Bona fide authorities
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"bona fide authorities"
|"bona fide authority"
|bona fide acaryas, authorities"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 2
SB Canto 3
Conversations and Morning Walks
1971 Conversations and Morning Walks
Dr. Weir: Yes. But this comes back to what you were saying earlier on. You were saying it isn't necessary or sufficient to read the scriptures. Well if, as you just told me, you say what Kṛṣṇa has said, well then if I could find...
Prabhupāda: What Kṛṣṇa has said, that is not scripture.
Dr. Weir: No, but, if it's written somewhere I can read that, I don't need anybody else to tell me.
Prabhupāda: That's all right. But if it is accepted by the great ācāryas that He's God then there is no doubt. If Kṛṣṇa is accepted God, by all the ācāryas, bona fide ācāryas, authorities.
Śyāmasundara: Well, I think what Prabhupāda is saying is that a spiritual master is requisite in order to transmit knowledge even though it may be revealed in the scriptures to the student, according to the time and place. Just like someone may be able to read in a book about how to perform a brain operation, but unless there's a master there to transmit that knowledge into reality, it's useless. It can't be performed.1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Devotee (3): The vision of the eyes is imperfect. We have to see by intelligence, from the authority...
Prabhupäda: Yes. That is not intelligence; that is fact. Intelligence you should have that "However I can perceive by the senses, the senses being imperfect, all our perceptions are imperfect." That is intelligence.
Devotee (3): :Then one may ask, "Well, how do I recognize that this is the bona fide authority?"
Prabhupäda: :Who authorized? Another rascal, that's all. He's a rascal. Another rascal... Just like sva-vid-varähoñöra-kharaiù saàstutaù puruñaù paçuù [SB 2.3.19]. A lion is being praised by the rabbit in the jungle. The rabbit is also animal; lion is also. So what is the use of lion being praised by a rabbit? If a lion is praised by a rabbit, does it mean lion is more than animal? So similarly, these so-called scientists, big men, they are being praised by small rascals. That does not mean on account of praising, he has become more than animal. He remains animal.Page Title: | Bona fide authorities |
Compiler: | Sidha Rupa, Visnu Murti |
Created: | 17March08, |
No. of Quotes: | 4 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=2, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=2, Let=0 |