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Re: ISKCON : help define these terms
On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian wrote:
> Michael Paul Tandy <mpt0002@jove.acs.unt.edu> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian wrote:
>>
> I never said I was a sanskrit scholar.
And this is why I find it astonishing that you are
quite confident about criticizing the work of those
who are, and whose acheivements regarding the Vedic
literatures probably far outweigh anything either of
us could ever do. Canakya Pandita advised that one
should express one's displeasure in accordance to
the potency he himself possesses. Humility is to
be aware of one's shortcomings.
However I criticized Prabhupada's
> translations and you can criticize me based on that if you want.
Absolutely, thank you.
As far as
> this paramparaa thing goes see my response below.
>
Evidently, you consider this a minor detail.
perhaps you can do some net
search
and find the articles and then > >> post your criticisms of my reasoning.
> >Well, actually, I'm pretty busy... :-)
>
> Then don't reply to my posts.
In fact, I didn't. I simply objected to your unfounded
criticism of Srila Prabhupada, my respected guru.
> >> Pray, who are these scholars?
> >A.L. Basham was one of the most respected Indologists of all
> >time; he had the highest respect for Srila Prabhupada and his
> >books. Stillson Judah is another. So is Diana Eck from Harvard. These
> >are a few I can recall off the top of my head. You'll find many more.
> >Their favorable reviews are often quoted in the jackets of Prabhupada's
> >books.
>
> In this country anyone can whip up a few followers.
Not of this calibre, Baba. Srila Prabhupada does have
thousands of followers, but he nevertheless always
emphasized that quantity is negligable compared to
quality; and I hold it as self-evident that these
are the best scholars in the world, although I hold
even their assertions as inferior to the judgements
of pure Vaisnava acaryas, virtually all of whom also
respect Prabhupada's work very highly.
.Good day!
>
> Ramakrishnan.
>
Best wishes,
-m
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