The evil consequences of following Guru-Guru-Guru

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On 02 Jul 1999, Vijay Pai wrote:

 

> In general, though, when we do not understand what Srila

> Prabhupada means when he gives his purports, what exactly is the

> value of our reading? Particularly on a case like this, when

> Srila Prabhupada explicitly specifies the remaining element

> ("the Chandogya Upanishad"), how can we justify a refusal to take

> the extra step required to complete the process of understanding?

 

 

The process is complete when we follow the program as decribed whether it is

"complete" in our mundane estimation or not. The Bhagavatam is no where even

near the "completeness" of the Vedas yet it is considered the cream of all

Vedic literatures. Similarly, the Bhagavad-gita is about one hour of time

between the Supreme Lord and His pure devotee out of thousands and thousands

of hours of the Mahabharata, and yet it is the essence of those hours.

 

Lord Caitanyas movement does not entail our requisite high jnani knowledge. We

are to understand it logically, but we do not have to be "logicians" to

understand and practice it; even a child can do it or even a dog. The logic is

simple; that I am a spirit soul, part and parcel of the Supreme soul and my

eternal sanatana-dharma is to serve Him and at the same time do my prescribed

duty until He delivers me to wherever He wishes.

 

We will only build high fences which keep people out by imagining that the

Supreme is reachable through our own research.