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H. Krishna Susarla wrote:
> And all the while, you are distracting us from the discussion we were
> having, which was considerably more civil and thought-provoking then the
> one we are having now.
You were the first one to indulge in personal attacks. I merely retaliated.
> And now you have the gall to call a whole tradition dishonest?
Well, I guess I have the gall to speak the truth, dunno about you.
> Ahh, now this is quite humorous. Actually, I was going to say something
> about this in regards to you. You see, it kind of gets back to what I was
> saying before about you being motivated by a desire to slander me and an
> inability to admit when you are wrong.
>
> I distinctly remember a time when you used to mock Gaudiya Vaishnavas for
> saying that Shankaraachaarya was an incarnation of Shiva. You remember that
> time? You objected to the idea that Shankaraachaarya was an incarnation of
> Shiva, and quoted some esoteric text (which contained no information on
> such an incarnation) as your "proof." You then proceeded to make fun of the
> Gaudiyas for this belief.
Lying, yet again. I mocked the Gaudiyas since they claimed (in that fifth rate
article) Shankara was the main force in defeating Buddhism. It was Kumarila
Bhatta even by Advaitic tradition. I said that the incarnation bussiness is a
story passed down and I did not care whether it was true or not.
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> p.s. i request that if you or anyone chooses to continue this thread, that
> we get back on the topic of Hinduism and its definition. Unlike you, I have
> better things to do with my time than having on-line fights.
In case any one thinks I am being rude to Srila HKS and indulged in personal
attacks first, I'd like to clarify. Srila HKS thinks he is Seinfeld and tries
to poke fun and hit below the belt. Eg, "ironic .sig" etc. This is also quite
usual. He indulges in personal attacks first and then when people retaliate
(like me), he piously quotes BG, Bhaagavatam and what not. This happened once
before and he tried to hit below the belt and butted in with comments about
evolution, chestbeating etc during a discussion I was having with some else
(Vivek or Vijay Pai, I don't remember). Of course I made sure I hit below the
belt in return and harder. I actually wrote a poem in honor of Srila HKS. HKS
was raving and ranting that I indulged in personal attacks first. When I
pointed out the real situation so clearly that even he could understand, he
changed his tune. Please refer to the archives. HKS has not had a civil
discussion with even _one_ person outside his tradition here or in srv. One
needs to only look at the archives. A famous example is his usage of headers
like "Move over aachaaryas Ken Stuart here" etc, when Ken Stuart was being
perfectly polite.
Even a newbie to the net would know that putting some one's name on the header
is against netiquette.
Ramakrishnan.
--
Two monks were arguing about a flag. One said, "The flag is moving." The other
said, "The wind is moving." The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. He
told them, "Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving." - The Gateless Gate
http://yake.ecn.purdue.edu/~rbalasub/
