sastra is old? modernize?

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So if this confidential knowledge, one who preaches without any compromise,

he is the confidential servant of Krsna. There is no compromise. This is

real religion. The Krsna says, na ca tasmad manusyesu kascid me

priya-krttamah. So this is the person who has received the authority to draw

mercy water from the ocean of mercy of Krsna. Saksad-dharitvena

samasta-sastraih. And what Krsna said five thousand years ago, the same

thing Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, same thing. There was no change, as there

was no change between the statement of Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura and

Narottama dasa Thakura. Sadhu sastra. As sastra, there is no change. Not

that "Modernize. The sastra should be changed." No. That is nonsense. That

is not sastra. Sastra cannot be changed. "Circumstantially, it will be

changed, seasonal changes." No. That is not sastra. Sastra means it is

perpetual. What Krsna said five thousand years ago or Krsna said some forty

millions of years ago to the sun god... Imam vivasvate yogam proktavan aham

avyayam [bg. 4.1]. He says, "I am talking to you that puratanam yogam." Not

that "Because it has passed millions of years and now it is a different

time, so I will have to change." No. He said, "I am talking to you that very

old system." Is it not? Just see. The sastra cannot be changed. God's word

cannot be changed. Then what will be the difference between God and ourself?

He is always perfect. He is always perfect. What He said forty millions of

years ago, what He said five thousand years ago, that is also correct up to

date. That is sastra. Not that "So many years have passed and it has become

old. Now let us reform it and put it into new way." No. You can put the same

thing in a new way, but you cannot change the principle. Sadhu sastra

guru-vakya, tinete kariya aikya. Sastra is never changed. And the sadhu...

Sadhu means who follows the sastras. He is sadhu. He also does not change.

Sadhu, sastra. And guru? Guru means who follows the sastra and sadhu. So

there are three, the same. A guru will not change, that "It was spoken five

thousand years ago. That is not applicable now. Now I am giving you

something new, jugglery." He is useless. Sadhu sastra guru-vakya tinete

kariya aikya. Yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya vartate kama karatah, na siddhim

avapnoti [bg. 16.23]. These things are there.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 5.6.8 -- Vrndavana, November 30, 1976