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| | | <div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2> |
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| | | <div id="SB_Canto_3" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 3"><h3>SB Canto 3</h3> |
| == Srimad-Bhagavatam ==
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| | | <div id="SB32535_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_3" book="SB" index="1038" link="SB 3.25.35" link_text="SB 3.25.35"> |
| === SB Canto 3 ===
| | <div class="heading">It is the duty of the spiritual master to teach how to decorate the Deity in the temple, |
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| '''It is the duty of the spiritual master to teach how to decorate the Deity in the temple, how to cleanse the temple and how to worship the Deity'''
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| <span class="SB-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:SB 3.25.35|SB 3.25.35, Purport]]:''' The smiling face of the Deity in the temple is beheld by the devotees as transcendental and spiritual, and the decoration of the body of the Lord is very much appreciated by the
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| :āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra sarva-deśa | | :āmāra ājñāya guru hañā tāra sarva-deśa |
| :yāre dekha tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa | | :yāre dekha tāre kaha 'kṛṣṇa'-upadeśa |
| :[Cc. Madhya 7.128] | | :([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 7.128|CC Madhya 7.128]]) |
| | | <p>"By My order, everyone become the spiritual master, and the only duty of spiritual master is to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness."</p> |
| "By My order, everyone become the spiritual master, and the only duty of spiritual master is to preach Kṛṣṇa consciousness." | | <p>So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So we are following the same principles and expecting these young boys may preach this Kṛṣṇa consciousness mission more, I mean to say, enthusiastically, because I am old man.</p> |
| So Kṛṣṇa consciousness is Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So we are following the same principles and expecting these young boys may preach this Kṛṣṇa consciousness mission more, I mean to say, enthusiastically, because I am old man.</span> | | </div> |
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| <span class="q_heading">'''That is the duty of spiritual master, that is the duty of parents, that is the duty of state'''</span> | | <div id="InitiationofMrganetriDasiLosAngelesJune221970_1" class="quote" parent="Initiation_Lectures" book="Lec" index="24" link="Initiation of Mrga-netri Dasi -- Los Angeles, June 22, 1970" link_text="Initiation of Mrga-netri Dasi -- Los Angeles, June 22, 1970"> |
| | | <div class="heading">That is the duty of spiritual master, that is the duty of parents, that is the duty of state |
| <span class="LEC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Initiation of Mrga-netri Dasi -- Los Angeles, June 22, 1970|Initiation of Mrga-netri Dasi -- Los Angeles, June 22, 1970]]:''' This is the opportunity, to get nice father and mother and become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Yes. So that is the duty of the father and mother, parents, to raise the children to complete Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Then she will no more have to come back in the womb of any other mother. This is the... This finishes. That is the duty of father and mother. Father and mother should think that "This child will no more come in any other womb. I shall train him or her in such a way." That is the duty. That is the duty of spiritual master, that is the duty of parents, that is the duty of state. But it is Kali-yuga; everything is different. So somehow or other, so she should be taken care of. And as you train, so she becomes trained.</span>
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| | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Initiation of Mrga-netri Dasi -- Los Angeles, June 22, 1970|Initiation of Mrga-netri Dasi -- Los Angeles, June 22, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This is the opportunity, to get nice father and mother and become Kṛṣṇa conscious. Yes. So that is the duty of the father and mother, parents, to raise the children to complete Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Then she will no more have to come back in the womb of any other mother. This is the... This finishes. That is the duty of father and mother. Father and mother should think that "This child will no more come in any other womb. I shall train him or her in such a way." That is the duty. That is the duty of spiritual master, that is the duty of parents, that is the duty of state. But it is Kali-yuga; everything is different. So somehow or other, so she should be taken care of. And as you train, so she becomes trained.</p> |
| <span class="q_heading">'''Therefore it is the duty of the spiritual master and the disciple to associate—that is the injunction of Sanātana Gosvāmī—for some time, and both of them should study'''</span>
