Guest guest Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 All glories to SRILA PRABHUPADA! Disciple means discipline. How can the neophyte disciple have such a connection in the heart to perceive the important instructions that are necessary for actual spiritual advancement? Actually, this ritvik thing is nothing more than spiritual anarchy, a scapegoat for those that cannot take discipline, for those that desire recognition and for those that (unfortunately) are foolish and insincere. A guru has to chastise (and praise) the disciple (sometimes) for his/her own good otherwise mental speculation is the order of the day. The ritvik idea put forward by the mental speculators is flawed since it does not afford total surrender to ones diksha guru. There is the opt out clause whereby one can whimsically run to Prabhupada on the pretext of taking shelter, but in reality one is avoiding the very shelter that Prabhupada's has given by ignoring his instructions on this matter. We should ignore these fools, we should not waste our time. Instead we should concentrate our efforts on becoming more Krishna conscious and to become pure devotees. Anyway, when the desert caravan passes a village and the dogs bark, who takes notice? The dogs very boldly bark, but after all, they are just dogs, it is their nature to be like that. We can have sympathy with their covered dog like situation but the truth is 'you get what you desire and what you deserve'. We chant Hare Krishna for their benefit, and then we move on. I felt inspired to say something. Hare Krishna! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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