Siksa guru as personal spiritual guide

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On 07 Jul 1999, Srila Dasa wrote:

 

> But have you thoroughly examined his writings

> and that of ALL the Gaudiya Mathas (they all concur on this "fall of the

jiva"

> point) to get a sufficient background for making a sound judgment? From

your

> highly dismissive statements I think you are not even justified in coming to

> ANY CONCLUSIONS.

 

Prabhuji,

 

I find it ironic that you say the above while still upholding

Payonidhi prabhu as a terrific example of how someone saw the

light, accepted a shiksha guru guide, etc. In particular, Payonidhi

prabhu has _explicitly_ stated on the Krishna-Katha conference

that he believes that the jIva has fallen. He said this _after_

"accepting" Narayana Maharaja as a shiksha guru. What kind of

shiksha is this, that he feels fit to reject whenever he wants

to? Are you _sure_ that you want to uphold him as an example

for the rest of us to follow? If so, then I guess we can all

get cool new names from the latest travelling sannyasi and make

some big show of having a shiksha guru while completely rejecting

our claimed guru's teachings on whichever issues we desire.

Not the guru-disciple relationship I've read about in the

_Nectar of Devotion_; what about you?

 

Yours,

 

Vijay