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| | | </div> |
| <span class="LEC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Initiation Lecture -- Los Angeles, July 13, 1971|Initiation Lecture -- Los Angeles, July 13, 1971]]:''' Unless one is prepared that "I am accepting somebody as my spiritual master. I must accept whatever he says," if there is any doubt, that "I cannot accept his words verbatim," then one should not accept him as spiritual master. That is hypocrisy. One must be first of all convinced. Therefore it is the duty of the spiritual master and the disciple to associate—that is the injunction of Sanātana Gosvāmī—for some time, and both of them should study. The disciple should study, "Whether I can accept this saintly person as my spiritual master." And spiritual master also will see, "Whether I can accept this boy, this person, as my disciple." That is the way. But sometimes the time is reduced. That doesn't matter. But the principle is this, that before accepting a spiritual master you can examine him, you can scrutinize him, but not after him, after accepting. Just like Arjuna. Arjuna was talking with Kṛṣṇa just like friend, on equal level. But when he saw that the solution is not yet done, then he surrendered unto Him. Śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ prapannam [Bg. 2.7]. So after accepting as spiritual master there was no talking on the equal level.</span>
| | <div id="InitiationLectureLosAngelesJuly131971_2" class="quote" parent="Initiation_Lectures" book="Lec" index="28" link="Initiation Lecture -- Los Angeles, July 13, 1971" link_text="Initiation Lecture -- Los Angeles, July 13, 1971"> |
| | | <div class="heading">Therefore it is the duty of the spiritual master and the disciple to associate—that is the injunction of Sanātana Gosvāmī—for some time, and both of them should study |
| === General Lectures ===
| | </div> |
| | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Initiation Lecture -- Los Angeles, July 13, 1971|Initiation Lecture -- Los Angeles, July 13, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Unless one is prepared that "I am accepting somebody as my spiritual master. I must accept whatever he says," if there is any doubt, that "I cannot accept his words verbatim," then one should not accept him as spiritual master. That is hypocrisy. One must be first of all convinced. Therefore it is the duty of the spiritual master and the disciple to associate—that is the injunction of Sanātana Gosvāmī—for some time, and both of them should study. The disciple should study, "Whether I can accept this saintly person as my spiritual master." And spiritual master also will see, "Whether I can accept this boy, this person, as my disciple." That is the way. But sometimes the time is reduced. That doesn't matter. But the principle is this, that before accepting a spiritual master you can examine him, you can scrutinize him, but not after him, after accepting. Just like Arjuna. Arjuna was talking with Kṛṣṇa just like friend, on equal level. But when he saw that the solution is not yet done, then he surrendered unto Him. Śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ prapannam ([[Vanisource:BG 2.7 (1972)|BG 2.7]]). So after accepting as spiritual master there was no talking on the equal level.</p> |
| <span class="q_heading">'''A spiritual master does not mean that he'll teach you how to keep your body fit, how you can reduce your fat, how you can remain a young man, so many nonsense. This is not the duty of the spiritual master'''</span>
| | </div> |
| | | </div> |
| <span class="LEC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture on Teachings of Lord Caitanya -- Seattle, September 25, 1968|Lecture on Teachings of Lord Caitanya -- Seattle, September 25, 1968]]:''' A spiritual master, it is defined in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Who requires a spiritual master? That is stated: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta [SB 11.3.21]. Tasmād. Tasmād means "therefore." "Therefore one should approach a spiritual master." What is that "therefore"? Jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam. If one is actually inquisitive to understand about the spiritual existence, then he requires a spiritual master. A spiritual master does not mean that he'll teach you how to keep your body fit, how you can reduce your fat, how you can remain a young man, so many nonsense. This is not the duty of the spiritual master. However you may try to keep your body fit, how long you shall keep your body fit? As soon as you are born, the death is also born along with you. Suppose one man is twenty-five years old. That means he has already died twenty-five years. So you cannot protect yourself from death, however you may become very strong, stout. Therefore actual education, actual spiritual knowledge begins, as stated in the Bhagavad-gītā... The Bhagavad-gītā, the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā is that when Arjuna surrendered to Kṛṣṇa, He immediately said that "My dear Arjuna, you are posing yourself as very learned man but you are fool number one." Why? "Because you are identifying yourself with this body."</span>
