More misunderstandings from Bhaktarupa about Manu Samhita

[Guest guest]

> > But there is a very big problem. Manu Samhita may be full of practical

> > ideas, but how will we separate the wheat from the chaff? How will we

> > avoid accepting points in Manu Samhita which are irrelevant? How will we

> > know when some point is actually just a detail being filled in for us

> > and when it is something which is offensive to the holy name we are

> > chanting?

>

> Use your intelligence and common sense. And you still have Guru, Sadhu and

> Sastra.

 

That's OK, but part of using your intelligence and common sense is to

understand the actual relationship between Manu Samhita and Srimad

Bhagavatam. This should be understood FIRST, before we start to accept

things from Manu Samhita.

 

Your servant, Bhaktarupa Das

[Guest guest]

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|> But there is a very big problem. Manu Samhita may be full of practical

|> ideas, but how will we separate the wheat from the chaff? How will we

|> avoid accepting points in Manu Samhita which are irrelevant? How will we

|> know when some point is actually just a detail being filled in for us and

|> when it is something which is offensive to the holy name we are chanting?

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|Use your intelligence and common sense. And you still have Guru, Sadhu and

|Sastra.

 

For the Vaishnava, intelligence is sadhu, sastra and guru.

 

ys

SRd

[Guest guest]

For those who feel Manu Samhita and Srimad Bhagavatam go hand-in-hand, I

suggest

reading the Manu Samhita chapter on atonement and comparing it with the words

we

recite every morning, "yani kani capa-pani, brahma-hatya dikani ca."

 

ys

SRd

 

P.S: On the other hand, Manu Samhita does have some very nice recommendations

for those who mistreat cows.

 

 

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|Bhaktarupa (das) ACBSP (Bhubaneswara - IN)

|Tuesday, November 07, 2000 6:50 PM

|Christopher Shannon; GBC Unmoderated

|More misunderstandings from Bhaktarupa about Manu Samhita

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|

|> > But there is a very big problem. Manu Samhita may be full of practical

|> > ideas, but how will we separate the wheat from the chaff? How will we

|> > avoid accepting points in Manu Samhita which are irrelevant? How will we

|> > know when some point is actually just a detail being filled in for us

|> > and when it is something which is offensive to the holy name we are

|> > chanting?

|>

|> Use your intelligence and common sense. And you still have Guru, Sadhu and

|> Sastra.

|

|That's OK, but part of using your intelligence and common sense is to

|understand the actual relationship between Manu Samhita and Srimad

|Bhagavatam. This should be understood FIRST, before we start to accept

|things from Manu Samhita.

|

|Your servant, Bhaktarupa Das