[Jagannath] Prashna

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Pranaam Sanjay,

 

> This is where Jupiter differs with Mercury. There are many things

in

> this world where sanity check is not going to yeild any results.

 

True. But there are also many things in this world where sanity check is

helpful.

 

If, for example, a guru teaches a sishya that divisional charts are

useless

and rasi chart is sufficient to predict one's life perfectly, a good

student

will do a sanity check on it and think, " there are people (like twins)

who

have the same rasi chart, but different lives. So rasi chart is not

sufficient. But my guru is saying it is sufficient. How can that be

true? " A

good student may ask his guru about it. If his guru insists on his

original

stand, he may even choose to disagree with his guru (but still continue

to have

utmost respect for his guru).

 

PERSONALLY, I would prefer such a sishya to one who has blind faith in

me and agrees with me always. That is MY personal preference of course.

A question - even the one that appears non-saattwik on the surface -

can be for good, as long as the sishya is sincere in his quest for

Truth and in his respect for

me.

 

> In the example you have cited, it is not a " Correct Prasna " . The

> Questioner maybe genuine, but his method of making the prasna is not

correct

> and the very fact that he would be looking at the class instead of " A

> PARTICULAR PERSON " while posing the question shows that the question

was

> made erroneously or as a general defiance or challenge to the class

or to

> the teacher or the subject as such. Such a question does not qualify

for

> being answered. Even if the questioner was very humble, and most

genuine in

> asking the question, even then such a question SHOULD NOT BE ANSWERED

as the

> flaw in asking only shows that SRI JAGANNATH DOES NOT WANT TO ANSWER

HIM.

 

Your stand that it is not a correct prasna solves the riddle! I am

satisfied. But I don't necessarily agree that a prasna posed to a class

has to be

a " defiance " or " a challenge " .

 

> This rule should also be strictly followed in answering the

queries of

> the students as the student who does not make a humble request for

knowledge

> is under the influence of Guna's other than Sattwa and this can make

the

> learning warped. Honestly, I have not been following this strictly as

it is

> impossible to always expect the most satwik behaviour from all in

this Kali

> Yuga...NOT EXCLUDING MYSELF IN THIS. The mantra helps us to become

more

> qualified for the knowledge. So, say HARE RAMA KRISHNA.

 

That is so true....

 

Your grateful sishya,

Narasimha