definitions

[Guest guest]

> This is a nice description, but I am afraid if we begin introducing other

> authorities, we will be watering down the focus of this conference which

> is "Prabhupada said."

>

> So, could we try to limit responses to "Prabhupada said"?

 

Or better to substract "Prabhupada Said" conference and send them only to

Krsna Katha.

 

ys.GNdd

[Guest guest]

On 02 Feb 2000, Mithila das wrote:

 

> Are there sastric or "Prabhupada Said" definitions of "blasphemy" and

> "offense"?

>

> PrabhupAda: Blasphemy means you have good qualities, but still, I am

> defaming you.

> Morning Walk -- February 6, 1976, MAyApura

 

The whole section of the conversation in this regard is quite instructive.

Here it is:

 

Tamäla Kåñëa: Burnt off. [break] What is the way to draw the line between the

following three things: blasphemy, fault-finding, and calling a spade a spade?

Prabhupäda: A spade a spade... Just like I am saying that “What you are? You

are small fig only.” That is reality. And what is the other?

Tamäla Kåñëa: The other is fault-finding and...

Prabhupäda: Fault-finding, that is another fault, that... vraëam icchanti,

makñikä vraëam icchanti, madhum icchanti(?) Just like the flies, they are

finding out where is sore, and the bees, they are finding out where there is

honey. So two animals, they have got two business: fault-finding and

collecting the good things. These are two... Just like creature. They are two

classes. Similarly, there are many rascals who are simply fault-finding.

Tamäla Kåñëa: And blasphemy?

Prabhupäda: Blasphemy means you have good qualities, but still, I am defaming

you.

Tamäla Kåñëa: So the saintly person tends to overlook the bad qualities and

see the good ones.

Prabhupäda: Yes.

Tamäla Kåñëa: Like Kåñëa’s dealing with Pütanä.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Morning Walk -- February 6, 1976, Mäyäpura

 

I couldn't find it on Folio, but recently I had heard(? read?) something

similar to the above--Prabhupada was defining blasphemy as finding bad

qualities where there were none, faultfinding as seeing only the bad in a

mixture of bad and good, and criticism as legitimate pointing out of a fault.

 

Hoping this is helpful,

Your servant, Urmila devi dasi