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SB lecture Geneve 14 th June 1974

So the reason is... “According to ®r… Caitanya Mah€prabhu, anyone who is

conversant in the transcendental knowledge or the science of Godhead, be he

a br€hmaŠa or ™dra, a householder or a sanny€s…, is eligible to become a

spiritual master.” Not that because he was born a ™dra, he cannot preach,

he cannot take the post of €c€rya or spiritual master. That is not Caitanya

philosophy. Caitanya philosophy has nothing to do with this body, external

body. Caitanya philosophy is concerned with the soul. This movement is the

movement of elevating the soul, saving the soul from degradation. Therefore

people sometimes are surprised. The bodily concept of life, the same

activities will be karma. And on the platform of spiritual life, the same

karma will be bhakti. Same karma will be bhakti. So bhakti is not

inactivity. Bhakti is all active. Yat karoi yaj juhoi yad an€si yat

tapasyasi kuruva tad mad-arpaŠam. This is bhakti, bhakti-yoga. KŠa says

to everyone, “If you cannot give up your karma, then that’s all right. But

the result of your karma, give to Me. Then it will be bhakti.”

So Vidura was Yamar€ja. Not only he was Yamar€ja, ordinary, but he is one of

the great authorities. There are twelve authorities mentioned in the €stra.

One of them is Yamar€ja. Balir vaiy€sakir vayam. This is stated in the

®r…mad-Bh€gavatam. Yamar€ja is one of the GBC of KŠa. Yes. As we have got

twelve GBC’s, similarly KŠa has got GBC’s. Now,

svayambh™r n€radaƒ ambhuƒ

kum€raƒ kapilo manuƒ

prahl€do janako bh…mo

balir vaiy€sakir vayam

[sB 6.3.20]

That twelve men are authorized to preach KŠa consciousness. So we have to

follow. Mah€jano yena gataƒ sa panth€ƒ [Cc. Madhya 17.186]. Therefore we

have created these GBC. So they should be very responsible men. Otherwise,

they will be punished. They will be punished to become a ™dra. Although

Yamar€ja is a GBC, but he made a little mistake. He was punished to become a

™dra. So those who are GBC’s, they should be very, very careful to

administer the business of ISKCON. Otherwise they will be punished. As the

post is very great, similarly, the punishment is also very great. That is

the difficulty. You can see from this example, Vidura. He was immediately

punished. He did little mistake at MaŠ™ka... Because the is, the munis,

they will curse. Dealing is very... Even Yamar€ja is not taking.