Did some speaker at SRF really say spiritual retards?
yes.... Brother
Turyananda.. i heard him say it myself. He had a dry sense of humor. Often filled with satire. I do not believe i ever saw any minister at SRF that made people laugh as much as him. I also heard him say: 'How can the young people advance spiritually when they listen to groups with names like the Electric Prunes and the Grateful Dead ?' Personally I thought it was halarious and I like the Grateful Dead. Once he made fun of me and his joke about me was so funny that it made me laugh so hard that it broke me out of a despondent mood. So go figure.
Swami Pramananda can make a whole auditorium laugh without interuption. Somewhat like a continuous spiritual orgasm.