One has to hear the message of Godhead from the lips of the pure devotee of the Lord or Acarya

Expressions researched:
"One has to hear the message of Godhead from the lips of the pure devotee of the Lord or Acarya"

Correspondence

1970 Correspondence

In Bhagavad Gita it is stated "One should approach a spiritual master and inquire from him submissively, render him all kinds of service. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the Truth." One has to hear the message of Godhead from the lips of the pure devotee of the Lord or Acarya.

701006 - Letter to Krishna dasa written from Calcutta

Human life is especially meant for reviving our lost relationship with God by following the instructions of God contained in religious books like the Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, etc. Without God centered society, the whole thing is dog centered society. A dog also eats, a dog also sleeps, a dog also defends and they have ample opportunity for sex-life. So the goal of life is Krsna--to become free from the cat and dog propensities of eating, sleeping, defending and mating and achieve the spiritual platform of Eternity, Knowledge and Blissful Life in pure devotional service to the Lord--Bhakti yoga, that is religion. Simply loving Krsna. Society without religion, it is all animal society.The next point is that religion without philosophy is sentimentalism or fanaticism. Simply performing empty ritual without understanding is condemned by Srila Rupa Goswami in his Bhaktirasamrta sindhuh--pure devotional service which ignores the injunctions of the scriptures is simply a disturbance to the society. In Bhagavad Gita it is stated "One should approach a spiritual master and inquire from him submissively, render him all kinds of service. The self-realized soul can impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the Truth." One has to hear the message of Godhead from the lips of the pure devotee of the Lord or Acarya. The religion is originally spoken by Krsna Himself and that message or science is coming down directly through the chain of disciplic succession and one who is in that chain is called acarya or one who teaches by his life. Religions is practically presented by the bonafide spiritual master or acarya.