Guest guest Posted July 25, 1999 Report Share Posted July 25, 1999 On 22 Jul 1999, Mahanidhi das wrote: > > To add a note to this: > > Vijay is resembling the mode of rtvikvada. Though throughout the > entire volumes of Srila Prabhupada's books, the posthumous rtvik > initiation is not sanctioned, but the opposite initiation system is > quite the clear case, the rtvikvada nevertheless gets it's key-word > to take its "base" on -- "henceforward". > Actually the analogy works better in reverse: It is very easy to show that Madhva, Ramanuja, Nimbarka, Baladeva and their secondary commentators show that the phrase anadikarma in Vedanta refers to literally beginningless material activity as applied to every individual soul. OOP tries to interpret it to refer to spiritual activity prior to the fall to bring it in line with the fall theory. It is this novel interpretive way that greatly resembles rtvikvada. Gerald Surya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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