Follow the authorities
Expressions researched:
"follows the authority"
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|"following the authority"
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|"follow the authorities"
|"following the authorities"
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 2
SB Canto 3
SB Canto 7
SB Canto 8
svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ prahlādo janako bhīṣmo balir vaiyāsakir vayam (SB 6.3.20)
We belong to the disciplic succession of Brahmā, and therefore we are known as the Brahma-sampradāya. As the demigods follow Lord Brahmā to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, we also have to follow the authorities of the paramparā system to understand the Lord.
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Nectar of Devotion
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Sudāmā: There also is the position of or some question is raised as to how to actually follow the authority. What is the authority between...?
Prabhupāda: Authority is your spiritual master. You do not know who is authority? Why this question is there? If one is initiated, then he accepted the authority. And if he does not follow the instruction of spiritual master, he is a rascal. He is defying the authority. That's all.Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Prabhupāda: Huh? Acchedyo 'yam adāhyo 'yam. Find it. Harikeśa: acchedyo 'yam adāhyo 'yam akledyo 'śoṣya eva ca nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur acalo'yam sanātanaḥ "This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluable and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, all-pervading, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same."
Prabhupāda: So if he is all-pervading and if he is unburnable, then how it is possible that in the fire he does not exist? It cannot be burned, and it is everywhere. Sarva-ga. And we find also when we go on the sea beach—within the sand there is life. Now it is up to you to accept the authority of Bhagavad-gītā or authority of the Americans. That is your... We follow the authorities of Bhagavad-gītā.Nectar of Devotion Lectures
śrī-rūpa sanātana bhaṭṭa-raghunātha śrī-jīva gopāla-bhaṭṭa dāsa-raghunātha
So we have to follow the authorities. We cannot manufacture. There is no need of research work. Simply if we follow the chalked-out path given by the great authorities, that will help us.Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Prabhupāda: Yes. We are following the footprints of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. It is not whimsical. You have to follow the authority in all circumstances. You cannot avoid. That is illegal. It will have no power. Just like all of a sudden you make a low class man a harijana. It will not stay. But you can make harijana any class of man provided you adopt the proper means.
Correspondence
1969 Correspondence
1972 Correspondence
1974 Correspondence
1975 Correspondence
Page Title: | Follow the authorities |
Compiler: | Siddha Rupa, Kanupriya, Visnu Murti, Namrata |
Created: | 18March08, |
No. of Quotes: | 25 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=4, CC=0, OB=2, Lec=10, Con=5, Let=4 |