Official Ramakanta vs. IRM discussion thread

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Dear Yaduraja Prabhu, PAMHO. AGTSP!

 

You did not answer my question. So here is it again:

 

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 can move on only if you phrase your point a) as follows:

 

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

guru for ISKCON in 1966."

 

If you write anything else, you will have to provide a proof for all

dictionary meanings of what you write.

 

 

You (IRM) say that the ISKCON gurus set themselves up as diksa gurus. The

dictionary meaning of "set oneself up as" is "elevate, raise, put oneself in

a position of authority or power" and "put oneself forward as; claim to be".

And you object that they did that, namely that they elevated, raised, put

themselves in a position of diksa gurus and that they claimed to be diksa

gurus.

 

But you are now saying that also Srila Prabhupada set himself up as the sole

diksa guru. So according to the dictionary meaning of "set oneself up as"

you are saying that Srila Prabhupada elevated, raised, put himself in a

position of the sole diksa guru and he claimed to be the sole diksa guru.

 

Of course you don't mean that. But that is the dictionary meaning of what

you wrote. Therefore I request you not to say that Srila Prabhupada set

himself up as the sole diksa guru for ISKCON. Rather you can say that he

made himself recognized and accepted as such.

 

 

BTW. "Methodology" means "science of methods". Is that the right word?

Probably you wanted to say "method".

 

ys Ramakanta dasa