The officiating-acarya system with regular gurus & their disciples

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Nayana-ranjana prabhu writes:

 

> This argument is completely invalid. Whatever you say the Absolute appears

> absolutely only on the lips of an completely unalloyed devotee i.e an uttama

> adhikari. One may be repeating Krishna's or guru's words as it is but one may

> not have realization. Simply repeating like a parrot is not enough. That is

> why only the pure devotee can fully give us the Absolute Truth because he has

> realized the Absolute Truth.

>

 

Teachings of Lord Kapila, p87, Srila Prabhupada writes:

 

***"One may think, "I am illiterate and have no education. I was not born in a

very high family. How can I become a guru?" Chaitanya Mahaprabhu says that it

is not very difficult. Yare dekha, tare kaha krsna upadesa: "Simply speak

whatever Krishna has speaks. Then you become guru." Whoever speaks what Krishna

has not spoken is not a guru but a rascal. A guru only speaks what Krishna has

spoken."***

 

So according to Srila Prabhupada's thinking, (and Lord Chaitanya's), the

Absolute appears when someone speaks what Krishna has spoken, and to be a guru

is as simple as that.

 

In the SSR (p264), Srila Prabhupada also writes:

 

***"Similarily the bone fide spiritual master must come in a line of successive

spiritual masters. The original spiritual master is God.....One who has heard

from God explains the same message to his disciples. If the disciple doesn't

change the message, he is a bone fide spiritual master.."***

 

Again, Srila Prabhupada de-mystified the position of guru for us. It is

non-elitist, and non-subjective. Who is the "purest" devotee to hear the same

message of Lord Krishna from is not the issue - simply passing the unchanged

message is the qualification for being a bone-fide spiritual master, and no

jiggery-pokery is involved.

 

You quote:

>upadeksyanti te jnanam

>jnaninas tattva-darsinah (BG 4.34)

 

>The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN

>THE TRUTH. (part of the translation).

 

Srila Prabhupada in a class on this verse (Los Angeles, Jan 12, 1969) explains

this "seeing the truth" with the verse:

"Premamjana-cchurita-bhakti-vilocanena......""....Just like you are in love

with somebody, you can see him constantly - he is always on your eyes, anyone

you love - so similarily, Krishna also can be seen by development of love....."

 

What more love can someone have than to give up sex life etc. and give their

lives to ISKCON and Prabhupada's service? Hope I am not sounding like a

fanatic,

 

ys Antardwip das