SRILA PRABHUPADA IS HIS DIVINE GRACE

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SRILA PRABHUPADA IS HIS DIVINE GRACE67-01-30: BrahmanandaOne

thing you may note also as a matter of etiquette. THE SPIRITUALMASTER IS

ADDRESSED AS HIS DIVINE GRACE, a Godbrother is addressed as His Grace, and any

Sannyasin is addressed as HIS HOLINESS.HIS DIVINE GRACE IS ALWAYS CONSULTING

KRSNA760714iv.ny Bali-mardana: In other words, when you decide that someone is

to be incharge of a particular temple does Krsna tell you that this person

should be in charge.Interviewer: Or do you by judging him say this person is

qualified.Prabhupada: YES, BECAUSE A DEVOTEE ALWAYS CONSULTS KRSNA AND HE

GIVESORDER.Interviewer: IT'S A MORE DIRECT COMMUNICATION.Prabhupada: YES. AND

HE GIVES ORDER.Ramesvara: Because intelligence, our philosophy is that

intelligence comes from Krsna. So if I have some...Interviewer: And your

philosophy is that your daily necessities come from Krsna as well.Ramesvara:

Yes, try to understand. Suppose my intelligence sees that this person is

qualified, that means Krsna has told me.Prabhupada: NO, NOT NECESSARILY, KRSNA

WILL TELL DIRECTLY. A DEVOTEE ALWAYS CONSULTS KRSNA AND KRSNA TELLS HIM, "DO

LIKE THIS." NOT FIGURATIVELY.Interviewer: Does that apply then to other kinds

of decisions and otherkinds of activities as well?Prabhupada: EVERYTHING.

BECAUSE A DEVOTEE DOES NOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUTCONSULTING KRSNA.HIS DIVINE GRACE

SPEAKS AS KRSNA SPEAKSAntya 5.71 One is forbidden to accept the guru, or

spiritual master, as an ordinary human being (gurusu nara-matih). When

Ramananda Raya spoke to Pradyumna Misra, Pradyumna Misra could understand that

Ramananda Raya was not an ordinary human being. A spiritually advanced person

who acts with authority, as the spiritual master, speaks as the Supreme

Personality of Godhead DICTATES FROM WITHIN. Thus it is not he that is

personally speaking. WHEN A PURE DEVOTEE OR SPIRITUAL MASTER SPEAKS, WHAT HE

SAYS SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS HAVING BEEN DIRECTLY SPOKEN BY THE SUPREME

PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD IN THE PARAMPARA SYSTEM.DIFFERENCE IS SRILA PRABHUPADA

SPEAKS WHAT KRSNA SPEAKS AND SO-CALLED GURUS HAVE TO JOG THE BRAIN TO GIVE

ANSWERS.760628bj.nv Prabhupada: So-called gurus, they are so-called gurus. They

are not gurus. That is already explained. If one does not speak what Krsna

speaks, he is not guru. If you accept so-called guru, that is your misfortune.

What can be done?Pusta Krsna: Some of them will say some things that Krsna

says, but they'll take from other places also. What is the position of such

persons?Prabhupada: He's MOST DANGEROUS. He's MOST DANGEROUS. He is

OPPORTUNIST. HE'S FINDING OUT CUSTOMER, SOMETHING HERE... ACCORDING TO THE

CUSTOMER HE IS GIVING SOMETHING, AS THE CUSTOMERS WILL BE PLEASED. SO HE IS NOT

GURU. He's a servant. He wants to serve the so-called disciples so that he may

be satisfied and pay him something. He's servant. He's not guru. Guru is the

master. You cannot disobey guru. But if you become a servant, you want to

please the disciple by flattering him to get his money, then you are not guru,

you are servant. Just like a servant pleases the master. He's notguru. He's

servant. So our position should be servant, yes, but servant of the Supreme. So

guru means heavy. You cannot utilize him for satisfying your whims. That is not

guru.JUST A FEW PLACES WHERE RITVIKS IN VEDIC SOCIETY PERFORMED CEREMONIES. SO

CALLED GURUS PERFORM INITIATION CEREMONIES TODAY ALSO-- ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THEY

DO NOT WANT TO BE CALLED RITVIKS. ALTHOUGH THEY CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH KRSNA

THEY PREFER TO BE CALLED DIKSA GURUS.SB 9.1.15 adhvaryuna--by the rtvik priest;

