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Like this Dayananda. He did not care for anyone. He became acarya. He started.

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"like this Dayānanda. He did not care for anyone. He became ācārya. He started"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

Prabhupāda: You should follow Rāmānujācārya. Yes. Ācārya . . . ācāryopāsanam. Even Śaṅkarācārya. Yes. Those who have been accepted ācāryas, then . . . then you accept. But how one becomes ācārya? When he comes to the paramparā system. He cannot become all of a sudden ācārya without caring for . . . Chandobhai: There are so many commentaries on Bhagavad-gītā, Upaniṣads, Vedānta . . . Prabhupāda: Just like this Dayānanda. He did not care for anyone. He became ācārya. He started.

Prabhupāda: So as Arjuna understands, you take that. But all the rascals, they are going to understand Kṛṣṇa which is not spoken by Arjuna. Kṛṣṇa . . . Arjuna understood Kṛṣṇa, paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān (BG 10.12). Do they accept that?

Dr. Patel: They must accept.

Prabhupāda: Then why they should comment? Poke them in the . . . when these rascal and does not know anything about Kṛṣṇa, why should you write comment on Bhagavad-gītā? Let him do his own business. Why you should come here? That is our protest.

Dr. Patel: Humari pravritt me . . . in our culture . . . everyone has got a right to comment.

Prabhupāda: Just like he's a medical man. He's doing something. If a storekeeper comes, "Doctor Shah, aisa kijiye (do like this)," what is this nonsense? What you are? You cannot say . . . he's a lawyer. If I say: "Mr. Lawyer, why don't you accept this law?" Will he accept?

Chandobhai: All the great ācāryas have commented it.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Chandobhai: Madhvācārya . . .

Prabhupāda: You, you, you . . . yes. That you should follow. That you should follow. You should follow Rāmānujācārya. Yes. Ācārya . . . ācāryopāsanam. Even Śaṅkarācārya. Yes. Those who have been accepted ācāryas, then . . . then you accept. But how one becomes ācārya? When he comes to the paramparā system. He cannot become all of a sudden ācārya without caring for . . .

Chandobhai: There are so many commentaries on Bhagavad-gītā, Upaniṣads, Vedānta . . .

Prabhupāda: Just like this Dayānanda. He did not care for anyone. He became ācārya. He started.

Chandobhai: As I understand, or I am given to understand, is that . . . (break) . . . and they accepted it . . .

Page Title:Like this Dayananda. He did not care for anyone. He became acarya. He started.
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-04-30, 20:00:45
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1