Siksa as most important guru

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On 20 May 1999, Janesvara Dasa wrote:

 

> Is it just to be accepted that disciples of a

> bonafide guru automatically become qualified uttama-adhikari gurus upon the

"death" of their guru? Which disciples is this supposed to include? Many of

the past "gurusappeared" emminently qualified to our naive eyes and yet

proved to be not so.

>

 

 

Weren't these issues prevelant during the zonal acarya days, and thus

something officially 'disbanded' with the demise of that system? One does not

need to be rubber stamped uttama adhikari in order to participate in the diksa

process.

 

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> The question I would ask myself is: First, can a person who is not freed

from all material contamination free me from it, and, second, does the person

who I have now or seeking as my guru have these qualifications.

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> I am not saying ONLY Srila Prabhupada has the qualifications to give someone

transcendental knowledge. I honestly do not know that as a fact. I am only

saying one who is fortunate will choose a guru with proper qualifications.

>

 

 

As sincere devotees, Krsna will send us many well wishers. Ultimately, it is

Krsna's, or should I say Radharani's, decision to bestow pure devotional

service. Naturally, they are inclined to fulfill the desires of all their

devotees, advanced or otherwise.

 

It is again most curious that we may say Srila Prabhupada is so powerful he

can save us from material life, then in the next breath insinuate that none of

his disciples have been saved from material life.

 

Kinda sounds like pretzel logic to me.

 

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> Is it wrong to allow a prospective disciple to choose between Srila

Prabhupada and someone else as their guru? Or are we saying no one, forever

again, can have Srila Prabhupada as their guru?

>

 

Everyone in ISKCON should feel encouraged to develop a siksa relationship with

Srila Prabhupada. Of course, the loaded issue these days concerns a guru

offering diksa after his physical departure. There are no examples of this to

be found in any of Srila Prabhupada's books, and he said he put everything in

his Bhaktivedanta purports.

 

 

ys,

 

Sthita