| | <div id="General_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Lectures" text="General Lectures"><h3>General Lectures</h3> |
| | | </div> |
| <span class="q_heading">''' So it is the duty of the spiritual master to open the eyes of the person in darkness with torch of knowledge'''</span>
| | <div id="LectureonTeachingsofLordCaitanyaSeattleSeptember251968_0" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="17" link="Lecture on Teachings of Lord Caitanya -- Seattle, September 25, 1968" link_text="Lecture on Teachings of Lord Caitanya -- Seattle, September 25, 1968"> |
| | | <div class="heading">A spiritual master does not mean that he'll teach you how to keep your body fit, how you can reduce your fat, how you can remain a young man, so many nonsense. This is not the duty of the spiritual master |
| <span class="LEC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture to College Students -- Seattle, October 20, 1968, Introduction by Tamala Krsna|Lecture to College Students -- Seattle, October 20, 1968, Introduction by Tamala Krsna]]:''' So anyone born in this material world, beginning from Brahma, the chief personality in the topmost planet of this universe, down to the ant—everyone is in darkness. Therefore this prayer, ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā. Everyone is put into the darkness, and one who opens the eyes by the torch of knowledge... Darkness means without knowledge. So it is the duty of the spiritual master to open the eyes of the person in darkness with torch of knowledge. Ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena. The person who opens our eyes in that way, he is the spiritual master. And one may offer his respectful obeisances unto such personality.</span>
| | </div> |
| | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on Teachings of Lord Caitanya -- Seattle, September 25, 1968|Lecture on Teachings of Lord Caitanya -- Seattle, September 25, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">A spiritual master, it is defined in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Who requires a spiritual master? That is stated: tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta ([[Vanisource:SB 11.3.21|SB 11.3.21]]). Tasmād. Tasmād means "therefore." "Therefore one should approach a spiritual master." What is that "therefore"? Jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam. If one is actually inquisitive to understand about the spiritual existence, then he requires a spiritual master. A spiritual master does not mean that he'll teach you how to keep your body fit, how you can reduce your fat, how you can remain a young man, so many nonsense. This is not the duty of the spiritual master. However you may try to keep your body fit, how long you shall keep your body fit? As soon as you are born, the death is also born along with you. Suppose one man is twenty-five years old. That means he has already died twenty-five years. So you cannot protect yourself from death, however you may become very strong, stout. Therefore actual education, actual spiritual knowledge begins, as stated in the Bhagavad-gītā... The Bhagavad-gītā, the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā is that when Arjuna surrendered to Kṛṣṇa, He immediately said that "My dear Arjuna, you are posing yourself as very learned man but you are fool number one." Why? "Because you are identifying yourself with this body."</p> |
| <span class="q_heading">'''It is the duty of a spiritual master, it is the duty of the parents, that they should enlighten their dependents to Kṛṣṇa consciousness'''</span> | | </div> |
| | | </div> |
| <span class="LEC-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, January 13, 1969|Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, January 13, 1969]]:''' So in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also it is stated that parābhavas tāvad abodha-jātaḥ. We are all born ignorant. Either in human society or in animal society, we are born all ignorant. Therefore, in the human society the system is that children are given education. Why? Because it is supposed that the child is born ignorant. Similarly, as we give material education to the children, it is the duty of the parents to enlighten them with spiritual education. Śrīmad-Bhāgavata says that "Nobody should desire to become a father, nobody should desire to become a mother, unless one is able to save the child from the impending death." So that is also the duty of spiritual master. One should not become a spiritual master unless one is able to save the disciple from impending death. And what is that impending death? Impending death means... Because we are spirit soul, we have no death. But impending death means of this body. So it is the duty of spiritual master, it is the duty of the parents, it is the duty of the state, it is the duty of kinsmen, friends, everyone, to save people from this impending birth and death.