SB 4.5.7 rtvijah--the priests;SB 4.5.18 rtvijah--the priestsSB 4.6.52

rtvijam--of the priests;SB 4.7.16 rtvik--the priests;SB 4.7.27 rtvijah--the

priests;SB 4.7.45 rtvijah--the priests;SB 4.7.56 rtvigbhih--with the priests;SB

4.13.26 rtvijah--the priests; SRILA PRABHUPADA GIVES A PERFECT PLAN (KEEPING THE

ACARYA AT THE CENTRE): THEYPREFER TO BE IMMEDIATELY HIS DIVINE

GRACES-----WITHOUT COMMUNICATION WITHKRSNA! SRILA PRABHUPADA'S PLAN IS

TOPSY-TURVIED AND THE REST IS HISTORY.Letter to: All G.B.C., All Temple

Presidents--Vrindaban9 July, 1977To All G.B.C., and Temple PresidentsDear

Maharajas and Prabhus,Please accept my humble obeisances at your feet. Recently

when all ofthe GBC members were with His Divine Grace in Vrndavana, Srila

Prabhupada indicated that soon He would appoint some of His senior disciples to

act as "ritvik--representative of the acarya, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERFORMING

INITIATIONS, BOTH FIRST INITIATION AND SECOND INITIATION. His Divine Grace has

so far given a list of eleven disciples who will act in that capacity:His

Holiness Kirtanananda SwamiHis Holiness Satsvarupa dasa GosvamiHis Holiness

Jayapataka SwamiHis Holiness Tamala Krsna GosvamiHis Holiness Hrdayananda

GosvamiHis Holiness Bhavananda GosvamiHis Holiness Hamsaduta SwamiHis Holiness

Ramesvara SwamiHis Holiness Harikesa SwamiHis Grace Bhagavan dasa AdhikariHis

Grace Jayatirtha dasa AdhikariIn the past Temple Presidents have written to

Srila Prabhupadarecommending a particular devotee's initiation. Now that Srila

Prabhupada has named these representatives, Temple Presidents may henceforward

send recommendation for first and second initiation to whichever of these

eleven representatives are nearest their temple. After considering the

recommendation, these representatives may accept the devotee AS AN INITIATED

DISCIPLE OF SRILA PRABHUPADA by giving a spiritual name, or in the case of

second initiation, by chanting on the Gayatri thread, just as Srila Prabhupada

has done. THE NEWLY INITIATED DEVOTEES ARE DISCIPLES OF HIS DIVINE GRACE A.C.

BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPAD, THE ABOVE ELEVEN SENIOR DEVOTEES ACTING AS HIS

REPRESENTATIVE. After the Temple President receives a letter from these

representatives giving the spiritual name or the thread, he can perform the

fire yajna in the temple as was being done before. The name of a newly

initiated disciple should be sent by the representative who has accepted him or

her to Srila Prabhupada, to be included in His Divine Grace's "Initiated

Disciples" book. Hoping this finds you all well.Your servant,Approved: Tamala

Krsna GosvamiA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Secretary to Srila

Prabhupada__________________ONLY

ONE QUESTION---If they call themselves Divine Graces then why their words are

not accepted by ALL SECTIONS of society just like Srila Prabhupada? If it is a

fact that Krsna speaks through them than ALL of us would be QUOTING them just

like we quote Srila Prabhupada because the words emanating from his lips come

from Krsna--is it not?Srila Prabhupada is QUOTED because: he is ACCEPTED as

authority.

ALL GLORIES TO OUR BONAFIDE JAGAD DIKSA AND SIKSA GURU SRILA PRABHUPADA!HARE

KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE/HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA

HARE HARE.