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accepted and some should be ignored. This assumption is
being introduced by Brahma das and others both inside
and outside of ISKCON. The following is a discussion of
why such an abomination is being attempted and how to
see through such sophistry.

Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has given a brilliant analysis
in his Tattva Viveka book explaining why humans give
various diverse answers to the same questions. I will quote
him exactly so that you can also appreciate his explanation.

“Human beings, many days after their birth in this world,
efficiently learn and collect the knowledge about the objects
of the senses. The various materials of this world and their
qualities realized by the sense-organs are called “Vishaya”
or the object of the senses. As the sense equipment of
children gradually attain maturity, the dualities of the
sense-objects also are realized by them accordingly. When
the sense organs learn to relish the qualities of the sense
objects, proportionally the sense organs are influenced by
their attraction. In this way the human beings get attached
to the objects of the senses that, in due course they engage
themselves in no other activity than in the contemplation
of those objects. The affinity toward sound, touch, form,
taste and smell become the invariable companions of the
human mind and they make it to be their slave. Human
beings get engrossed into and enchanted by the respective

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