Guest guest Posted May 21, 1999 Report Share Posted May 21, 1999 > Dear Sthita-dhi-muni Prabhu, Please accept our humble obeisances. All > Glories to Srila Prabhupada. > > > > > Oh, come on now. There are eternal principles, and then there are > > > > instructions according to time and place. This is basic stuff. > > > > > > Right, so how does Srila Prabhupada's continued diksa status violate > > > the > > eternal principles? Please be specific. > > > > > > You know Ajamila was right, this really does go on and on. There is > > practically no precedence in our tradition to support the rtvik party > > interpration of this supposed order of ongoing wholesale rtivik > > initiation. > > How can you say there is no precedent if you do not compare like with > like? You never found all those previous examples of ISKCON type > institutions going back into the dawn of time did you? And even if you did > manage to uncover a series of identical situations to ISKCON in previous > Kali Yugas, and even if the same identical system was not employed, that > would still mean nothing in itself since acaryas can set their own > precedents. This has been explained to you now for the last time, so you > need not worry it will go on and on. > > ys Adri & Madhu Does "since acaryas can set their own precedents" mean that acharyas can change the systems that are set in place in vedic literature? That is what the "ritvik system of initiation" is; a change in vedic tradition(s) that are set down in shastras. Therefore, how can it be accepted by the followers of the vedas/vedic literatures? dasanudas, Basu Ghosh Das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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