Initiation (?)

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On 09 May 1999, Samba das wrote:

 

> READ very carefully the article I posted from the Harmonist.

 

 

> Srila

> Bhaktisidhanta maharaja says there that you need to HEAR the transcendental

> knowledge from the lips of a pure devotee. Only that is Sabda Brahma, pure

> spiritual sound.

 

 

> Anything you READ, although the real thing, can only be

> understood as alphabets.

 

> READING the instructions may be confusing, but if you have a person

> there who knows, it is much easier.

 

 

 

> Please READ that article carefuly and slowly.

 

 

> I have READ it now several times, and more sinks in each time.

> Sd

 

 

 

You say to READ the article and that you have READ the article several times,

but the article says one cannot understand things by READING.

 

So why should we READ the article and how can it help solve our dilema if we

cannot understand the Truth by READING?

 

 

It is my humble opinion that Krsna has given us the eternal association of His

pure devotee, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, through the "agency" of his books. The

guru is the expansion of Vyasadev Who is Krsna Himself.

 

Prabhupada's purports are the association of the pure devotee.

 

"Regular reading or hearing of Srimad-Bhagavatam is also performance of

Bhakti-yoga, and one can attain the highest perfection simply by the

association of Srimad-Bhagavatam." S.B. 2.9.4.

 

"Sadhu-sanga, or association with a devotee, means always engaging in Krishna

consciousness by chanting the Hare Krishna mantra and by acting for

Krishna...S.B. 4.24.59.

 

"It is sometimes misunderstood that if one has to associate with persons

engaged in devotional service, he will not be able to solve the economic

problem. To answer this argument, it is described here that one has to

associate with liberated persons not directly, physically, but by

understanding, through philosophy and logic, the problems of life." S.B.

3.31.48.

 

"...Srimad-Bhagavatam is so scientifically presented that any sincere student

of this great science will be able to understand the science of God simply by

reading it with attention or simply by regularly hearing it from the bonafide

speaker... Even those who are after the enjoyment of this material world can

also take shelter of the great science of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and they will be

successful at the end." S.B. 2.7.52

 

"Practicing yoga without reading the standard literatures is simply a waste of

time." S.B. 3.28.4.