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From: Krishna Kalale (kkalale1_at_san.rr.com)
Date: Fri Oct 29 1999 - 16:07:19 PDT
-----Original Message----- From: HRID [SMTP:hrid@ivs.edu] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 9:33 AM To: kkalale1@san.rr.com Cc: 'HRID' Subject: RE: Re : Our Original Position Dear Krishna Prasada, Thank you for your letter. Here are my comments. >I would like to know who are meant by "those who are comin down to the >material world"? whoever they may be, they are definitely not coming due >to karma or even their choice. It is purely because to serve sriKrishna or >due to Sri Krishna's orders to be carried out in this world. Isn't this begging the question. You are simply affirming the very point under debate. I am somewhat bewildered by the long quote you gave from Baladeva, since this point repeatedly states the same thing I have stated: that the Lord creates the world with perfect regard to karma. >There is no doubt >that Sridharaswami's commentary is excellent, However, Sridharaswami is a >staunch follower of Sri Sankara's advaita philosophy. Neither Vaishnavs, nor academic scholars, believe this. Lord Caitanya took sannyas from a Mayavad sampradaya, but He is hardly a Mayavad. With best wishes, Hridayananda das Goswami