defining terms

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>> > What do you mean by "DUTY* anyway? Define your terms.

 

>COM: Krishna Kirti (das) HDG (Baltimore, MD - USA) wrote:

>> C'mon Prabhu, if you need THAT defined, we really can't discuss this issue

>> anymore.

 

At 8:18 -0800 1/7/99, COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA)

wrote:

>Actually, I think it is important to define terms. If we aren't talking

>about the same thing when we use a term, then even though we may be in

>agreement in principle, we may never see that we are because we are talking

>about different things when we use the same word.

 

I agree and recall that we had a similar discussion earlier re

"protection", which was another term that Krsna Kirti Prabhu was unwilling

or unable to define. It's easy to throw out these terms and say they're

important and need to be followed. However, if they are so important to

the functioning of varnasrama, we need to first establish that we are

indeed talking about the same concept. It's also crucial that we

understand terms such as "duty", "protection", "surrender" etc. so we all

know exactly what is expected of us and can see how we are measuring up.

 

Ys,

Madhusudani dasi