Guest guest Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 >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. To me neither. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 At 06:34 PM 11/1/2006 -0500, Braja Sevaki wrote: > > 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? But it appears to be contextual, for while on tour He regularly ate in homes of Vaisnavas of various sampradayas, and these devotees' sadhana did not include extensive nama-japa. > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > > > > >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 > > >-- > > >Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.13.24/514 - Release 11/2/2006 >5:15 PM > > > > >-- > > >Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.13.24/514 - Release 11/2/2006 >5:15 PM -- Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.13.24/514 - Release 11/2/2006 5:15 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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