Guest guest Posted May 13, 1999 Report Share Posted May 13, 1999 On 13 May 1999, Samba das wrote: > > > > > > Cannot that instruction or one word come from Srila Prabhupada's > > vani/books? Isn't that why we distribute the books? > > That would be impersonal. Anyone can say, Oh I got the instruction from the books. Spiritual life means discipline, being disciplined by the guru. Otherwise we can take shelter of any of the previous acaryas, as they were also mahabhagavatas. > Curiously, Srila Prabhupada said everything, as in all instructions, are in his books. Even in the mundane world, people get a sense of relationship with an author by reading his works. To criticize the reading of Srila Prabhupada's books as a method of getting Krsna conscious instruction appears somewhat innapropriate. > > The point is that the very books that Srila Prbhupada wrote, can be used, and are being used to promote different deviances, and this is becasue people are inherently different, and often complicated. That is why books are not enough, because there is no discipline, and anyone can pick and choose what he wants to accept from them, as we are doing. > Yes, one has to take advantage of the entire system involving the principle of guru/sadhu/sastra. Sincerity always needs to be there no matter how much facility we feel we have been given. > > This is basicaly ritvik philosophy. I think a significant difficulty with the current ritvik philosphy is their claim that one can take wholesale diksa from a physically departed sadhu. Otherwise, one can have a spiritual relationship with someone who is not physically present. ys, Sthita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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