Different acaryas

Expressions researched:
"different acaryas"

Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead

There are others also, known as Śaivites, followers of different ācāryas, who worship You in the form of Lord Śiva

Krsna Book, Chapter 40: "There are also devotees, known as bhagavatas, who worship You as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. After being properly initiated in the method of Pancaratra, they decorate their bodies with tilaka and engage in worshiping Your different forms of visnu-murti. There are others also, known as Saivites, followers of different acaryas, who worship You in the form of Lord Siva."

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." Vivasvan manave praha manur iksvakave 'bravit. Manu... If you simply calculate the age of Manu, it becomes millions and trillions of years. So before that. Because Vivasvan spoke to Manu. So Manu's age we cannot calculate. Before that.

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

It depends on the spiritual realization. You'll find, therefore, in the comments of Bhāgavatam by different ācāryas, even there are some discrepancies, they are accepted as asat-patha. It should remain as it is

Lecture on SB 7.5.23-24 -- Vrndavana, March 31, 1976: Real education is to understand oneself, self-realization, and with that purpose one should make progress in Krsna consciousness, that beginning with sravanam. As we are hearing, without sravana there is no beginning of spiritual education. Satam prasangad mama virya-samvidah. That sravana, hearing also, should be accepted from devotee, from real devotee. Sri Svarupa Damodara Gosvami recommended that a brahmana... He wrote something about Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and there were so many discrepancies. So Svarupa Damodara Gosvami was not at all satisfied with such writings. He chastised the brahmana that "You cannot write." So unless one is self-realized, there is practically no use writing about Krsna. This transcendental writing does not depend on material education. It depends on the spiritual realization. You'll find, therefore, in the comments of Bhagavatam by different acaryas, even there are some discrepancies, they are accepted as asat-patha. It should remain as it is.

General Lectures

So, guru, there are many descriptions. Subject matter is the same, but different way, guru has been described by different ācāryas. Their aim is the same, but language or presentation may be little different

Lecture What is a Guru? -- London, August 22, 1973:: So, guru, there are many descriptions. Subject matter is the same, but different way, guru has been described by different acaryas. Their aim is the same, but language or presentation may be little different. So generally guru means,

ajnana-timirandhasya

jnananjana-salakaya

caksur unmilitam yena

tasmai sri-gurave namah

Just like in darkness, ajnana-timirandhasya. Ajnana means ignorance, without knowledge. That is called ajnana. So ajnana is compared..., ignorance, stupidity, is compared with darkness. Just like if you are, if this room, immediately, all lights are off, then it becomes dark. We cannot see where I am sitting, where others are sitting. It becomes a confusion. Similarly, in this material world, we are all in the darkness. This material world is called darkness.

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

Eight commentaries by different ācāryas. So I read all the commentaries and give my own. In this way, we are doing

Room Conversation with Sanskrit Professor, Dr. Suneson -- September 5, 1973, Stockholm:

Prabhupada: Oh, here is. [break] ...eight commentaries by different acaryas. So I read all the commentaries and give my own. In this way, we are doing. Yes.

Professor: Where do you have these eight commentaries? Are they found in this edition or...?

Prabhupada: Yes. Viraraghava Acarya, Jiva Gosvami, Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura. Here is the original text, type. It is in Bengali type.