Recent acaryas

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"recent acaryas"

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

All the ācāryas. So far we are concerned, we Indians, Hindus, we are very controlled by the ācāryas, recent ācāryas—Śaṅkarācārya, Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya, Viṣṇu Svāmī. They have accepted Vedas as supreme

Lecture on SB 6.1.39-40 -- Surat, December 21, 1970: People question that "Vedas are written by some man." That's wrong. Vedas are not written by any man. Otherwise, why Vedas should be taken so seriously? Not... Not present moment. It is coming. All the acaryas. All the acaryas. So far we are concerned, we Indians, Hindus, we are very controlled by the acaryas, recent acaryas -- Sankaracarya, Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Visnu Svami. They have accepted Vedas as supreme. Lord Caitanya accepted Vedas as the supreme. And Lord Buddha, although he is accepted as incarnation of God, still, because he did not accept Vedas, his philosophy was not accepted in India. Veda na maniya bauddha haila nastika. Our principle, the Vedic principle, is that anyone who does not obey the injunctions of the Vedas, he is called nastika, atheist. He does not believe. Veda na maniya bauddha haila nastika. Caitanya Mahaprabhu's saying that "We consider the Buddhists as atheists because they do not accept the Vedic principles." But Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, vedasraya-nastikya-vada bauddhake adhika: "But persons who superficially says that 'We are being controlled by the Vedas,' but actually they are atheists -- they do not believe in God -- they are more dangerous than these Buddhists." That is the version of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

So Kṛṣṇa is accepted the guru by everyone. By our ācāryas, recent ācāryas, Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya... I am not speaking of the loafer class, but those who are recognized ācāryas, Śaṅkarācārya... They accepted Kṛṣṇa as the supreme guru

Room Conversation with Indian Guests -- March 13, 1975, Tehran: Prabhupada: So do that. Don't approach the cheater guru, bluffer guru, and be cheated. Stop this business. This has spoiled the whole spiritual atmosphere of the world. Take guru, the supreme guru, Krsna. Krsna, when in Mahabharata when Maharaja Yudhisthira performed rajasuya yajna, in the rajasuya yajna one person is elected the chief guest. So in that yajna many big, big demigods were present, and Bhismadeva was present, Vyasadeva was present, and many, many other saintly person, brahmana, from the whole universe were present. And Krsna was decided to be accepted as the... Everyone agreed to accept Him as the chief guest. And the Sisupala, he protested. Then everyone was angry to kill him. So Krsna is accepted the guru by everyone. By our acaryas, recent acaryas, Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya... I am not speaking of the loafer class, but those who are recognized acaryas, Sankaracarya... They accepted Krsna as the supreme guru. Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So accept Krsna as the supreme guru and follow His instruction and try to convince others. "Others" means even your family members. That is success of life. Samsiddhih hari-tosanam. Why should you lead your life blindly? This human life is meant for enlightenment, supreme enlightenment, and this is supreme enlightenment, to understand the teachings of Bhagavad-gita and preach it as far as you can. If not, you can preach amongst your family members. This is perfection of life. What is that verse? Ya imam paramam guhyam mad-bhaktesv abhidhasyati. That is the desire of Krsna.

Recent ācāryas, Madhvācārya, Rāmānujācārya, Caitanya. Why shall I accept these third-class professors? Kick on their face. We have got authority to support this

Morning Walk -- May 12, 1975, Perth:

Amogha: And so if Krsna was such a great philosopher, then naturally He would have also used those literary talents to write in between the lines.

Prabhupada: All right, you become very good bluffer. That's all. We don't accept you. All the acaryas, they did not accept, those who are authorities. Vyasadeva, he did not accept these foolish theories. Narada never accepted. Recent acaryas, Madhvacarya, Ramanujacarya, Caitanya. Why shall I accept these third-class professors? Kick on their face. We have got authority to support this.