Srila Thakur #Bhaktivinoda
We love to read a book that we have never read before. We are anxious to gather whatever information is contained in it, and with such acquirement our curiosity stops. This mode of study prevails amongst a great number of readers, who are great men in their own estimation as well as in the estimation of those who are of their own stamp. In fact, most readers are mere repositories of facts and statements made by other people. But this is not study.
The student is to read the facts with a view to create, and not with the object of fruitless retention.
Students, like satellites, should reflect whatever light they receive from authors and not imprison the facts and thoughts….
Thought is progressive.
The author’s thought must have progress in the reader in the shape of correction or development. The best critic is one who can show the further development of an old thought; but a mere denouncer is the enemy of progress.
— From “Notes on the Bhāgavata”, an English article by Bhaktivinode. Found in the Vaiṣṇava Folio Archives. Compiled by Sri Narasingha Caitanya Matha. No date.
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