Don't attempt to jump over Srila Prabhupada

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> Very good point. At the very minimum we would need an exact scriptural

quote> before we could consider anything that is not supported by what Srila>

Prabhupada> told us.

 

An exact quote from an exalted acharya is at

www.dvaita.org/list/list_26/msg00197.html

His qualifications are at www.dvaita.org/scholars/VaadiraajaT.html

 

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> And even if we do get an exact reference, we might still not accept it. We

would not accept this part of the Manu> Samhita because it is not supported by

anything that Srila Prabhupada taught> us. We keep ourself safe by viewing

scripture through his eyes -- because he> has adjusted everything for our

current time, place and circumstance.

 

I agree. I was not offering an absolute answer to anything. I never got to

personally meet Jaya and Vijaya myself.

 

By> reading his instructions and studying his practical example our

spiritual> progress is enhanced.> Thus, we are very cautious about accepting

things from other sources if they> are> not supported by what Srila Prabhupada

has taught us. What is to be gained by> jumping over Srila Prabhupada?

 

Srila Prabhupada taught us to learn from the *living* representatives of the

disciplic succession. Today, for those of us who never had the fortune of

meeting him, this refers to his seniormost disciples. And the example of his

seniormost disciples is always keeping his books in the center, and not

neglecting other spiritual sources if and when useful or relevant.

 

For me to arrange my whole life around one letter by Srila Prabhupada telling

us to ignore all other books that was not addressed to me, and utterly neglect

the example of the living authorities would constitute a JUMPING over the

acharya on my part.

 

Gerald Surya