| | <div id="LecturetoCollegeStudentsSeattleOctober201968IntroductionbyTamalaKrsna_1" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="26" link="Lecture to College Students -- Seattle, October 20, 1968, Introduction by Tamala Krsna" link_text="Lecture to College Students -- Seattle, October 20, 1968, Introduction by Tamala Krsna"> |
| So how to save? That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. Lord Kṛṣṇa says, | | <div class="heading">So it is the duty of the spiritual master to open the eyes of the person in darkness with torch of knowledge |
| | | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture to College Students -- Seattle, October 20, 1968, Introduction by Tamala Krsna|Lecture to College Students -- Seattle, October 20, 1968, Introduction by Tamala Krsna]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So anyone born in this material world, beginning from Brahma, the chief personality in the topmost planet of this universe, down to the ant—everyone is in darkness. Therefore this prayer, ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā. Everyone is put into the darkness, and one who opens the eyes by the torch of knowledge... Darkness means without knowledge. So it is the duty of the spiritual master to open the eyes of the person in darkness with torch of knowledge. Ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena. The person who opens our eyes in that way, he is the spiritual master. And one may offer his respectful obeisances unto such personality.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureExcerptLosAngelesJanuary131969_2" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="34" link="Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, January 13, 1969" link_text="Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, January 13, 1969"> |
| | <div class="heading">It is the duty of a spiritual master, it is the duty of the parents, that they should enlighten their dependents to Kṛṣṇa consciousness |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, January 13, 1969|Lecture Excerpt -- Los Angeles, January 13, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam also it is stated that parābhavas tāvad abodha-jātaḥ. We are all born ignorant. Either in human society or in animal society, we are born all ignorant. Therefore, in the human society the system is that children are given education. Why? Because it is supposed that the child is born ignorant. Similarly, as we give material education to the children, it is the duty of the parents to enlighten them with spiritual education. Śrīmad-Bhāgavata says that "Nobody should desire to become a father, nobody should desire to become a mother, unless one is able to save the child from the impending death." So that is also the duty of spiritual master. One should not become a spiritual master unless one is able to save the disciple from impending death. And what is that impending death? Impending death means... Because we are spirit soul, we have no death. But impending death means of this body. So it is the duty of spiritual master, it is the duty of the parents, it is the duty of the state, it is the duty of kinsmen, friends, everyone, to save people from this impending birth and death.</p> |
| | <p>So how to save? That is stated in the Bhagavad-gītā. Lord Kṛṣṇa says,</p> |
| :mām upetya kaunteya | | :mām upetya kaunteya |
| :duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam | | :duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam |
| :nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ | | :nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ |
| :saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ | | :saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ |
| :[Bg. 8.15] | | :([[Vanisource:BG 8.15 (1972)|BG 8.15]]) |
| | | <p>"Anyone who comes to Me, he has no more to go back to the miserable material existence." Therefore it is the duty of a spiritual master, it is the duty of the parents, that they should enlighten their dependents to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If one becomes fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, the simple factor, then he is saved from this material existence, or accepting repeated birth and death.</p> |
| "Anyone who comes to Me, he has no more to go back to the miserable material existence." Therefore it is the duty of a spiritual master, it is the duty of the parents, that they should enlighten their dependents to Kṛṣṇa consciousness. If one becomes fully Kṛṣṇa conscious, the simple factor, then he is saved from this material existence, or accepting repeated birth and death.</span> | | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LectureonGurvastakamatUpsalaUniversityStockholmSeptember91973_3" class="quote" parent="General_Lectures" book="Lec" index="141" link="Lecture on Gurvastakam at Upsala University -- Stockholm, September 9, 1973" link_text="Lecture on Gurvastakam at Upsala University -- Stockholm, September 9, 1973"> |
