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Authority must be perfect

Conversations and Morning Walks

1971 Conversations and Morning Walks

Authority must be perfect
Room Conversation with Dr. Weir of the Mensa Society -- September 5, 1971, London:

Dr. Weir: You then reject the idea of a fear of God.

Prabhupāda: No, I don't reject. The thing is that perfect knowledge is received from the authority which… beyond the material defects.

Dr. Weir: No, what I mean is, fear is not necessary for learning from an authoritarian source.

Prabhupāda: No, authority must be perfect. Then otherwise the knowledge is not perfect.

Śyāmasundara: He's saying that you don't need to necessarily have to fear the authority before you accept him.

Prabhupāda: There's no question of fearing. There's no question of fearing.

Dr. Weir: That's what I thought. You don't acce... That doesn't come in at all.

Prabhupāda: No. No. It is out of love, out of affection, the reciprocation.
Page Title:Authority must be perfect
Compiler: Siddha Rupa, Visnu Murti
Created: 14March08,
No. of Quotes:1
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