[Jagannath] Why are you all sleeping?

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Namaste Dina-natha,

I am offended by the following words in which you are obviously referring

to me (because you quoted a few words from me).

I don't understand how will this be ever possible

when some of the SJVC gurus are pushing other students into the darkness

of ignorance. Not that I don't want to participate on the Varahamihira

list but I am totally discouraged to write anything because some persons

who know a bit of Sanskrit cannot understand the basics of philosophy of

Bhagavad Gita or Srimad Bhagavatam and are trying also to mislead others,

and not only that but they also dare to challenge the basis of the Jyotish

parampara in which SJVC is also coming and than they are posing as gurus

in SJVC while they don't even understand the meaning of parampara. When

I try to quote from Puranas they say that meaning of Puranas are "full

of ambiguities which are interpreted by different schools in different

ways" and then they quote from Purana giving their own translation without

following or referring to any of previous acaryas and we are supposed to

take their interpretations as absolute truth while they are asking us to

ignore acaryas like Srila Prabhupada, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur

and even Lord Caitanya Himself.

(1) You are not at all in a position to judge whether I know "a bit of

Sanskrit" or a lot of Sanskrit. I am afraid it is presumptuous of you to

jump to any conclusions on how much Sanskrit I know and how much of "the

basics of philosophy, Bhagavad Gita" etc I know, based on our little interaction.

You are crossing your limits. Why this sudden bitterness anyway?

(2) I only made a general comment that some things in Puranas

are not as clear as they may be in the English translations one may read.

This is an absolutely correct statement. My advice is not meant to push

anyone into darkness, but to put things in the right perspective. I am

not telling you to not believe in what you read, as passed to you in your

parampara. Definitely belive in it, blindly. I am only suggesting that

one should keep an open mind and atleast have some basic respect for other

schools. Some new converts (I am not referring to any particular person)

don't have the right perspective and are often intolerant/fanatical towards

other schools. I am only trying promote some open-mindedness and the right

perspective. I am not insulting any particular schools by pointing out

that there are several interpretations. I am sorry to know that you haven't

taken it well and I can't understand why.

(3) The expression that offended me the most is "posing as gurus in

SJVC". When Sanjay told me I would be an SJVC guru, I asked him if he thought

I was qualified for it. I told him I was embarrassed by the title "Pandit"

and preferred my bare name without any such high-sounding prefixes and

titles. But it was Sanjay's decision to make me a guru. I never asked for

it. So why do you say that I am "posing as a guru in SJVC"? Dina-natha

Prabhu, this bitterness - all too evident in the word "posing as" - is

very unfair! Please reconsider.

I am disappointed and offended by this unnecessary bitterness. May Jagannatha

shower his blessings on all of us and fill us with sattva guna.

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha