Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 > At 06:05 AM 11/1/2006 -0500, Jayadvaita Swami wrote: > > > >Referring to Lord Caitanya's statement that He only eats in homes of > > >persons who chant a lakh of holy names daily: > > > > > >"But it appears to be contextual, for while on tour He regularly ate > > >in homes of Vaisnavas of various sampradayas whose sadhana did not > > >include extensive nama-japa." > > > > > > > > >I am informed that "and" is required after "sampradayas" [b/c "whose" > > >doesn't refer to sadhana]. Although admittedly I'm grammatically > > >challenged, this suggestion doesn't make any sense to me. > > Should say -- "sampradayas" [b/c "whose" doesn't refer to sampradayas]. > Otherwise, as written, it certainly doesn't make any sense. > > I don't know -- Is it clear that what's meant is Vaisnavas whose sadhana > doesn't include a lot of japa? It appears that some will think it's the > sampradayas whose sadhana etc. But putting "and" before "whose" doesn't > solve the problem. > > > >To me neither. "...regularly ate in the homes of Vaisnavas -- of various sampradayas -- whose sadhana did not include ... " maybe? > > > > > >-- > > > > > >Version: 7.5.428 / Virus Database: 268.13.21/509 - Release Date: > >10/31/2006 4:10 PM > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > >Version: 7.5.428 / Virus Database: 268.13.21/509 - Release Date: > >10/31/2006 4:10 PM > > > -- > > > Version: 7.5.428 / Virus Database: 268.13.21/509 - Release Date: > 10/31/2006 4:10 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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