| | <div class="heading">The spiritual master's duty is to engage the disciples in Deity worship. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on Gurvastakam at Upsala University -- Stockholm, September 9, 1973|Lecture on Gurvastakam at Upsala University -- Stockholm, September 9, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The spiritual master's duty is to engage the disciples in Deity worship, śrī-vigraha. Śrī-vigraha. In our centers, all centers... We have got about..., more than one hundred centers all over the world. We have got the method of Deity worship. Here we have not yet established, but we worship the picture of Lord Caitanya and guru. But in other centers... In London, we have got two centers, two temples. In America we have got about forty centers. In this way, in each and every center, there is Deity worship. Śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā: to worship the Deity, to dress the Deity very nicely; to cleanse the temple very nicely; to offer nice foodstuff to the Deity and accept the remnants of the foodstuff as our eating. In this way, there is method of Deity worship. The Deity worship is done by guru himself, and he engages the disciple also in that business. This is the third symptom. Śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-śṛṅgāra-tan-mandira-mār janādau, yuktasya bhaktāṁś ca niyuñjato 'pi. Not that he is not engaged. He is also engaged. His disciples are engaged. He's always showing, "Do like that. Do like that. Do like that." Or sometimes, if he cannot, the guru shows how to do it. That is the business of guru.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="section" sec_index="5" parent="compilation" text="Conversations and Morning Walks"><h2>Conversations and Morning Walks</h2> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1973 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1973 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="MorningWalkMay11973LosAngeles_0" class="quote" parent="1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="20" link="Morning Walk -- May 1, 1973, Los Angeles" link_text="Morning Walk -- May 1, 1973, Los Angeles"> |
| | <div class="heading">You may come to the real platform from the platform of cats and dogs. That is our mission. That is the duty of the spiritual master. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- May 1, 1973, Los Angeles|Morning Walk -- May 1, 1973, Los Angeles]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: Just like from long distant place like this hills, we are seeing, but at the same time not seeing distinctly. You are seeing those, but you do not see the detail. Similarly you are seeing God by these things, but because you are not so powerful, you are not seeing Him in detail. But you are seeing God. You cannot say that "I don't see God." How can you say? These are the directions. You are seeing that things are going on under direction. Yasyājñayā. Therefore you have to... śāstra yonitvāt. The Vedānta says, "You have to understand God through śāstra;" by the scriptures you have to understand. śāstra yonitvāt. Everything is there. The śāstra gives you direction. Therefore human being is meant to study the śāstras. The śāstras, Vedic literature, is meant for the human being, not for the cats and dogs. If you don't consult the śāstras, then you remain a cats and dogs. That's all. Why you are taking so much trouble, writing śāstra, explaining to you? So that you may come to the real platform from the platform of cats and dogs. That is our mission. That is the duty of the spiritual master. Nānā-śāstra-vicāraṇaika-nipuṇau sad-dharma-saṁsthāpakau lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau. The spiritual master is the most beneficent friend, he is giving you direction from the śāstra. Lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau: "He is the real welfare worker for the human society." Lokānāṁ hita-kāriṇau tri-bhuvane mānyau śaraṇyākarau, rādhā-kṛṣṇa-padāravinda-bhajanānandena mattālikau vande rūpa-sanātanau raghu-yugau śrī-jīva-gopālakau. You see śāstra is giving direction. So many lawyers are going to the school colleges to learn the government laws. Why they are taking so much trouble? Just to give people the direction that "You work under this direction, you will not be in difficulty." Similarly the spiritual master is the lawyer. He knows things as they are. He gives direction to the disciple so that he'll be happy. He will not be in trouble. This is guru-śiṣya-sampatti. Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ **. By the mercy of guru everything is... Bhagavat-prasādaḥ, immediately, mercy of God. Oh, it is coming. No. Now, one should study the sprinkler.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationWithDavidWynneJuly91973London_1" class="quote" parent="1973_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="34" link="Room Conversation With David Wynne -- July 9, 1973, London" link_text="Room Conversation With David Wynne -- July 9, 1973, London"> |
