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<div class="heading">As we come to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness understanding through this long paramparā, similarly, in the Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony, whatever respect, honor, and presentation you give, that goes to Kṛṣṇa through that paramparā system, from down. As it is received through the paramparā system, so similarly, your offerings also goes through this paramparā system to the Supreme. The connection.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Sri Vyasa-puja -- London, August 22, 1973|Sri Vyasa-puja -- London, August 22, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">
So this movement, Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, that you already know, that this is a most essential, most important movement to the human society. Last night the Ambassador of India, His Excellency Rasgotra, he was present here. He also appreciated that this movement is very important movement, and he was very pleased that I have done so much. So this movement will go on. Nobody can stop.

So this Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony means to offer our thanks to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because He is the original ''guru''. As we receive this message through ''paramparā'' system from Kṛṣṇa to Brahmā, Brahmā to Nārada, Nārada to Vyāsadeva, Vyāsadeva to Madhvācārya, in this way, Mādhavendra Purī, then Īśvara Purī, then Caitanya Mahāprabhu, then six Gosvāmīs, then others, Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, Jagannātha dāsa Bābājī, Gaura Kiśora dāsa Bābājī Mahārāja, Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī. Then we have taken.

So this . . . as we are come to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness understanding through this long ''paramparā'', similarly, in the Vyāsa-pūjā ceremony, whatever respect, honor and presentation you give, that goes to Kṛṣṇa through that ''paramparā'' system, from down. As it is received through the ''paramparā'' system, so similarly, your offerings also goes through this ''paramparā'' system to the Supreme. The connection.

Our system is ''gopī-bhārtur pāda-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ'' ([[vanisource:CC Madhya 13.80|CC Madhya 13.80]]). It is sometimes called bureaucracy. If you apply something, at least in India, to the President, you'll have to submit to the local collector. The collector will submit to somebody else, somebody else, then secretary, you go—then to the President. So our system is that. So it is not that I am training my disciples to worship me, man-worship, I'm getting some honor from them for nothing. No. It is not that. Whatever honor, whatever respect, whatever presentation you are giving to your spiritual master, it will go to Kṛṣṇa by ''paramparā'' system. This is Vyāsa-pūjā. Therefore, it is called Vyāsa-pūjā.

Vyāsa-pūjā means Vyāsadeva is the original ''guru''. After Brahma, Nārada, then Vyāsa. And Vyāsa is original ''guru'', because from his literature we understand spiritual knowledge. All these literatures, whatever we have produced, they are actually originally from Vyāsadeva. The four ''Vedas, Brahma-sūtra, Upaniṣad, Purāṇas'', they are called Vedic literature. And whatever is written with the conclusion of this Vedic literature, that is also Vedic literature. Just like our books. All our books, they are not mental speculation. Whatever I have learned from my Guru Mahārāja, I am presenting. That's all. It is not mental speculation—this philosophy, that philosophy. We kick out all these things. Unless we get the knowledge from the authorized source, we don't accept. Because how we can accept? A so-called philosopher, scientist, according to . . . why according? Everyone can understand that however great philosopher, scientist one may be, he is imperfect. He's imperfect. Every man.

I have several times recited this example that in our country Gandhi was very big politician. You know Mahatma Gandhi. He committed so many mistakes. At last he committed such a great mistake that he was killed. That's a long history. So even a great person like Mahatma Gandhi, he commits mistake. Therefore, the ''śāstra'' says any conditioned soul, he must commit mistake, however great he may be in the estimation of fools and rascals. ''Sva-viḍ-varāhostra'' ([[vanisource:SB 2.3.19|SB 2.3.19]]). He must commit mistake, he must be illusioned, his propensity is to cheat, and at the end, all the senses are imperfect. We have several times described. So, so much imperfectness, how he can give perfect knowledge?