Official Ramakanta vs. IRM discussion thread

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Dear Yaduraja Prabhu, PAMHO. AGTSP!

 

If by "established himself" and "set himself up" you mean "made himself

recognized and accepted", then why don't you just write that and in this way

avoid a long discussion?

 

We agreed that your point a) is:

 

"Srila Prabhupada made himself recognized and accepted as the sole diksa

guru for ISKCON in 1966."

 

Why did you again change the phrasing? We cannot move to your point b) as

long as you are constantly changing your stated point a).

 

You claim that "set himself up as" means "made himself recognized and

accepted as". But I did not find any dictionary that confirm this. So please

tell us in what dictionary you found that meaning.

 

I found following dictionary meanings of "set himself up as" applicable

here:

 

"Elevate, raise; also, put in a position of authority or power".

(It was not Srila Prabhupada who did that, but his guru.)

 

"To put himself forward as; claim to be", German "sich aufspielen als".

(Srila Prabhupada didn't do that either.)

 

ys Ramakanta dasa