ancient_paztriot Posted May 12, 2004 Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 Hayagriva dasa: Kierkegaard writes: “The only adequate way to express a sense of God’s majesty is to wrship Him… It is so easy to see that one to whom everything is equally important and equally insignificant can only be interested in one thing: obedience.” Srila Prabhupada: Yes, and God demands that full obedience: sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja (Bg. 18.66) Our original obedience should be to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and we should obey the spiritual master becasue he is God’s representative. If a person does not directly receive the orders of God, he cannot be a bona fide guru. A guru cannot manufacture anything: he simply presents what God speaks in the sastras. When God comes as an incarnation, He also gives references to the scriptures, just as Krsna referred to the Brahma-sutra in Bhagavad-gita. Although Krsna is God, and His word is final, He still gives honor to the Brahma-sutra because in that work spiritual knowledge is set forth logically and philosophically. It is not that we accept just anyone’s proclamations about God. Statements must be corroborated by the standard scriptures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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