Guest guest Report post Posted December 26, 1999 > Thus, this attitude that some devotees are 'hurling' > shastra at others is non-sense. Shastra is shastra, it is the authority. Demons and mayavadis also know how to speak and quote shastra. But shastra is shastra, it's the authority, so that's why we don't mind to listen shastra from demons and fools, do we, Ameyatma prabhu? > Misunderstanding it's real meaning or purposefully misusing it are totally > other things. However, even if someone has misunderstood and misused some > quote, that does not make the shastra wrong. No, shastra is not wrong, you are certainly right. Who says it's wrong anyway??? But the eventual application of such shastra can be wrong like anything. With shastra you can hurt people. You can cause a damage. If you can believe it. Where is your case?? What Trayimaya sid was, basically, "Don't misuse shastra". And here you are making up your straw-man, having your argument "Shastra is not wrong". > > > What was the intended purpose of such an attack at minimizing shastra? To > try and convince others not to rely on shastra, not to take it as our > foundation? Yes... Don't let your demon straw-man to die do easily... "attack on shastra" "minimizing shastra" "intended purpose of convincing others to not rely on shastra" > No, guru-sadhu-shastra is the life-blood, and to hear it, > even if one does not agree with the speaker, just to hear or read the > quotes is purifying. Yes, you can go and listen "guru-sadhu-shastra" from any nonsense in this world. Get purified, even if you might happen not to "agree with the speaker". You can aslo voluntire to be an "experimental rabbit" for any damn fool that is convinced to be a sastra-caksuh and who only needs some "rabbits" to go practicing his shastric vision on them... Good luck. - Mahanidhi das Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
