Guest guest Posted March 4, 2002 Report Share Posted March 4, 2002 On 4 Mar 2002, Mahanidhi das wrote: > I find it not so best thing to post-cross another conference > to the bits and parcels of the threads that goes elsewhere. okay. I will start it as a *fresh* new thread, in both the conferences. Please forgive me for cross posting another text from another conference, but I just thought, this is an interesting point to discuss even in granddisciples, as the dialogue could be continued with out knowing the whole context. Now the discussion is on the question "Can we call our sampradaya as 'siksa sampradaya'" ? My understanding is: Any sampradaya can be called simply sampradaya. There is no need to call ours exclusively as siksa sampradaya, as in certain quarters devotees are referring to. The term 'siksa sampradaya' was not coined by our founder acarya, as far as my knowledge goes. Every bonafide devotee, for example every one of those Acaryas in the parampara list of Bg As It Is, have a diksa guru. The term 'siksa sampradaya' can be misleading, as it can mean that one can be a member of sampradaya only based on siksa, and parampara can go on through him/her or even it can mean that, the whole parampara is standing only on siksa and no diksa at all, right from Lord Sri Krishna. That is no diksa link at all, any where. Siksa guru and diksa guru are identical, and importance of siksa is quite well explained by our founder acarya in the first chapter of Adi Lila of Caitanya Caritamrita, and that is sufficient and adequate for me. Your humble servant, Bhadra Govinda Dasa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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