Recognized authority
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 2
Conversations and Morning Walks
1976 Conversations and Morning Walks
Indian man (4): But there are so many authorities presented to me. But there is the Bible, there is the Koran, there is...
Prabhupäda: No, first of all, you are born in India. Why you are jumping to Bible? (laughter) This is another foolishness. You take care of your own house. You are jumping like monkey to Bible. (laughter)
Indian man (4): In our own house there are quite a few dharmas.
Prabhupäda: Therefore äcäryavän puruño veda. You have to follow the äcäryas. In our country there are äcäryas, Rämänujäcärya, Madhväcärya, Viñëu Svämé, Caitanya Mahäprabhu, those who are recognized authority. Äcäryavän puruño veda. In the Bhagavad-gétä, äcäryopäsanam. You have to worship the äcärya.
Indian man (6): You have to look up your...
Prabhupäda: Yes. The äcärya's paramparä is there. Evaà paramparä-präptam imaà räjarñayo viduù [Bg. 4.2].
Indian man (4): There is no dearth of äcärya in India. There is äcärya Rajneesh, there is äcärya...
Prabhupäda: No. There is äcärya, and there are fools also. Äcärya is there, and fools are there also. The agnostics are there. They will not accept any äcärya. You accept some äcärya. Why you become skeptic? At least, we have to accept Kåñëa as the supreme äcärya. Why don't you accept Him? If you are embarrassed whom to select äcärya, so who can be better äcärya than Kåñëa? Why don't you accept Him? That means you want to avoid under some plea. Otherwise there is äcärya. If you don't believe in other äcärya, you take at least Kåñëa who is accepted by all the äcäryas. Either Rämänujäcärya, Madhväcärya, or anyone, will they not accept Kåñëa as the supreme teacher? Whole world is understanding Kåñëa is the supreme teacher. At least at the present moment they are accepting. We are selling our books daily five to six lakhs' worth, only these Kåñëa consciousness books. And in our country we do not accept Kåñëa as the supreme äcärya. What is this? That is our misfortune. Kåñëa is recognized äcärya. There is no doubt about it.Correspondence
1973 Correspondence
Page Title: | Recognized authority |
Compiler: | Siddha Rupa, Visnu Murti |
Created: | 25March08, |
No. of Quotes: | 3 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=1 |