Supreme acarya
Lectures
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupada: Yes. The acarya's parampara is there. Evam parampara-praptam imam rajarsayo viduh [Bg. 4.2].
Indian man (4): There is no dearth of acarya in India. There is acarya Rajneesh, there is acarya...
Prabhupada: No. There is acarya, and there are fools also. Acarya is there, and fools are there also. The agnostics are there. They will not accept any acarya. You accept some acarya. Why you become skeptic? At least, we have to accept Krsna as the supreme acarya. Why don't you accept Him? If you are embarrassed whom to select acarya, so who can be better acarya than Krsna? Why don't you accept Him? That means you want to avoid under some plea. Otherwise there is acarya. If you don't believe in other acarya, you take at least Krsna who is accepted by all the acaryas. Either Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, or anyone, will they not accept Krsna as the supreme teacher? Whole world is understanding Krsna is the supreme teacher. At least at the present moment they are accepting. We are selling our books daily five to six lakhs' worth, only these Krsna consciousness books. And in our country we do not accept Krsna as the supreme acarya. What is this? That is our misfortune. Krsna is recognized acarya. There is no doubt about it.
Indian man (7): Sir, (Hindi?)
Prabhupada: Krsna also says, acaryam mam vijaniyat. Acaryam mam vijaniyan navamanyeta karhicit [SB 11.17.27]. Acarya and Krsna-identical. Who is acarya? Who speaks on behalf of Krsna, he is acarya. Acarya means one who speaks on behalf of Krsna. That is acarya.Page Title: | Supreme acarya |
Compiler: | Syamananda, Visnu Murti |
Created: | 29 of jan, 2008 |
No. of Quotes: | 2 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=1, Let=0 |