| | <div class="heading">It is the duty of the king, it is the duty of the father, it is the duty of the spiritual master to see that his subordinate is not falling a victim of future disastrous life. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation With David Wynne -- July 9, 1973, London|Room Conversation With David Wynne -- July 9, 1973, London]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Devotee (2): He's got the Bhagavad-gītā that the Queen was reading.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Ah.</p> |
| | <p>Devotee (2): She was looking at...</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Bhagavad-gītā, our Bhagavad-gītā?</p> |
| | <p>Devotee (2): Yes. Queen Elizabeth was looking, and she gave...</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes, as far as possible you should help everyone how to be, how to become enlightened about his future. That is real humanitarian work—to save a human being from the future disastrous condition of life. Just like a father thinks of his son, that he may not be unhappy in his future life. So it is the duty of the king, it is the duty of the father, it is the duty of the spiritual master to see that his subordinate is not falling a victim of future disastrous life.</p> |
| | <p>Devotee (2): Didn't the Queen make some remarks about that? She said something to you...</p> |
| | <p>David Wynne: Yes, she said, "How marvelous it would be to completely trust Kṛṣṇa."</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: That's very nice.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1974_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1974 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1974 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationwithIrishPoetDesmondOGradyMay231974Rome_0" class="quote" parent="1974_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="81" link="Room Conversation with Irish Poet, Desmond O'Grady -- May 23, 1974, Rome" link_text="Room Conversation with Irish Poet, Desmond O'Grady -- May 23, 1974, Rome"> |
| | <div class="heading">When one is confused, he goes to a spiritual master, and the spiritual master's duty is to save him from all confusion. That is the relationship between the spiritual master and the disciple. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Irish Poet, Desmond O'Grady -- May 23, 1974, Rome|Room Conversation with Irish Poet, Desmond O'Grady -- May 23, 1974, Rome]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: What is that?</p> |
| | <p>Atreya Ṛṣi: He is confused.</p> |
| | <p>O'Grady: Very confused.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. So you must approach a spiritual master.</p> |
| | <p>O'Grady: And you make a decision, therefore to try to sort this confusion, to make some...</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Spiritual master means who solves all confusion. That is spiritual master. When one is confused, he goes to a spiritual master, and the spiritual master's duty is to save him from all confusion. That is the relationship between the spiritual master and the disciple. If the spiritual master cannot save him from confusion, then he is not spiritual master. That is the test.</p> |
| | :saṁsāra-dāvānala-līḍha-loka- |
| | :trāṇāya kāruṇya-ghanāghanatvam |
| | :prāptasya kalyāṇa-guṇārṇavasya |
| | :vande guroḥ śrī-caraṇāravindam ** |
| | <p>This whole world is confusion, just like a blazing fire in the forest. When there is forest fire, all the animals become confused, "Where to go? How to save life?" It is very good example. When there is fire in the forest, all the animals become confused. Similarly, this material world is just like a blazing fire in the forest. Everyone is confused.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" text="1976 Conversations and Morning Walks"><h3>1976 Conversations and Morning Walks</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="RoomConversationApril301976Fiji_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Conversations_and_Morning_Walks" book="Con" index="90" link="Room Conversation -- April 30, 1976, Fiji" link_text="Room Conversation -- April 30, 1976, Fiji"> |
| | <div class="heading">So the spiritual master's duty is how to benefit the disciple. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation -- April 30, 1976, Fiji|Room Conversation -- April 30, 1976, Fiji]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: ...therefore he very intelligently appointed Kṛṣṇa as his spiritual master. Because everyone is in perplexity about the problem of life. So this very thing happened to Arjuna, and he wanted to go to spiritual master for solution. And the supreme spiritual master was present before him; therefore he submitted: śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam ([[Vanisource:BG 2.7 (1972)|BG 2.7]]). Kārpaṇya-doṣopahata-svabhāvaḥ...</p> |
| | <p>Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: Pṛcchāmi tvāṁ dharma-saṁmūḍha-cetāḥ, yac chreyaḥ syān niścitaṁ brūhi tan me.</p> |
