Post by Nilacala Chandra Das on Dec 5, 2021 16:28:05 GMT 1
PRINCIPLE 7:Don't debate
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QUESTIONS:
1. What is the seventh principle?
2. What does Lord Chaitanya say about the SB? (CCM 24.318; slide 2) What can we conclude from this?
3.a. What did Srila Prabhupada write to Tribuvanatha? Slide 3
b. How does this speak to you personally?
c. Do you hear any personal instruction?
d. What are some dangers of not applying this instruction?
4. Slide 5: explain the metaphor of the honey jar. What do you take from this?
5.a. Slide 6 (KB): What does this excerpt say to you?
b. What are you attracted to doing when you feel most tired and fed up?
c. Is that what you want to be spontaneously attracted to? How are you going to become what you want to be?
6. Slides 7 & 8: What can we learn from these pictures?
7.a. Slides 9 & 10: what if our discussion partner actually is wrong?
b. What are the merits or demerits of telling them that?
c. Are there any more constructive ways of correcting mistakes?
d. What is the down side of using the wrong approach and the upside of using the correct approach?
8. Slide 11: If we shouldn’t debate, why does SP sometimes tell us to?
9. Slide 13: According to Baladeva Vidyabhusana what are the 3 characteristics of vitanda and jalpa discussions. Please research the terms he uses and see if you can explain them.
10. What do you understand from Baladeva Vidyabhusanas statement that jalpa and vitanda do not bear fruit?
11. Slide 14: How are we going to get a taste for hari katha?
12. According to SB 11.30 what should we be experiencing if we discuss sastra correctly?