Sincere advice

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PranaKrisna das

Respectable Sir:

Pranam!!! Prabhupada ki jay!!!!! I don't know who is your Gurudeva, but all

glories to him too. Please, accept my more sincere sorry, by the

misunderstanding. Firts, let me explain to you fine self what happened. Whit

out doubt, your already given me very good advice, from your perspective. If, I

remember very well, I had already send you a letter of answer for you.

Unfortunately, your self cut the communication and never answer anything. But,

you were touching one interesting topic of discussion in the field of posmodern

territories that historians, philosophers, and sociologist of scientific

knowledge are investigating with increasing. Like you would know recent studies

of the defence emergence of Western indology accentuate that "credible"

knowledge is situade at an intersection between locales and social

distinctions. It is corroborated by historical, sociological and

ethnomethodological studies of science by scholars such as Thomas Kunh, Gaston

Bachelar, etc. All of them found that scientific disciplines, be they

paloenthropology or astronomy, where Hindu vs. Wenster -indology camps are not

the exception, "manufacture knowledge" through locally ethnocentric constituted

representational systems and practical devices for making their discovered

phenomena visible, accountable and consensual to a large disciplinary body of

tradition. This is a epistemological crisis where the ídulus specus, like Bacon

appoint in the start of scientific revolution, take one important role.

Like you very interesting said of get out the "Hare Krishna author": "Third, you

need to have only works by recognised scholars in your bibliography. I would

recommend that you remove all references to works written by Hare Krishna

authors (even those by Hrdayananda Maharaja, who may have graduated from

Harvard, but who is by no means recognised as an authority on any aspect of

Indian religion). I also suggest that you include very updated books and

articles written by established scholars (eg., Klostermaier, Knipe, Coward,

etc.). A.L Basham did most of his work over forty years ago, and much of his

work is very outdated. For a paper to be taken seriously, you need to show

that you did actual research of the very latest developments in the field." I

have any objection in the last point or your asseveration about A L Basham and

up dates. But, let me bring to the memory the Francis Bacon distinctions of

pure scientific knowledge blocks. Idolus specus, means the phobias, like

racism, social and racial discrimination, like machismo, whiteism, xenophobia,

bigotry. I understand your tatic and may be It is very fair like some other

devotees scholars said me, in some cases:

Namaskar,

As far as I judge, his comments are fair. I think we can refer to HareKrishna

confessional books, but we should do it where it's relevant.

Best wishes,ATys (AT) abhinanda (DOT) elcom.ruwww.elcom.ru/~abhinanda/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Canakya niti:12 There

is no disease (so destructive) as lust; no enemy like infatuation; no fire like

wrath;and no happiness like spiritual knowledge. "

 

But let me said you , other time, that It is no the authentic approach of one

scientific methodology, because in the real epistemic community of science,

there is not "sacred cows" like "authority". This problem was the one of the

firts fighting of Galilee Galilei. Then, there is not space for any social and

racial discrimination in the real scientific camps. If any person, women, black,

chine, Mexican, Jews, Christian, atheist, Marxist, Hindu, Hare Krishna, etc, if

he show scientific and verifiable founds by an universal and objective method,

it is all right.

And my last point. The desire of our Param Guru Srila Prabhupada was: " I like

the idea of to continue on for Ph. D. presenting our books and philosophy in

your thesis. This will be a great service for you to performed and I shall be

very grateful to you if can do it. (To Sauvengeau, 2nd February, 1975.)

So, what had been the result of this order? The book of Mechanics and

Nonmechanis science of Sada Putas das, was congratulate by two Nobel Laureates.

The Book of Forgiven Archaeology by Drutakarma and Sadaputa was congratulate in

the best Archaeological Journals and create a revolution in the paradigm. The

Books of Satya Raja das, like Vaisnavism, was foreword by Edwar C. Domick, Jr.

the Chairman of the American Institute of Indian Studies. The Vaisnava Journal

had very nice appreciation of eminent scholar that participet in this. The

Thesis of Krsna Ksetre das, Theology of Image Worship in Gaudiya-Vaisnavims,

presented in GTU for MA degrade , was appreciate by the Committees. The Essays

of My Acaryadeva, like Krsna in the Bhagavad Gita, was present in the UCLA and

the Indological list in internet, and It was congratule for many scholars. In

Latinoamerica, many devotees like Vallabhi devi dasi in her M. A. thesis O

Divino e o Sagrado da Natureza: a Filosofia Védica e o Biocentrismo an relação

Sociedade-natureza. (Divine or Sacred of Nature: Approach of Vedic Philosophy

on Biocentrism in Society-nature relationship, was so appreciate by the

Academically Communities in Brazil. My humble works, like Vaisnavism and my

more recent, edited by Cultural Committee of State Of Coahuila, Rescanning the

Srimad-Bhagavatam from Chanakyas works, follow the same method encourage by

Srila Prabhupada, and recived the same nice results.

Therefore, before the facts, Your fine person, as one devotee and scholar, would

be very nice and open to hear other perspectives. So, It was the cause why I had

send your letter to other of my scholars godbrothers and the vedic-forum.

Therefore, any person educate person, will be not angry by discuss this topic.

Because would be a sintom of emotionalism. Superbia aliena at scientia est .

Hoping by your positive answer

Ys. Hare Krishna das.