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Re: Indian Legends (Was: Re: Shiva and Vishnu)



In article <3um2r2$r53@babbage.ece.uc.edu>, Anshuman Pandey <apandey@u.washington.edu> says:

>It seems that most of the quotes given by those pushing Vaisnava 
>philosophy always put the word Visnu or Krsna in paranthesis after the 
>word brahman or prajapati or some other supreme being appears. 

	You may have heard of the Vishnu-sahasra-nama-stotram;
	Vishnu has at least 1,000 names, and one of them is 'Isha.'
	Prajapati is also one of these. Is there a problem?




 One strange thing I've noticed is that 
>my copy Isopanishad - which is from ISKCON - makes no mention of Krsna 
>or Visnu, but does so only in the summaries presented by Prabhupada.

	That is the language typical of the Upanishads--neuter
	pronouns. It isn't wrong because Krishna is also the 
	Brahma and atman mentioned in the Upanishads. Judging
	from the language alone, one could easily conclude that
	no such being as Krishna even exists. Many half-educated
	dabblers in Hinduism do just that, but authoritative 
	Hindu tradition is different; one must receive knowledge
	from a time-honored tradition of saints--only then can one
	be assured of an accurate understanding of the Upanishads,
	or for that matter, any other literature. 
	
	Since every tradition has its siddhanta, or philosophical
	conclusion, it is natural that each will approach the text
	in question through the eyes of that traditional conclusion.
	This is not only proper, but in fact imperative, for we have
	little authority to independantly meddle in that which can 
	hardly be fathomed even by the greatest of sages. So it shouldn't
	be surprising if that is how Srila Prabhupada comments upon a
	text like the Isha Upanishad; he is faithfully representing the
	parampara that has given him his authority. 


	Who is your sponsor, and what is your claim to authority?





	Respectfully,


	-m  



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