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<h2>Lectures</h2>
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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura also says, ei chay gosāi jār tār mui dās (Nāma-saṅkīrtana 6): "I am servant of that person who has accepted this six Gosvāmīs as his master. I am not going to be servant of any other person who does not accept the way and means of . . ." Therefore we say or we offer our prayer to our spiritual master, rūpānuga-varāya te. Rūpānuga-varāya te. Because he follows Rūpa Gosvāmī, therefore we accept, spiritual master. Not that one has become more than Rūpa Gosvāmī or more than . . . no. Tāṅdera caraṇa-sebi-bhakta-sane vās (Nāma-saṅkīrtana 7). This is the paramparā system.
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[[Vanisource:731208 - Lecture SB 01.15.30 - Los Angeles|731208 - Lecture SB 01.15.30 - Los Angeles]]
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Kṛṣṇa-dāsa.

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:rūpa-raghunātha-pade yāra āśa
:caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇa-dāsa 
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This is the process. He does not say that, "I have understood Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu directly." No. That is not understanding. That is foolishness. You cannot understand what is Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Therefore repeatedly he says:

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:rūpa-raghunātha-pade yāra āśa
:caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇa-dāsa 
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"I am that Kṛṣṇa dāsa Kavirāja who is always under the subordination of the Gosvāmīs." This is paramparā system.

Similarly, Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura also says, ei chay gosāi jār tār mui dās (Nāma-saṅkīrtana 6): "I am servant of that person who has accepted this six Gosvāmīs as his master. I am not going to be servant of any other person who does not accept the way and means of . . ." Therefore we say or we offer our prayer to our spiritual master, rūpānuga-varāya te. Rūpānuga-varāya te. Because he follows Rūpa Gosvāmī, therefore we accept, spiritual master. Not that one has become more than Rūpa Gosvāmī or more than . . . no. Tāṅdera caraṇa-sebi-bhakta-sane vās (Nāma-saṅkīrtana 7). This is the paramparā system.

Now here, the same thing is repeated: Arjuna, who directly heard from Kṛṣṇa . . . sometimes some people say—it is rascaldom—that, "Arjuna heard directly from Kṛṣṇa, but we don't find Kṛṣṇa in our presence, so how can I accept it?" It is not a question of direct presence, because you have no idea of the absolute knowledge. Kṛṣṇa's words, Bhagavad-gītā, is not different from Kṛṣṇa. It is not different from Kṛṣṇa. When you hear Bhagavad-gītā, you are directly hearing from Kṛṣṇa, because Kṛṣṇa is not different. Kṛṣṇa is absolute. Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa's name, Kṛṣṇa's form, Kṛṣṇa's quality, Kṛṣṇa's instruction, everything Kṛṣṇa's, they're all Kṛṣṇa. They're all Kṛṣṇa. This has to be understood. They're not different from Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Kṛṣṇa's form here, He's Kṛṣṇa. He's not a statue—"He's a marble statue"—no. He's Kṛṣṇa. He has appeared before you because you cannot see Kṛṣṇa. You can see stone, wood; therefore He has appeared in that form. You think that it is stone and wood, but He's not stone and wood; He's Kṛṣṇa. This is called Absolute Truth. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa's words are also not different from Kṛṣṇa. When Kṛṣṇa's words are there in the Bhagavad-gītā, it's Kṛṣṇa.
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