Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Sometime back Bhakti Vikasa Swami raised a question about BSST being quoted on taking sannyasa out of humility, not pride. I was reading the CC Antya 13.6, and the cite is in the purport, being paraphrased by Srila Prabhupada. "In fact, a Vaisnava accepts the sannyasa order knowing that he is unequal to his spiritual master, who is a paramahamsa, and he thinks that he is unfit to dress like a paramahamsa. Therefore, a Vaisnava accepts sannyasa out of humility, not out of pride...Thus a Vaisnava will sometimes accept the sannyasa order just to keep himself below the level of a paramahamsa Vaisnava. This is the instruction of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura." Rupa-vilasa dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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