Official Ramakanta vs. IRM discussion thread

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Posted by Yaduraja on Dec 03, 2005:

 

Dear Ramakanta prabhu,

PAMHO, AGTSP,

You ask:

 

"Did Srila Prabhupada from 1978 to 2005 order that he stopped being the sole

diksa-guru for ISKCON?"

 

I have seen no evidence for this. You ask:

 

"Will Srila Prabhupada some time in the future give such an order?"

 

I see no purpose in such speculation. You could just as well ask: 'will

Srila Prabhupada some time in the future tell us to stop chanting?' What is

the use of such speculation? you then challenge me once again to prove a

negative:

 

"If your answer is not "we don't know", then you will have to provide some

evidence."

 

How is it possible to prove that Srila Prabhupada will not do something in

the future? Please tell us?

 

We have been over this before. If you ever ask me again to prove that

something will not happen in the future I shall simply ignore the request.

Sorry.

 

You ask:

 

"And yet another question: Did Srila Prabhupada announce that he will stop

being the sole diksa-guru for ISKCON?"

 

No, that is what point b) asserts. Based on available evidence, which is the

only evidence that matters with regards how ISKCON is meant to run, he did

not.

Thank you for taking the time and trouble to study our position.

best wishes.

ys

Yadu

 

 

Just one more thought with regards this comment:

 

"If your answer is not "we don't know", then you will have to provide some

evidence."

 

We only 'KNOW' what we were told to do. Beyond that we do not know anything.

Obviously we cannot prove that something will not happen in the future, but

perhaps you will not ask me to do that if you appreciate our position is

only based on what we KNOW, and that is based on evidence that exists on

folio. Does that help us to avoid the 'prove a negative' problem?