Amnesty for sannyasis

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Bhaktarupa (das) ACBSP wrote:

 

 

> The point I was trying to make was that we have to consider the individual

> circumstances of the sannyasi who gets married and we should avoid blanket

> condemnation. If this is not a possibility for you then we don't have to

> discuss further.

 

Yes, I think we can easily agree here. This is indeed a possibility

for me as well.

 

 

If you wish to consider the individual circumstances of the

sannaysi who gets married, no problem. But we have first to

come to an agreement in regard what the general principles/laws are

there before we start taking in consideration a particular

individual circumstances. Not the way around. We do not extrapolate

the general rules out of few selected individual cases, some of

these being rather hypothetical than realistic "ground situation".

 

For example, there in India, everybody is supposed to drive on the

left side of the road, right? That's the rule. Now, if somebody ends

up on the opposite side, that doesn't have to mean "See, it's approved

by the authorities that one may drive on the right side of the

road as well". And why the particular car ended up on the wrong side,

that is to be examined. Maybe the wheel of the driver's car broke down...

Or maybe he was drunken.. And maybe nobody got harmed really.. or maybe

the bunch of kids were nocked down by the guy... So many individual

possibilities.

But this has nothing to do with the rule of driving on the left side

of the road and not on the right one, does it?

 

 

 

BTW, I do not feel very comfortable with your bringing the word

"condemnation" here. We do not condemn. It is not our business to

condemn. We are simply trying to understand what the general principles

are. Wether it is approved or not. Wether it is a disgrace or not,

proper or improper... This should have nothing to do with condemnation.

 

 

 

 

 

- mnd