Guest guest Posted January 20, 2000 Report Share Posted January 20, 2000 Dandavat pranams! On what evidence the statement that BS was written in 1300 AD, is based? It is aparently not in the text itself, so what makes one assume that it was written in that year? Ys, Gauri das > > If was written in 1300 AD, how did it get lost by 1500 AD when Lord > > Caitanya found it 200 years afterwards. > > Two hundred years is already a substantial time interval and writings can > get lost even within shorter time spans. Visvanatha's commentary on the > Brahma-samhita for example has been lost within just about this sort of > time. > > > And also who is the author? How can Brahma write it in 1300 AD? > > This is a good question. We are talking about two views here: the view of > the bhaktas and that of non-bhakta scholars. For this type of scholar the > Brahma-samhita appears to be an A.D. 1300 product. For the bhakta it was > composed "at the dawn of creation", by Lord Brahma himself. > > I propose that both views are valid. Something pronounced by Lord Brahma > at the dawn of creation may very well appear to be a product of A.D. 1300, > even after the most sophisticated research methods have been applied. > > The views of the bhaktas are not based on research but on faith. This > faith is cultivated in the association of bhaktas and is a very wonderful > thing. > > ys end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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