ISCON Banned Amogh Lial Das: The International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISCON) has created a distinct identity for itself all over the world. Saints of this organization, who believe in the Krishna Bhakti branch, propagate Sanatan Dharma all over the world, but after a controversy, this organization has now had to ban one of its saints, Amogh Leela Das. Amogh Das had commented on Swami Vivekananda and his Guru Ramakrishna Paramhans, on which a controversy had arisen. ISKCON issued a statement informing about the ban on its saint.
In a statement issued on Tuesday (July 11), ISKCON said, Amogh Leela Prabhu has accepted that he made a mistake by making inappropriate comments about Swami Vivekananda and his guru. He will keep himself away from all social life for a month as penance. It has been said in the statement that Amogh Leela Das has apologized for his comment. Along with this, he will go to the hills of Govardhan for a month as an atonement.
Who is Amogh Leela Das
Amogh Leela Das is a spiritual preacher. He is also very popular on social media. His discourses and motivational speeches on religion often trend on social media platforms. His style of speaking is also well liked. During one of his discourses, he made a comment about Swami Vivekananda’s eating fish, on which there was a controversy.
Journey from software engineer to saint
The real name of Amogh Leela Das is Ashish Arora. He was born in Lucknow. He also mentions his journey of becoming a saint in his discourses. According to the information available on social media, in the year 2000, during his intermediate studies, he got inclined towards spirituality. He had also left home but he returned and studied software engineering.
In 2004, he started a job in an American company, but within 6 years he was satisfied with the job and decided to go on the path of retirement in 2010. At the time of becoming a monk, he was only 29 years old.
Why was Amogh Leela Das banned?
Amogh Leela Das raised the question of Swami Vivekananda’s eating fish in one of his sermons. Addressing the people, he said, will a virtuous person eat fish? Fish feel pain too, right? Will a virtuous person eat fish? He also commented on Swami Vivekananda’s Guru Ramakrishna Paramhans.
When the video of the comments surfaced, the issue became a hot topic on social media. People started condemning Amogh Leela Das, after which ISKCON decided to take action. ISKCON said that it is saddened by Amogh Leela Das’s understanding of these two great personalities and the inappropriate and unacceptable comments about them.
