Page 12 - Defending Prabhupada Words - By Harivlas Das

he refers to artha-prada or relative information based
on time and circumstance, and paramartha prada or the
absolute or essential teachings of the tradition. According
to Bhaktivinoda Thakura, relative information can be
incomplete or incorrect even though it might be found
in scripture or spoken by a self-realized devotee. To
emphasize this point he states that one is free to disregard
relative information in his own writings if it is found to
be incorrect. This position would allow one to disregard
certain comments Srila Prabhupada made on relative
issues, the most obvious being that women’s brain size
was almost half that of men. This is a piece of information
that he attributed to Dr. Urquhart, a professor at Scottish
Churches College, the institution that he attended in
Calcutta.”

Contrary to what Brahma das says, it has been determined
that men’s brain size are on the average larger than
women’s, with a mean weight of 1347 grams compared to
1223 grams. (news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/ health/newsid
BBC News | Health | Bigger brains help hunt for mates)
In another reference, Amanda Onion, a researcher, has
written in her article “Sex in the Brain,” “Research has
long shown that men’s brains are larger, on the average,
than women’s by about 100 grams.” Brahma das wants
to quickly disregard a statement Srila Prabhupada made

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