Blind followers
Expressions researched:
"blind follower"
|"blind followers"
|"follower is blind"
|"followers are also blind"
|"followers are blind"
|"followers want to remain blind"
|"followers who are also blind"
|"followers who themselves are blind"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 5
When one comes to the platform of viṣṇor ārādhanam, or bhakti-yoga, one has attained the perfection of life. Otherwise, as indicated in Bhagavad-gītā, one is not a tattva-vādī but a veda-vādī, a blind follower of the Vedic injunctions. A veda-vādī cannot be purified from material contamination unless he becomes a tattva-vādī, that is, one who knows tattva, the Absolute Truth. Tattva is also experienced in three features-brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate (SB 1.2.11). Even after coming to the platform of understanding tattva, one must worship Bhagavān, Viṣṇu and His expansions, or one is not yet perfect. Bahūnāṁ janmanām ante jñānavān māṁ prapadyate: (BG 7.19) after many births, one who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Kṛṣṇa. The conclusion is that unintelligent men with a poor fund of knowledge cannot understand Bhagavān, Brahman or Paramātmā, but after studying the Vedas and attaining the understanding of the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is supposed to be on the platform of perfect knowledge.
Page Title: | Blind followers |
Compiler: | Labangalatika, Karuna Sindhu, Visnu Murti |
Created: | 23 of Mar, 2010 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=2, CC=0, OB=4, Lec=8, Con=5, Let=3 |
No. of Quotes: | 22 |