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Re: ARTICLE : Becoming Hindu
In article <ghenE0unx8.Gv2@netcom.com>, skandar@nortel.ca says...
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> OK, firstly the question was about me being ill-informed about
> the Dvaita list and ISKCON.
>
Namaste. OK, fair enough. Sorry.
>
>> I have no doubt
>> about this. I humbly suggest you try to understand spiritual life
in
>
> If you have no doubt about it, then why could you not face my
> arguments in our email exchanges. When you could not argue with
> me, you simply stated "Hare Krsna". Many of my arguments remained
> and still remain open, since you could not argue with me. But I let
> them go, and I did not pursue them.
Just as I did, as you've pointed out. In general, I rarely
post anything very long, nor am I inclined to enter into
endless wranglings; I apologize for this, but I simply don't
have time to spend that way. Furthermore, it usually isn't
necessary anyway; spiritual life isn't easy, but it isn't
very complicated either, unless we wish to make it so.
Experience has shown me that those who want to argue ad
infinitum are usually more attached to posing questions than
they are to answering them.
I could have easily stated that
> you are ill-informed in general and that your organization is bogus.
>
I, like most everyone in this world, am of course
ill-informed, but recognizing that problem, I therefore
strongly assert the need to hear from those who aren't, as
per the Gita (4.34). I am sorry I cannot satisfy you, and
I'm not surprised. But you cannot claim that ISKCON is
"bogus,", although it indeed has its flaws, just as
any organization does. I would be interested to hear some
authoritative basis for your opinions.
>
> Just because my Guru is not a Vaishnavite, and I don't worship
> Prabhupada and I support the Advaitists and Saivites
> does not mean I am ill-informed.
On the basis of the direct and clear statements of the Gita
itself, I simply disagree. :-)
>
FYI, back in 1985 I associated
> with ISKCONites and learnt all about them. I was asked to become
> one. I refused on the grounds of their philosophies and outlook.
> But just because I am not an ISKCONite does not mean that I
> am ill-informed.
I've never claimed otherwise.
-m
