Srila Sarasvati Thakura on straightforward speaking

[Guest guest]

If I were to desist from lecturing about the Absolute Truth due to fear that

some listeners may be displeased, I would be deviating from the path of

Vedic truth and accepting the path of untruth. I would become one who is

inimical to the Vedas, an atheist, and would no longer possess faith in

Bhagavan, the very embodiment of truth.

 

Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga will not be pleased unless we fearlessly speak the

truth. If I am afraid that telling the truth objectively may be unpleasant

and so do not speak the truth, then I have given up the path of revealed

truth and accepted one that is not bona fide. That would make me an atheist

and a cheater.

 

(What are the references for these quotes?)

[Guest guest]

Sounds like Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja, On

Assuming Responsibility for Being Guru, a paper I have not seen for many

years.

 

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> Srila Sarasvati Thakura on straightforward speaking

>

> If I were to desist from lecturing about the Absolute Truth due to

fear

> that

> some listeners may be displeased, I would be deviating from the path

of

> Vedic truth and accepting the path of untruth. I would become one who

is

> inimical to the Vedas, an atheist, and would no longer possess faith

in

> Bhagavan, the very embodiment of truth.

>

> Sri Sri Guru-Gauranga will not be pleased unless we fearlessly speak

the

> truth. If I am afraid that telling the truth objectively may be

unpleasant

> and so do not speak the truth, then I have given up the path of

revealed

> truth and accepted one that is not bona fide. That would make me an

> atheist

> and a cheater.

>

> (What are the references for these quotes?)