Act as guru
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 7
SB Canto 8
- guror apy avaliptasya
- kāryākāryam ajānataḥ
- utpatha-pratipannasya
- parityāgo vidhīyate
Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has advised that such a useless guru, a family priest acting as guru, should be given up, and that the proper, bona-fide guru should be accepted.
- ṣaṭ-karma-nipuṇo vipro
- mantra-tantra-viśāradaḥ
- avaiṣṇavo gurur na syād
- vaiṣṇavaḥ śvapaco guruḥ
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Madhya-lila
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Prabhupāda: Anyway, somebody has to do it. Tad vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. He must approach a guru to discover his...
Śyāmasundara: Yes. So he says here, "Potentialities which are hitherto unexploited and which lie covered in him can be brought out by the knowing self and utilized."
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is our process. Caitanya Mahāprabhu is acting as guru, and He's asking everyone, jīv jāgo jīv jāgo. Therefore the conclusion should be that in order to come to the real position of our life, we must approach a guru, a person who knows what is what.
Śyāmasundara: So that person can see us for what we are, more than we can see ourselves.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Just like here is a physician, he knows simply by feeling his pulse beating, he can understand what is his position. And he gives medicine according to that. Āyur-vedic system is very nice. One has to learn how this pulse is beating, then immediately diagnosis is there, medicine is given.Correspondence
1968 Correspondence
Page Title: | Act as guru |
Compiler: | Eivind , Visnu Murti |
Created: | 30 of Jul, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=2, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=3, Con=0, Let=1 |
No. of Quotes: | 6 |