Initiation (?)

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Yes I have one comment, bhakta Jatu:)

 

You say:

 

> (that does not mean that he

> is a useless guy, it just means that he is not an uttama adhikari, which

> one is supposed to be to initiate in our parampara).

 

I´ve learned otherwise, madhyam adhikaris can also initiate. If only uttama

adhikaris can, ISKCON would be very high-ranking. Uttama is something very,

very rare.

 

Bhagavad-gita 4,34 says: jnaninah tattva-darsinah: selfrealized seers of the

truth.

 

Prabhupada calls such person a spiritual master in his translation.

 

Anyway, uttama means transcendental, so there may be some twist as to when a

person is transcendental (to tamas) and thereby uttama.

 

Another point is that the initiation is a procedure where we link with

Krishna VIA the medium of guru. Guru is the external manifestation of

Krishna within. Although the externals may fall, the internals will stay

(hopefully).

 

Your servant

bhakta Trayimaya dasa