Danda 1995 - Suhotra Maharaja Archives

Answer by Suhotra SwamiOctober 11, 1995Yes, it was something like that. Not that it has to happen that way, but thereis a sense in the progression by which one offense can lead to all ten.CREATION IN THE SPIRTUAL WORLDQuestion from Bhagadatta dasOctober 18, 1995In the end of the first paragraph from the purport to text 16 from the 15-thchapter of BG there is one line I can't understand: "Of course, in the spiritualworld there is no such thing as creation, but since the SPG, as stated in theVedanta-sutra, is the source of all emanations, that conception is explained."Could you clearify this.Answer by Suhotra SwamiOctober 18, 1995Nothing in the spiritual world is created in time, as things are created here ata certain point. Everything in Vaikuntha is eternal. But even in eternality,Krsna is the source. That is the meaning of *nityo nitananam cetanascetananam*: "Among eternally conscious beings, there is one supreme eternallyconscious being." A helpful example is the sun and the sunlight. As the sunexists so also the sunlight exists. They are inseparable. There is no way toknow the sun if there would be no sunlight. Yet still the sun is the source ofthe sunlight.MAYAVADISQuestion from Diviratha dasOctober 25, 1995A German scholar is about to write an article for an important book about SrilaPrabhupadas methods of dealings with mayavadis and their philosophy. I try tohelp her to get the right understanding. In this connection I need the followinginformation:1) Are the Gita-mahatmya verses, quoted by Srila Prabhupada in his BG intro,composed by Sankaracarya? If so, in which book did he write them and when? Whereinformation about that could be found?2) in the Prabhupada nectar books is a story how Srila Prabhupada allowed to putthe Sariraka bhasya in a library of an ISKCON temple. How to understand this?Did he allow all (mature) devotees to study Sankaracaryas commentary or is itonly for specific devotees?3) What is the difference between the philosophy of Ramanujacarya and that ofLord Caitanya? (Especially in regard to mayavadi philosophy, but in generaltoo.)Answer by Suhotra SwamiOctober 25, 19951) The Gita-mahatmya is composed by Sankaracarya. For further information, youwill have to do your own research. I suggest you contact Dr. Tilak Raj Chopra,Haselweg 15, 5309 Meckenheim-Merl, GERMANY, tel. 02225-3142 [I do not know ifthis address and telephone number are still current, however]. He is an