Guest guest Posted December 11, 1999 Report Share Posted December 11, 1999 Guru-Krsna das wrote: >> Thinking is a function of the material mind. >We are debating here also about material truth aren,t we? Not I, prabhu. I have no desire to debate about material truth. >> Cats, dogs, and cockroaches also think. But no living entity can know the >> absolute truth by mental exertion. >So would you say that we are debating here about "absolute truth" or relative truth, >since it is related to the body and mind and not the soul, who is neither woman nor >man, rather female in nature because Krsna is the only man (purusa). My response to you was based on your saying that you "don't care what Prabhupada says or didn't say." Personally, I have implicit faith that whatever Srila Prabhupada has said has transcendental value for his followers. Of course if Srila Prabhupada misquotes a verse or makes some similar insignificant mistake, that is also valuable for the follower. It reminds us that the spiritual master is not God and therefore not materially perfect. But he *is* spiritually perfect, for he is cent percent devoted to the will of Krsna. >> If you or anyone else *really* wants to know the truth, then you had >> better ***care what Prabhupada says or didn't say*** because he is the >> pure representative of Krsna. Haven't you realized that yet? >So in your conception "the pure representative of Krsna" is automatically a perfect >scientist,socologist, psychologist and so on, and is complitely expert in all >knowledge related to material nature, is it that what you whant to say by "Haven,t >you realized that yet?" No, the question is "Haven't you realized that [srila Prabhupada is a pure representative of Krsna] yet? >> And do you follow the 4 regulative principles and chant at least 16 rounds >> of japa daily? Do you rise early and attend managala-arati? Do you hear >> Srimad-Bhagavatam daily? >I am just a lowclass fool who has nothing else to do than speculating about the >Absolute Truth. The reason I mention the above is because unless we follow the orders of the pure devotee spiritual master, then we will not be able to go beyond exactly that speculating about the Absolute Truth: yasya deve para bhaktir, yatha deve tatha guroh. --gkdas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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