Sanction (CC and Other Books)
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
Since His acceptance of sannyāsa was also designed to attract public attention, Lord Caitanya, not wishing to disturb the social convention, took the renounced order of life from a sannyāsī in the disciplic succession of Śaṅkarācārya, although sannyāsa was also sanctioned in the Vaiṣṇava sampradāya.
It is stated in the Vedas (Śvetāśvatara Up. 6.23):
- yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau
- tasyaite kathitā hy arthā prakāśante mahātmanaḥ
- (ŚU 6.23)
"The real import of the scriptures is revealed to one who has unflinching faith in both the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the spiritual master." Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura advises, sādhu-śāstra-guru-vākya, hṛdaye kariyā aikya. The meaning of this instruction is that one must consider the instructions of the sādhu, the revealed scriptures and the spiritual master in order to understand the real purpose of spiritual life. Neither a sādhu (saintly person or Vaiṣṇava) nor a bona fide spiritual master says anything that is beyond the scope of the sanction of the revealed scriptures. Thus the statements of the revealed scriptures correspond to those of the bona fide spiritual master and saintly persons.
In the Vedic scriptures there are concessions for meat-eaters. It is said that if one wants to eat meat, he should kill a goat before the goddess Kālī and then eat its meat. Meat-eaters are not allowed to purchase meat or flesh from a market or slaughterhouse. There are no sanctions for maintaining regular slaughterhouses to satisfy the tongues of meat-eaters.
CC Madhya-lila
Presently in India, intoxication and meat-eating are encouraged, and the so-called learned brāhmaṇas presiding over this state of affairs have certainly become degraded according to the standard given herein by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Sanātana Gosvāmī. These so-called brāhmaṇas give sanction to slaughterhouses for the sake of a fat salary, and they do not protest these abominable activities.
You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself; therefore no one can understand Your purpose. By Your mercy You are touching me, although this is not sanctioned by the Vedas.
Without the sanction of the spiritual master, we should not try to imitate. This principle is recommended here: śuńka-vairāgya-jďāna saba nińedhila. This is Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's liberal demonstration of the bhakti cult. We should not introduce anything whimsically, without the sanction of the bona fide spiritual master.
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Nectar of Devotion
Page Title: | Sanction (CC and Other Books) |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Rafael |
Created: | 06 of Dec, 2010 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=7, OB=1, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 8 |