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The first offense is to decry the scriptures

Expressions researched:
"first offense is sruti-sastra-nindanam" |"first offense is to decry the scriptures, Vedas" |"first offense is to deride at the Vedic literature or scriptures"

Lectures

Initiation Lectures

The first offense is śruti-śāstra-nindanam. No scripture of the world should be blasphemed.
Initiation of Jayapataka Dasa -- Montreal, July 24, 1968:

There are ten kinds of offenses in chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. There are three stages of this chanting process. The first stage is offensive stage, and the second stage is light stage, and the third stage is liberated stage. So generally in the beginning we are almost in the offensive stage but we shall try to avoid the ten kinds of offenses as it will be explained. You have got printed copy. You take it. The first offense is śruti-śāstra-nindanam. No scripture of the world should be blasphemed. Śruti, especially Vedas. Śruti means Vedas. Actually, Vedas are the original scripture. Gradually many other scriptures have developed. They are called smṛti. Śruti smṛti.

The first offense is to deride at the Vedic literature or scriptures.
Initiation of Jayapataka Dasa -- Montreal, July 24, 1968:

So offenses are ten kinds of offenses. The first offense is to deride at the Vedic literature or scriptures. Satāṁ nindā. And those who are preaching God consciousness, never mind in any part of the world. Those who are preaching God consciousness.

The first offense is to decry the scriptures, Vedas. To accept authority of Vedas. Not to accept or decrying scriptures. Vedas means the book of transcendental knowledge. Not only Bhagavad-gītā, even Bible or Koran, they are also.
Initiation of Bali-mardana Dasa -- Montreal, July 29, 1968:

You should avoid chanting, every one of you, ten kinds of offenses. The first offense is to decry the scriptures, Vedas. To accept authority of Vedas. Not to accept or decrying scriptures. Vedas means the book of transcendental knowledge. Not only Bhagavad-gītā, even Bible or Koran, they are also, although Bhagavad-gītā... Higher or secondary or primary, that is different. But whenever there is information of God, that is scripture, recognized. So we are concerned with the Vedas. So anyway, other scripture which is giving information of God scientifically or accepted by persons, that is also Vedas. One should not blaspheme the Vedas. This is first offense, to blaspheme.

Page Title:The first offense is to decry the scriptures
Compiler:Labangalatika
Created:20 of Jan, 2010
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=3, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:3