Post by sfdg on Dec 1, 2017 6:30:09 GMT
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One day, out of morbid curiosity, I opened a Hari Krishna newsletter, spam, that was in my email. In it, Lord Krishna, was described in such a pathetic monotheistic manner, that he appeared to me as the plastic Jesus of shopping mall born again Christians. So I dashed them off an email protesting their demeaning and insulting of Lord Krishna.
The editor was surprised, as he probably receives reams of mail challenging their claims of the supremacy of Krishna, and here I was saying the opposite. I accused them of being Orientalists, of superimposing Western Culture, in this case Christianity, on the East and its culture. So he sent me three pages of quotes translated into English from the Shrimad Bhagavatam that supported what they wrote.
I thanked him for the beautiful verses, and I truly appreciated them, but I wanted to know one thing. I wanted to know where Authority was located. In the ink on the page or from the mouth of the guru? He correctly explained that the guru articulates and interprets what is written in Hindu scripture. But suppose, just SUPPOSE, for a moment, that there was some contradiction between your guru and the Srimad Bhagavatam, that on a particular point guru and Hindu scripture disagree. What do you take to be the ultimate authority? I will admit it was a trap, shamelessly I set him up. Scripture, he answered.
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One day, out of morbid curiosity, I opened a Hari Krishna newsletter, spam, that was in my email. In it, Lord Krishna, was described in such a pathetic monotheistic manner, that he appeared to me as the plastic Jesus of shopping mall born again Christians. So I dashed them off an email protesting their demeaning and insulting of Lord Krishna.
The editor was surprised, as he probably receives reams of mail challenging their claims of the supremacy of Krishna, and here I was saying the opposite. I accused them of being Orientalists, of superimposing Western Culture, in this case Christianity, on the East and its culture. So he sent me three pages of quotes translated into English from the Shrimad Bhagavatam that supported what they wrote.
I thanked him for the beautiful verses, and I truly appreciated them, but I wanted to know one thing. I wanted to know where Authority was located. In the ink on the page or from the mouth of the guru? He correctly explained that the guru articulates and interprets what is written in Hindu scripture. But suppose, just SUPPOSE, for a moment, that there was some contradiction between your guru and the Srimad Bhagavatam, that on a particular point guru and Hindu scripture disagree. What do you take to be the ultimate authority? I will admit it was a trap, shamelessly I set him up. Scripture, he answered.
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