The arrogence of the devotee Sababhati Das in the below photo says it all.
I was there and saw the entire interview unfold.
I found Arnold Schwarzenegger very tolerant and reasonable with Sababhati in photo, saying that he will spend a day chanting Hare Krishna on Swanston Street Melbourne with the devotees (on Sankirtan), if Sababhati Das would spend a day in the gym with him.
For some reason Sababhati flew off the handle, arrogently calling Arnie a crazy fool saying.
"You must be a crazy fool to think I will spend a day wasting my time in a gym with you!!"
The devotees present were shocked by the way Sabo acted, I could not believe he acted so arrogently.
Frankly he blew it!
We could of had photos today of Arnold Schwarzenegger in a dhoti chanting Hare Krishna on Sankirtan on the streets of Melbourne.
Arnie was prepared to wear a dhoti and dance with the devotees on the streets of Melbourne chanting Hare Krishna.
The fact is, Sababhati was very rude and obnoxious to Schwarzenegger, even Arnie could not believe how arrogent and belittling Sababhati was.
Talk to Ugrashava dasa ACBSP, he was also disgusted in this episode of ISKCON history claiming it was a disaster!!
Sababhati acted like a immature fool and that is why no one wants to remember this history.
Can you imagine how Arnie would look in a dhoti? No Sabo blew this one.
And the comments made by Sababhati about this history are not true, it was Arnie who suggested he would chant with the devotees if Sababhati would spend a day in the gym with him. It was Sababhati who rejected the idea very rudely, not Arnie.
Look at the photo in News article, you can see the nasty aggression in Sababhati's patronizing bodily movement
Some say why bring up something 46 years old with this criticism?
ReplyDeleteNo, it is not criticism, it is correcting the bogus history of this event in 1974, which is a lie.
What REALLY happened is above and NOT what Dandavats make out how favorable Arnie was when in truth he was disgusted at the way he was treated.
Some people sadly make up historic events instead of telling the real facts.
Sadly some are suggesting to leave the bogus history recorded 46 years ago alone and not reveal what really happened because it's only going to attract negative comments.
ReplyDeleteThis attitude is called a coverup?
Being truthful and revealing what REALLY happened does NOT attract negative comments from "intelligent" people who WANT to know the truth.
And not foolishly believe made up bogus ISKCON history.
Why would you want to keep the lie going as part of history?
Devotees SHOULD know what really happened as explained in main post.