throughout this time, but again, are not listed.