SP says it's OK to read other Vedic literature

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Krishna Kirti's quote below from Srila Prabhupada is only concerned with the

books of the "previous acaryas". I beg to point out that Manu Rishi is not

one of our previous acaryas.

 

Your servant, Bhaktarupa Das

 

> Srila Prabhupada himself does not agree that we should not read other

> Vedic literature. Here is a relevant discussion with Srila Prabhuapda

> that confirms this:

>

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>

> Paramahamsa: Srila Prabhupada, I remember once I heard a tape where you

> told us that we should not try to read the books of previous acaryas.

>

> Prabhupada: Hmm?

>

> Amogha: That we should not try to read Bhaktivinoda's books or earlier

> books of other, all acaryas. So I was just wondering...

>

> Prabhupada: I never said that.

>

> Amogha: You didn't say that? Oh.

>

> Prabhupada: How is that?

> Amogha: I thought you said that we should not read the previous acaryas'

> books.

>

> Prabhupada: No, you should read.

>

> Amogha: We should.

>

> Prabhupada: It is misunderstanding.

>

> Paramahamsa: I think maybe he was thinking that there was some things

> about some of the Gaudiya Matha books.

>

> Prabhupada: Maybe.

>

> Paramahamsa: And sometimes you said that better not to..., better to read

> your books.

>

> Amogha: When the devotees went to India this year, they said that

> Acyutananda Swami very..., chastised them that "You should never... If I

> catch any of you buying Bhaktisiddhanta's books from Gaudiya Matha then I

> will take it away," something like this.

>

> Paramahamsa: Yeah, that was, the reason was because of, he didn't want the

> devotees going to Gaudiya Matha. But there's nothing wrong with the idea

> of studying the previous acaryas' books.

>

> Prabhupada: No. Who said? That is wrong. We are following previous

> acaryas. I never said that.

>

> Paramahamsa: All of your commentaries are coming from the previous

> acaryas.

>

> Prabhupada: Yes.

>

> Jayadharma: But that wouldn't mean that we should keep all the previous

> acaryas' books and only read them.

>

> Prabhupada: That is already there. You first of all assimilate what you

> have got. You simply pile up books and do not read-what is the use?

>

> Jayadharma: First of all we must read all your books.

>

> Prabhupada: Yes.

>

> (Morning Walk, May 13, 1975, Perth)

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> Your servant, Krishna-kirti das (HDG)