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| <div class="heading">Guru is completely in awareness of all the Vedic knowledge. That is guru. One who has heard perfectly Vedas from his guru. And what is the symptom that he has heard from the authority? Brahma-niṣṭham. Brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam. The symptom is that he has completely taken shelter of the Supreme Brahman, rejecting or finishing all material desires. | | <div class="heading">Guru is completely in awareness of all the Vedic knowledge. That is guru. One who has heard perfectly Vedas from his guru. And what is the symptom that he has heard from the authority? Brahma-niṣṭham. Brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam. The symptom is that he has completely taken shelter of the Supreme Brahman, rejecting or finishing all material desires. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Life Member, Mr. Malhotra -- December 22, 1976, Poona|Room Conversation with Life Member, Mr. Malhotra -- December 22, 1976, Poona]]: </span><div class="text">Prabhupāda: No. This is Vedic injunction. Tad vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet. Abhigacchet, this word is used. This means must, vidhilin.(?) This is the form of vidhilin, in grammar. Vidhilin is applied when there is no question of duality. You must. If you want to know that transcendental science, you must approach guru. Śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham. And who is guru? Samit-pāṇiḥ śrotriyam. Śrotriyam means one who is guru by hearing from his guru, śrotriyam. This is paramparā. Not that all of a sudden he becomes guru. No. That is not guru. Guru means śrotriyam. Śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham (MU 1.2.12). And after hearing perfectly from his guru, he is brahma-niṣṭham. Just like Arjuna, after hearing from Kṛṣṇa, his guru, he became devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Not became. He was devotee. Still he became perfect devotee. Brahma-niṣṭham. This is the guru's qualification. And in another, the Bhāgavata it is said tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam ([[Vanisource:SB 11.3.21|SB 11.3.21]]). One must surrender to guru who is actually inquisitive, yes, about the Absolute Truth. What kind of inquisitive? Jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam. The best aim of life or transcendental aim of life, he requires guru. Then what is guru's qualification? The next line is tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam, śābde pare ca niṣṇātam ([[Vanisource:SB 11.3.21|SB 11.3.21]]). Guru is completely in awareness of all the Vedic knowledge. That is guru. Not a loafer class. (laughter) Śrotriyam. One who has heard perfectly Vedas from his guru. And what is the symptom that he has heard from the authority or the...? Brahma-niṣṭham. Brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam. The symptom is that he has completely taken shelter of the Supreme Brahman, rejecting or finishing all material desires. No more material desires. Brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam. He has taken shelter of Brahman, upaśama, rejecting, no more hankering after anything material. | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Room Conversation with Life Member, Mr. Malhotra -- December 22, 1976, Poona|Room Conversation with Life Member, Mr. Malhotra -- December 22, 1976, Poona]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: No. This is Vedic injunction. Tad vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet. Abhigacchet, this word is used. This means must, vidhilin.(?) This is the form of vidhilin, in grammar. Vidhilin is applied when there is no question of duality. You must. If you want to know that transcendental science, you must approach guru. Śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham. And who is guru? Samit-pāṇiḥ śrotriyam. Śrotriyam means one who is guru by hearing from his guru, śrotriyam. This is paramparā. Not that all of a sudden he becomes guru. No. That is not guru. Guru means śrotriyam. Śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham (MU 1.2.12). And after hearing perfectly from his guru, he is brahma-niṣṭham. Just like Arjuna, after hearing from Kṛṣṇa, his guru, he became devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Not became. He was devotee. Still he became perfect devotee. Brahma-niṣṭham. This is the guru's qualification. And in another, the Bhāgavata it is said tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam ([[Vanisource:SB 11.3.21|SB 11.3.21]]). One must surrender to guru who is actually inquisitive, yes, about the Absolute Truth. What kind of inquisitive? Jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam. The best aim of life or transcendental aim of life, he requires guru. Then what is guru's qualification? The next line is tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam, śābde pare ca niṣṇātam ([[Vanisource:SB 11.3.21|SB 11.3.21]]). Guru is completely in awareness of all the Vedic knowledge. That is guru. Not a loafer class. (laughter) Śrotriyam. One who has heard perfectly Vedas from his guru. And what is the symptom that he has heard from the authority or the...? Brahma-niṣṭham. Brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam. The symptom is that he has completely taken shelter of the Supreme Brahman, rejecting or finishing all material desires. No more material desires. Brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam. He has taken shelter of Brahman, upaśama, rejecting, no more hankering after anything material.</p> |
| Mr. Malhotra: No more hankering. But he has to eat he has to clothe. | | <p>Mr. Malhotra: No more hankering. But he has to eat he has to clothe.</p> |
| Mr. Malhotra: Minimum needs of the body. | | <p>Mr. Malhotra: Minimum needs of the body.</p> |
| Prabhupāda: Yes, that is not hankering. That is not hankering. so long the body is there. That is wanted. Just like about the Gosvāmīs it is said, nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau **. One has to conquer over sleeping, eating, sex and fearing. A saintly person has no fearing. Because he depends on Kṛṣṇa. But these things particularly conquered over. Simply little eating, that's all. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi. At least trying to conquer over sleeping, eating and sex life. | | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes, that is not hankering. That is not hankering. so long the body is there. That is wanted. Just like about the Gosvāmīs it is said, nidrāhāra-vihārakādi-vijitau **. One has to conquer over sleeping, eating, sex and fearing. A saintly person has no fearing. Because he depends on Kṛṣṇa. But these things particularly conquered over. Simply little eating, that's all. Nidrāhāra-vihārakādi. At least trying to conquer over sleeping, eating and sex life.</p> |
| Mr. Malhotra: Sleeping, eating and sex. (break) ...sleeping at all or some little sleep. | | <p>Mr. Malhotra: Sleeping, eating and sex. (break) ...sleeping at all or some little sleep.</p> |
| Prabhupāda: Practically no sleeping. Practically no eating and no sex life. | | <p>Prabhupāda: Practically no sleeping. Practically no eating and no sex life.</p> |
| Mr. Malhotra: Sleeping means, actually sleeping or awareness, I mean awakening of the mind or awakening... | | <p>Mr. Malhotra: Sleeping means, actually sleeping or awareness, I mean awakening of the mind or awakening...</p> |
| Prabhupāda: No, actual sleeping. Sleeping means waste of time. So long you sleep, it is a waste of time. Better reduce sleep. | | <p>Prabhupāda: No, actual sleeping. Sleeping means waste of time. So long you sleep, it is a waste of time. Better reduce sleep.</p> |
| Mr. Malhotra: But you have to sleep sometimes. | | <p>Mr. Malhotra: But you have to sleep sometimes.</p> |
| Prabhupāda: Yes, some, some. | | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes, some, some.</p> |
| Mr. Malhotra: Some part of the day... | | <p>Mr. Malhotra: Some part of the day...</p> |
| Prabhupāda: That also you will find, those who are highly elevated, they can avoid. | | <p>Prabhupāda: That also you will find, those who are highly elevated, they can avoid.</p> |
| Mr. Malhotra: They can completely avoid sleeping! Hundred per cent? | | <p>Mr. Malhotra: They can completely avoid sleeping! Hundred per cent?</p> |
| Prabhupāda: No. They can, but they do not show like that. Otherwise artificially one would like to imitate it. | | <p>Prabhupāda: No. They can, but they do not show like that. Otherwise artificially one would like to imitate it.</p> |
| Mr. Malhotra: But in the medical theory they are saying so much insomnia. | | <p>Mr. Malhotra: But in the medical theory they are saying so much insomnia.</p> |
| Prabhupāda: No insomnia, he becomes mad. (laughter) That is another thing. That is disease. | | <p>Prabhupāda: No insomnia, he becomes mad. (laughter) That is another thing. That is disease.</p> |
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