Guest guest Posted September 8, 1999 Report Share Posted September 8, 1999 [Text 84155 from SOCHI] > So we have to establish our ultimate authority, otherwise this is > senseless. Srila Prabhupada is the one through whom we are to see the > previous acaryas, and his statements are to be the final authority for us. Our ultimate authority is guru, sadhu and sastra. It means they all should ultimately agree. If sastra says Krsna is God both guru and sadhu should say the same; if sastra says the pure devotional service to Krsna is the highest perfection of the soul, both guru and sadhu should also say the same. I would not like to suggest that Srila Prabhupada disagrees with his revered spiritual master in the matter of siddhanta, therefore I have presented some quotes from Srila Prabhupada which are fully in agreement with the explicit and very intelligent version of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta. Why not be satisfied with that if we are not biased? > Srila Prabhupada quoted this to illustrate how one cannot jump over the > guru to reach Krishna. I suggest we stick to Srila Prabhupada's teachings > as the final judgement for us. We horses cannot eat the grass of love of > God, if we abandon the shelter of our siksa-guru, the ISKCON > samsthapaka-acarya, who has delivered us the message of Lord Caitanyadeva. > However fine our conclusions may be. Thank you for the nice moral, prabhuji. It's fully applicable to those who dismiss the statements of Srila Prabhupada which I have quoted. And those who follow these statements have at least the equal right to be considered as faithful followers of Srila Prabhupada as you think you are. ys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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