Sri Guru... it is not he that is personally speaking

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Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

Of course, there is no place for changing and adjusting what Acarya spoke.

As is said in below quote, "when a pure devotee or spiritual master speaks,

what he says should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the

Supreme Personality of Godhead in the parampara system."

 

In ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada is certainly on such topmost position, and we

can easily understand, that what he spoke, is to be accepted as Krsna would

be speaking to us. Still, unfortunately, some seem to know better, and dare

to adjust Srila Prabhupada's words, to make them better, more acceptable to

public, or whatever reasons they provide to rationalize their whimsical

acts.

 

It is sad to see those things happen unchecked, and even defended and

supported by leaders of ISKCON institution. It is causing split between

Prabhupada's ISKCON movement and ISKCON institution. But since such things

can be historically observed in all religions, probably thats just normal

development of any religious institution of material world. Knowledge gets

lost, and Krsna needs to establish it again and again. Possibly things move

a bit faster in western kali-yuga. 30 years, and it is already quite

serious. I wonder what will it be like in the future. After all, we still

have some 9500 years of Caitanya era in front of us....

 

your servant Giri-nayaka das

 

 

> Thank you so much for this nice quote which in itself, establishes that

> there is indeed a clear line of demarcation between someone 'acting' as or

> taking up the role of 'spiritual master', and that person who is the

> actual PURE DEVOTEE, uttama adhikari who is "saksad haritvena" and

> "rati-keli sidhhyai", and who has been sent directly from Goloka by the

> Supreme Personality of Godhead to reclaim the fallen souls. It is THAT

> person to whom Srila Prabhupada refers i this purport. The lack of

> understanding the difference between these two types of guru is what has

> led to the great loss of faith and problems that Iskcon has experienced

> over the past 29 years.

>

>

>

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> Antya 5.71

> PURPORT

>

> One is forbidden to accept the guru, or spiritual master, as an ordinary

> human being (gurushu nara-matih). When Ramananda Raya spoke to Pradyumna

> Misra, Pradyumna Misra could understand that Ramananda Raya was not an

> ordinary human being. A spiritually advanced person who is authorized to

> act as the spiritual master speaks as the Supreme Personality of Godhead

> dictates from within. Thus it is not he that is personally speaking. In

> other words, when a pure devotee or spiritual master speaks, what he says

> should be accepted as having been directly spoken by the Supreme

> Personality of Godhead in the parampara system.

>

> Hope this letter meets You in good health

> Your humble servant Savyasachi Das