jijaji Posted May 2, 2001 Report Share Posted May 2, 2001 Why is a Guru-parampara Indispensable? A guru parampara is an uninterrupted succession of devotees who have surrendered to their guru. Without such surrender there is no Krsna - yasya prasadad bhagavatprasado yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto'pi (Gurvastakam - 8). Krsna cannot be approached directly; Krsna will not accept anyone unless he accepts the attitude of a servant of His devotee in the form of the guru. The Srimad Bhagavata (10.14.29) states: athapi te deva padambujadvayaprasadalesanugrhita eva hi janati tattvam bhagavanmahimno na canya eko'pi ciram vicinvan [Moreover, Lord, one who has been blessed with a tiny bit of the mercy of your lotus feet knows the truth of the your greatness, O Blessed One. Not some other one pondering it over for a long time. -Ed.] and diksa-kale bhakta kore atma-samarpana (C.c., Antya, 4.184) "At the time of initiation the devotee surrenders himself." Srila Rupa Gosvami teaches in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.74) that the first of the 64 means of devotion is sriguru-padasraya, surrender to a bona fide guru, as well as krsna-diksadi-siksanam, "initiation and teaching in Krsna-bhakti." The Bhagavata (11.21.15) states mantrasya ca parijñanam - "the mantra is purified by the right knowledge." A mantra without explanation is powerless, and Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti writes in his commentary on this verse that one cannot just take mantras or their purports from books to reach the same effect - sadgurumukhat yathavat parijñanam mantrasuddhih "The mantra is really pure when it emanates from the mouth of a bona-fide guru." guruvaktrad visnumantro yasya karne visatyayam tam vaisnavam mahaputam pravadanti manisinah (Brahmavaivarta Purana, Krsnajanma-khanda, 83.34) "The wise call those persons in whose ears the Visnu-mantra enters, as it emanated from the guru's mouth, greatly sanctified Vaisnavas." Sri Narahari Cakravarti writes about Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's receiving diksa mantra from Sri Isvara Puri: nija diksa mantra tañre karnete kohiya loilena mantra bhumi pori pranamiya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jijaji Posted May 2, 2001 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2001 article was cut off....here it is again completely! Why is a Guru-parampara Indispensable? A guru parampara is an uninterrupted succession of devotees who have surrendered to their guru. Without such surrender there is no Krsna - yasya prasadad bhagavatprasado yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto'pi (Gurvastakam - 8). Krsna cannot be approached directly; Krsna will not accept anyone unless he accepts the attitude of a servant of His devotee in the form of the guru. The Srimad Bhagavata (10.14.29) states: athapi te deva padambujadvayaprasadalesanugrhita eva hi janati tattvam bhagavanmahimno na canya eko'pi ciram vicinvan [Moreover, Lord, one who has been blessed with a tiny bit of the mercy of your lotus feet knows the truth of the your greatness, O Blessed One. Not some other one pondering it over for a long time. -Ed.] and diksa-kale bhakta kore atma-samarpana (C.c., Antya, 4.184) "At the time of initiation the devotee surrenders himself." Srila Rupa Gosvami teaches in the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (1.2.74) that the first of the 64 means of devotion is sriguru-padasraya, surrender to a bona fide guru, as well as krsna-diksadi-siksanam, "initiation and teaching in Krsna-bhakti." The Bhagavata (11.21.15) states mantrasya ca parijñanam - "the mantra is purified by the right knowledge." A mantra without explanation is powerless, and Sri Visvanatha Cakravarti writes in his commentary on this verse that one cannot just take mantras or their purports from books to reach the same effect - sadgurumukhat yathavat parijñanam mantrasuddhih "The mantra is really pure when it emanates from the mouth of a bona-fide guru." guruvaktrad visnumantro yasya karne visatyayam tam vaisnavam mahaputam pravadanti manisinah (Brahmavaivarta Purana, Krsnajanma-khanda, 83.34) "The wise call those persons in whose ears the Visnu-mantra enters, as it emanated from the guru's mouth, greatly sanctified Vaisnavas." Sri Narahari Cakravarti writes about Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's receiving diksa mantra from Sri Isvara Puri: nija diksa mantra tañre karnete kohiya loilena mantra bhumi pori pranamiya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jijaji Posted May 2, 2001 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2001 I apologize...for some reason I was unable to post the entire article, I even tried twice. I'll post the remainder in replys! ;^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jijaji Posted May 2, 2001 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2001 finish... "The wise call those persons in whose ears the Visnu-mantra enters, as it emanated from the guru's mouth, greatly sanctified Vaisnavas." Sri Narahari Cakravarti writes about Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's receiving diksa mantra from Sri Isvara Puri: nija diksa mantra tañre karnete kohiya loilena mantra bhumi pori pranamiya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jahnava Nitai Das Posted May 2, 2001 Report Share Posted May 2, 2001 I think you may be including two '|' characters next to each other at the end of the sanskrit quotes. That cuts off the article. Remove them before pasting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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