…Due to physical limitatons, it is difficult for me to receive the offerings as personal emails. Thank you for your understanding. … A request from H.D.Goswami – 2020 Vyasa-Puja e-mails
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In this paper, I seek to further clarify that understanding. I will engage here in both hermeneutics and exegesis. Hermeneutics aims here to establish rules one follows to ascertain the meanings of sacred texts. Exegesis is the act of interpreting or explaining the actual meanings of such texts, by application of reasonable hermeneutic principles. … Understanding Prabhupada
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Why did Prabhupada do the opposite of what the Lord told great devotees? Because the historical circumstances changed and sadhus, once respected for their poverty, are now respected in India for their opulence … Historical circumstances and dress standards
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Ego is the Greek pronoun “I”, and Sanskrit aham. In the dictionary and in our culture, it has at least one negative meaning. For Freud, of course, it didn’t have any negative meanings, the ego was just a person. It does have at least one pejorative sense in our culture. … What does ego really mean to you? Is ego bad?
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I try to be fair about it, evaluate objectively. As far as feeling bad, if we see ourselves the way God sees us, we won’t feel bad. If you know that you are infinitely loved, that the greatest conscious being thinks very highly of you, then you won’t feel bad. … The difference between false ego and self-respect
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