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Re: ISKCON : help define these terms
mpt0002@jove.acs.unt.edu (michael tandy) wrote:
>In article <4gggqn$rrq@babbage.ece.uc.edu>, rbalasub@ecn.purdue.edu
>says...
>
>>>Prabhpada
>>
>>A person who provides imaginative translations of Hindu scriptures.
>
> Although most of the post is too frivolous to merit a serious
>response, this is a most reckless statement and I object to it.
>It is definitely what I would consider a "personal attack." Most
It was certainly not a personal attack. I consider many of Prabhupada's
translations quite absurd. A recent excerpt/posting "What is Mayaavaadam?", from
one of his books amply demonstrates it. I posted a lengthy criticism of it, it
had weak reasoning, clashed with historical facts about the demise of Buddhism,
gave a completely wrong interpretation of a verse from the Shiva puraaNa and so
on. The article tried to portray a scholarly image, but left out details of
verses etc when there was a possibility of contradicting Prabhupada. I did not
say Prabhupada was ** or *!. I merely pointed out his ineptitude at
translating scriptures.
If you had read my previous posts, you might have realized why I made this
statement. Obviously you can't expect me to repeat about 4-5 explanatory posts
each time I criticize Prabhupada. Unfortunately, I did not save my posts on
this topic, perhaps you can do some net search and find the articles and then
post your criticisms of my reasoning. In fact I'd welcome that, or you could
indulge in personal attacks on how arrogant I am, like some other people in this
ng.
>scholars praise Srila Prabhupada's books highly, acknowledging that
Pray, who are these scholars? Most of these people know the spelling of
Sanskrit and not beyond that. BTW, I'd ask you to look at the skeletons in
Prabhupada's closet before saying that I indulged in personal attacks. After
twisting verses or thoroughly misinterpreting them, he comes to the conclusion
that Shiva was trying to mislead people and piously asks people to ignore him.
This is being sanctimonious, at best.
>they faithfully present the commentaries of the Gaudiya Vaisnava
>tradition. In many cases, these scholar use Srila Prabhupada's books to
>teach their classes. Since this is probably known well to rbalasub, we
>can only conclude that it is simply the Gaudiya tradition itself that
>he is repulsed by, and it is his right to be so if he chooses.
I am not repulsed by Gaudiya Vaishnavism. I actively look forward to Gaudiya
interpretations. They form a major portion of my humor archive.
Ramakrishnan.
--
Sitting quietly doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.
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