He is the Jagad-guru, or the Guru of all of us.So Why Fight?

[krsna 3]

The following speech was given by Abhay Charan Das (His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

before the members of the

Sri Gaudiya Math in Bombay, in February 1935,

on the appearance anniversary of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. :

 

 

saksad-dharitvena samasta-sastrair

uktas tatha bhavyata eva sadbhih

kintu prabhor yah priya eva tasya

vande guroh sri caranaravindam

 

 

"In the revealed scriptures it is declared that the spiritual master should be worshiped like the Supreme Personality of Godhead and this injunction is obeyed by pure devotees of the Lord. The spiritual master is the most confidential servant of the Lord. Thus let us offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of our spiritual master."

 

 

Gentlemen, on behalf of the members of the Bombay branch of the Gaudiya Math, let me welcome you all because you have so kindly joined us tonight in our congregational offerings of homage to the lotus feet of the world teacher,

acaryadeva, who is the founder of this Gaudiya Mission and is the President-acarya of Sri Sri Visva Vaisnava Raja Sabha -- I mean my eternal divine master, Om Visnupada Paramahamsa Parivrajakacarya Sri Srimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaja.

 

 

Sixty-two years ago, on this auspicious day, the acaryadeva made his appearance by the call of Thakura Bhaktivinoda at Sri Ksetra, Jagannatha Dhama at Puri.

 

 

Gentlemen, the offering of such an homage as has been arranged this evening to the acaryadeva is not a sectarian concern, for when we speak of the fundamental principle of gurudeva or acaryadeva, we speak of something that is of universal application. There does not arise any question of discriminating my guru from yours or anyone else's.

 

 

There is only one guru, who appears in an infinity of forms to teach you, me and all others.

 

 

In the Mundaka Upanisad (1.2.12) it is said:

 

 

tad-vijnartham sa gurum evabhigacchet

samit-panih srotriyam brahma-nistham

 

 

"In order to learn the transcendental science, one must approach the bona fide spiritual master in disciplic succession, who is fixed in the Absolute Truth."

 

 

Thus it has been enjoined herewith that in order to receive that transcendental knowledge, one must approach the guru. Therefore, if the Absolute Truth is one, about which we think there is no difference of opinion, the guru cannot be two. The acaryadeva to whom we have assembled tonight to offer our humble homage is not the guru of a sectarian institution or one out of many differing exponents of the truth. On the contrary, he is the jagad-guru, or the guru of all of us, the only difference is that some obey him wholeheartedly, while others do not obey him directly.

 

 

In the Srimad- Bhagavatam (11.17.27) it is said:

 

 

acaryam mam vijaniyan / navamanyeta karhicit

na martya-buddhyasuyeta / sarva-deva-mayo gurun

 

 

"One should understand the spiritual master to be as good as I am," said the Blessed Lord. "Nobody should be jealous of the spiritual master or think of him as an ordinary man, because the spiritual master is the sum total of all demigods."

 

 

That is, the acarya has been identified with God Himself. He has nothing to do with the affairs of this mundane world. He appears before us to reveal the light of the Vedas and to bestow upon us the blessing of full-fledged freedom, after which we should hanker at every step of our life's journey.

 

[Guest guest]

If guru speak some do not mention in sastra, then he is may reject this guru. Guru do not stay as supreme truth, he is not independent. Guru do not God and Srila Prabhupada write "guru" with small letter.

 

If we has many mistakes then guru do like God - Guru. For disciple worship guru like God ( with big letter ) and do not see mistakes and so on.

 

Srila Prabhupada write - "needs follow with full understanding". "Spiritual science nit blind".

 

This way Srila Prabhupada. Lord Caitanya do not preach -"only sraddha in guru". Guru sadhu sastra it is complete truth.

 

Hare Krisna.

[kailasa 0]

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[Guest guest]

1.You have surely some personal problem with some member of GVS, maybe you like some girl and she does not like you or something like that

2.These instruction of prabhupada are updated by prabhupada himself at the end of his life in this world explaining that it was for the preaching, to keep his unfaithful devotees with him. So if you are obstinately preaching indiscriminately agaist other maths, and you do only this in the forum, you are not in line with the desire of srila prabhupada. And if you preach against srila sridara maharaja you are also against gbc

3.IskCon is not a brand or a label, the main iskcon principle is :

tad viddhi pranipatena

pariprasnena sevaya

upadeksyanti te jnanam

jnaninas tattva-darsinah

["Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized souls can impart knowledge unto you because they have seen the truth."]

many think that to fulfill this bhagavadgita's and prabhupada's instruction have to find a guru outside iskcon.

So remaining inside an organization called iskcon, for someone, is not to remain in iskcon

 

you are an experienced devotee, sometimes speak also on other subjects