| | <p>Prabhupāda: Yac chreyaḥ syāt, yac chreyaḥ syāt tat brūhi me niścitam. So the spiritual master's duty is how to benefit the disciple, śreyaḥ. What is the translation?</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="Correspondence" class="section" sec_index="6" parent="compilation" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1968_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Correspondence" text="1968 Correspondence"><h3>1968 Correspondence</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoUpendraLosAngeles13November1968_0" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="417" link="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 13 November, 1968" link_text="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 13 November, 1968"> |
| | <div class="heading">The Spiritual Master's duty is to train him, but when he comes to the perfectional stage of training, then he realizes his position. That is not a gift of the Spiritual Master, the Spiritual Master helps him to realize his relationship with the Lord. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 13 November, 1968|Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 13 November, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Your question, "When one has become pure enough, Krishna conscious, does one take regular dictation from one's Guru Maharaja? I know you to confirm yes, but how is this so? Understanding that each individual has a certain particular rasa with Krishna, how would one relate with another soul of a different rasa? Especially between that of the Guru and disciple?" That doesn't matter. The Spiritual Master's position is to train the disciples. Just like a teacher, he may be a very expert mathematician, but in the lower class he is teaching English. The Spiritual Master's duty is to train him, but when he comes to the perfectional stage of training, then he realizes his position. That is not a gift of the Spiritual Master, the Spiritual Master helps him to realize his relationship with the Lord. Just like the student in lower stages has to study so many things as preliminary education, English, history, math, etc., but in higher stage of education, he has got a particular taste for a special subject, so he specializes as a mathematician or a historian, etc. So that special qualification reveals in the higher stage. So these topics are not to be discussed in the conditioned stage, and when we come to the liberated stage we can understand. This is useless talks in the preliminary stage.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1972_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Correspondence" text="1972 Correspondence"><h3>1972 Correspondence</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoGirirajaLosAngeles24May1972_0" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="278" link="Letter to Giriraja -- Los Angeles 24 May, 1972" link_text="Letter to Giriraja -- Los Angeles 24 May, 1972"> |
| | <div class="heading">Actually it is the duty of the spiritual master to find fault with his students so that they may make progress, not that he should always be praising them. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Giriraja -- Los Angeles 24 May, 1972|Letter to Giriraja -- Los Angeles 24 May, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I have received your letter dated May 9, 1972 and I have noted the contents carefully. Actually it is the duty of the spiritual master to find fault with his students so that they may make progress, not that he should always be praising them. So if you find some criticism, kindly accept it in that spirit. I am only interested in that you along with all my other students should become Krishna Conscious.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1976_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Correspondence" text="1976 Correspondence"><h3>1976 Correspondence</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoSonsandDaughtersBombay14August1976_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="441" link="Letter to Sons and Daughters -- Bombay 14 August, 1976" link_text="Letter to Sons and Daughters -- Bombay 14 August, 1976"> |
| | <div class="heading">The real ocean of mercy is Krsna and it is the duty of the spiritual master to tell his disciple to come to the ocean and be happy. |
| | </div> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sons and Daughters -- Bombay 14 August, 1976|Letter to Sons and Daughters -- Bombay 14 August, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The real ocean of mercy is Krsna and it is the duty of the spiritual master to tell his disciple to come to the ocean and be happy. The spiritual master's duty is to lead the disciple to this ocean. I am trying my best and if you try to follow surely you will benefit.</p> |
| | <p>Bhaktivinode Thakura has sung, "Krsna sei tomara, krsna dite para, tomara sakati ache. Ami ta'kangala, krsna krsna boli, dhai tava pache pache." "Krsna is yours and you have the power to give Him to anyone you wish. I am poor and wretched and running behind you shouting Krsna, Krsna!"</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |