The evil consequences of following Guru-Guru-Guru

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On 29 Jun 1999, Janesvara Dasa wrote:

> His books are there for this. He said, "Everything is in my books." I

believe

> him.

 

Hare Krishna! Everything is there, but what if _we_ don't understand

it as presented? For example, Srila Prabhupada's purport on

BG 8.3 says: "The Chandogya Upanisad describes the Vedic

sacrificial process. On the sacrificial altar, five kinds of

offerings are made into five kinds of fire. The five kinds of fire

are conceived of as the heavenly planets, clouds, the earth, man

and woman, and the five kinds of sacrificial offerings are faith, the

enjoyer on the moon, rain, grains and semen.

 

"In the process of sacrifice, the living entity makes specific

sacrifices to attain specific heavenly planets and consequently

reaches them. When the merit of sacrifice is exhausted, the living

entity descends to earth in the form of rain, then takes on the form

of grains, and the grains are eaten by man and transformed into semen,

which impregnates a woman, and thus the living entity once again

attains the human form to perform sacrifice and so repeat the same

cycle...."

 

The above paragraph only explains 3 of the sacrificial offerings

and 4 of the altars. It never says how "the enjoyer on the moon"

can be a sacrificial offering or how "the clouds" can be an

altar. Further, it does not explicitly explain how "faith" fits into

the picture. Of course, Srila Prabhupada gives us a pointer to get

the rest of the answers -- "the Chandogya Upanishad," but he never

translated or commented upon this text. So, prabhu, can you please

explain to me the remaining items mentioned in this purport using

only material from Srila Prabhupada's texts? Or would we have to go

to the original source (the Chandogya Upanishad) to find out the

answer?

 

Yours,

 

Vijay S. Pai