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.

 

> (...)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.

 

Srila Bhaktissidhanta wrote:

 

"Unless one possesses unalloyed devotion, he cannot have the good fortune to

receive initiation or TEACHINGS on devotional service from a spiritual

master. If a person is careless, then after obtaining mantras and the

process for worshiping the Lord through aural reception, they become the

source of material attachement. Those who give up duplicity and properly

hear the topics of Hari from a bonafide spiritual master and those whose

ears are able to properly receive such topiocs, ONLY THEY ARE ABLE TO REPEAT

THE SAME WORDS." (Brahmana and Vaisnava, page 71)

 

So it is the issue "who is the purest devotee". Passing the spiritual

message unchanged is not as easy as repeating the wordly speculations and

messages.

 

your servant

Dvarkadhis das