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Acarya is one

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"acarya is one"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

There cannot be different ācāryas. Ācārya is one
Lecture on BG 4.19 -- Bombay, April 8, 1974: Krsna says something. That is not wanted. My so-called teacher or acarya... "There are different acaryas." No. There cannot be different acaryas. Acarya is one. As Krsna said in this chapter,
evam parampara-praptam
imam rajarsayo viduh
sa kaleneha mahata
yogo nastah parantapa

[Bg. 4.2]

Acarya means one who is speaking exactly the same instruction as Krsna has given. That is acarya. Not acarya, everyone becomes acarya. "In my opinion it is like..." Who are you? If you have got any opinion, then you write your own book. Why do you touch Bhagavad-gita? Because Bhagavad-gita is very well-known book all over the world, these rascals take advantage of Bhagavad-gita and interpret it in their own way. That is not acarya. Acarya means, as Krsna says, that "Millions of years ago I spoke this Bhagavad-gita..." Imam vivasvate yogam proktavan aham avyayam, vivasvan [Bg. 4.1]. "I spoke to the sun-god millions and millions of years ago."
Page Title:Acarya is one
Compiler:Syamananda
Created:11 of jan, 2008
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1