Article: This Is Not A Book Review

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> > > > > "I don't think Bhaktisiddantha [sic] was particularly in tune with

> > > > > the lives of householders or people who lived and worked in the

> > > > > world. His opinion reflected the experience of a lifelong

> > > > > renunciate, which is not the experience of most of us."

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> > > > At the best this sounds like a frog giving its opinion on a lion in

> > > > the assembly of lion's followers.

> > >

> > > It's really a moot point. The writer has made it patently obvious that

> > > she knows as much about the teachings of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati

> > > Thakur as Marilyn Monroe knew about quantum physics.

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> > > Your servant

> > > Braja Sevaki dd

> >

> > Monroe, by opening her mouth about quantum physics, may merely reveal

> > her ignorance. But the comment as it stands (I do not know what

> > precededs and follows this statment) about Srila Bhaktisiddhanta

> > Sarawati Takura Prabhupada not only reveals the author's ignorance, but

> > is verily a GREIVIOUS offence, what Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has

> > warned as the "mad elephant offense." Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarawati

> > Takura Prabhupada is an authorized, empowered Acharya and thus as such

> > he knows ALL that is to be known with regard to his assigned preaching

> > field at ALL levels. Yes, this will be evident to anyone who is able to

> > by His Divine Grace's Mercy study and assimilate them propery.

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> Rasaraja Prabhu, your words are well said. The fact is nowardays, people

> don't even care of committing offenses or what are offences. They are so

> caught-up in their little world of so-called academia or schorlarship that

> they dare to cast aspersions on the teachings of the acaryas. I think the

> hell for those people are yet to be created.

 

VERY WELL SAID!!! This was what was EXACTLY on my mind.

 

Your servant,

Vidvan Gauranga das