Up till about 1910, courts could never rely upon fingerprints, voice prints, DNA, photographs, audio and video recordings. People were sent to the gallows, fined, freed and rewarded, all based on words of witnesses and decrees of judges, juries and tribunals. All evidence was based on sworn testimony, sometimes known as circumstantial evidence.' Sometimes lawyers argue to the point of making the law illegal. This still happens today, even in the face of "hard proof." Srila Prabhupada's recorded words are now available in both analogue and digitized form (a BBT Folio file makes them accessible for those with computer access). This is thehard proof.’ However, the `soft proof’ represents an equal, if not larger, body of knowledge. Such truth is fuzzier and more slippery. But it includes the testimony (seldom sworn) of hundreds of devotees. Sometimes such evidence is ignored in favor of the recorded word, but it may, in some instances, counter and prevail over the recorded word. Siddhanta and sistacara feature here; something to think about for more than today!