As the Mahabharata says, “The Vedas differ, and so do the Smṛtis. No one is a muni who has no independent opinion of his own (nāsau muniryasya mataṃ na bhinnam).”
From http://www.aghori.it/woodroffe_introduction_to_tantra_sastra.pdf http://www.aghori.it/woodroffe_introduction_to_tantra_sastra.pdf
