Evidence for guru-related-problems during Lord Caitanya's times

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Pamho. AgtSP.

 

> This is not to support the ritvik idea, but we should be careful in not

> watering down our Gaudiya Vaisnava siddhanta by propounding that a

> bona-fide guru may fall down. In order to understand the real

> qualification of a guru, we should study the life of the immediate

> followers of Lord Caitanya and all great maha-bhagavasts in Srimad

> Bhagavatam.

 

"The Mayavadi philosophers have presented their arguments in such

attractive, flowery language that hearing Mayavada philosophy may sometimes

change the mind of even a maha-bhagavata, or very advanced devotee."

(Adi 7.110, Purport)

 

"The Mayavada commentary Sariraka-bhasya is like poison for a Vaisnava. It

should not be touched at all. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura remarks that even a

maha-bhagavata, or highly elevated devotee who has surrendered himself unto

the lotus feet of Krsna, sometimes falls down from pure devotional service

if he hears the Mayavada philosophy of Sariraka-bhasya. This commentary

should therefore be shunned by all Vaisnavas."

((Antya 2.95, Purport)

 

TEXT 96

maha-bhagavata yei, krsna prana-dhana yara

mayavada-sravane citta avasya phire tanra"

 

SYNONYMS

maha-bhagavata yei—one who is a highly elevated devotee; krsna—Lord Krsna;

prana-dhana yara—whose life and soul; mayavada-sravane—by hearing the

Mayavada philosophy; citta—the heart; avasya—certainly; phire—changes;

tanra—his.

 

TRANSLATION

"The Mayavada philosophy presents such a jugglery of words that even a

highly elevated devotee who has accepted Krsna as his life and soul changes

his decision when he reads the Mayavada commentary on Vedanta-sutra."

(Antya 2.96)

 

Ys

Svarupa das