Excerpt from Bhagavad Gita As It Is defeating ritvikism A Question

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Dear Krishna Priya Mataji, PAMHO. AGTSP!

 

> If you are incapbablt to see and understand the extraordinary position of

> Srila Prabhupada there is absoulutely no point in trying to argue with you

> on this point. You ether recognise the selfmanifest powerful acharya or

> you do not...you seem to fit such unfortunate category.

 

Deepak Prabhu recently wrote:

 

>We are not sentimentalists, we must support all our statements with logical

>arguments based on evidence from Srila Prabhupada. Please can you now do

>this.

 

> It all begins with understanding and desire. if you cant understand, cant

> accept Srial Prabhupada is your guru, how will you pray to him to be

> accepted and how will you receive any sign?

 

I agree. I wrote something similar:

Of course if you are able to communicate with a departed guru as if he is

personally present, then you can take personal initiation from him.

 

> is puzzling for me to see how ISKON apologist are considering srila

> Prabupada's most legimate Ritvik arrangement to be mayavadi

 

"Impersonal" does not mean "mayavada". For example the four kumaras were

impersonalist (before the met Vishnu) but never mayavadis.

 

> FALLDOWN IN ITSELF IS NOT PROOF OF BEING AUTHORISED, ONLY POSSIBLE

> INDICATION.

 

Probably you wanted to say: FALLDOWN IN ITSELF IS NOT PROOF OF _NOT_ BEING

AUTHORISED, ONLY POSSIBLE INDICATION.

 

ys Ramakanta dasa