By:
Yashodanandana Dasa
Srila Prabhupada explained that his Guru Maharaja
never appointed anybody as acharya.
“…They wanted to create artificially somebody
acharya,"…
Note: 1) The ISKCON GBC artificially
created 11 acharyas in March of 1978.
2) If Srila
Prabhupada wanted to appoint 11 acharyas [diksha-gurus] for ISKCON, why did he
not directly say?
"He said so many things, and this point He
missed? The real point?"
Note: Similarly Srila Prabhupada said so
many things in the last few months of 1977, and the real point He missed?
“…and they insist upon it. They declared some unfit
person to become…"
- Srila Prabhupada, Conversation, August 16,
1976, Bombay
Note: And the GBC misheard, misunderstood,
and misrepresented to the body of ISKCON devotees that 11 had been “appointed”
as acharyas. And they insisted upon it. And they declared some
unfit persons to become acharyas.
Note: If His Divine Grace Srila
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada did not appoint anyone as acharya
[or diksha guru] for His mission, what makes the leading secretaries of His
Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada think that He would appoint one
acharya or a group of acharyas for his mission, in direct contradiction of his
criticism of this whole concept in August of 1976.
- Srila
Prabhupada, Conversation, August 16, 1976, Bombay, India
Srila Prabhupada explains that there is no record that His
Divine Grace Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakura nominated “any acharya” after
him.
“… I have also read specifically your articles on the matter
of acharyas, wherein on the 14th paragraph I see the acharya shall be entitled
to nominate in writing his successive acharya.
But we do not find any record where our Srila
Prabhupada nominated any acharya after Him. Different persons have
interpreted on this point, and everyone of our God brothers are acting as
acharya, so this is a controversial point which I do not wish to enter into
while we are proposing for co-operation…”
- Srila
Prabhupada, Letter to Swami Bhagavata Maharaja, August 21, 1969, Los Angeles
Note: Where is the actual verifiable
record that Srila Prabhupada [HDG ACBSP] “nominated any acharya after
Him”?
Srila Prabhupada defines obedience.
Srila Prabhupada: "I may say
many things to you, but when I say something directly to you, you do it. Your
first duty is to do that, you cannot argue -'Sir, you said to me do like this
before', no that is not your duty, what I say to you now you do it, that is
obedience you cannot argue."
- Srila Prabhupada, Srimad Bhagavatam
Lecture, April 14, 1975, Hyderabad
Guru cannot be self-made. Guru must be
authorized.
"Guru cannot be self-made. No. There is no such single
instance throughout the whole Vedic literature. And nowadays, so many rascals,
they are becoming guru without any authority. That is not guru. You must be
authorised. Evam parampara-praptam imam ra... As soon as the parampara
is....kalena yogo nasta parantapa, immediately finished. The spiritual
potency finished. You can dress like a guru, you can talk big, big words, but
it will never be effective."
- Srila Prabhupada, Lecture, February 27th
1977, Mayapur, India
Guru must be authorized by the bona fide guru.
"Self-made guru cannot be guru. He must be authorized
by the bona fide guru. Then he's guru. This is the fact...Similarly; bona fide
guru means he must be authorized by the superior guru."
- Srila Prabhupada, Lecture, Nectar of Devotion,
October 31, 1972
Guru must be authorized by his predecessor spiritual
master.
"One should take initiation from a bona fide spiritual
master coming in the disciplic succession, who is authorised by his predecessor
spiritual master. This is called diksha-vidhana."
- Srimad Bhagavatam, 4.8.54, purport
Guru must be ordered by his guru.
Prabhupada: Try to understand. Don't go
very speedily. A guru can become guru when he's ordered by his guru. That's
all. Otherwise nobody.
Result of Gaudiya Matha's attempt to become more than
guru.
"Why this Gaudiya Matha failed? Because they tried to
become more than guru. [.] They declared some unfit person to become acharya.
Then another man came, then another, acharya, another acharya."
- Srila Prabhupada, Conversation, August
16, 1976
Position of the actual guru.
"An
actual guru always remains the servant of his own guru and the predecessor
acharyas. Attempting to become a guru without one's own guru's order is a
materialistic ambition. Accepting followers and circumventing one's own guru is
offensive."
- My Glorious Master, by Bhurijana Dasa, 22-11: A
Lost Son Visits Home
Srila Prabhupada explains how he became the leader of the
Krishna Consciousness movement.
Guru must be ordered by His guru.
Indian man: When did you become spiritual
the leader of Krishna Consciousness?
Srila Prabhupada: What is that?
Brahmananda: He is asking when did you
become the spiritual leader of Krishna Consciousness?
Srila Prabhupada: When my Guru Maharaja
ordered me. This is the guru parampara.
Indian man: Did it...
Srila Prabhupada: Try to understand. Don't
go very speedily. A guru can become guru when he is ordered by his guru. That's
all. Otherwise nobody can become guru. "
- Srila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita, Lecture,
October 28, 1975
Guru must be authorized. Guru cannot be self-made.
Position of gurus without authority.
"Guru cannot be self-made. No. There is no such single
instance throughout the whole Vedic literature. And nowadays, so many rascals,
they are becoming guru without any authority. That is not guru. You must be
authorised. Evam parampara-praptam imam ra... As soon as the parampara
is...kalena yogo nasta parantapa, immediately finished. The spiritual
potency finished. You can dress like a guru, you can talk big, big words, but
it will never be effective."
- Srila Prabhupada, Lecture, February 27, 1977, Mayapur, India
Guru must be authorized by the bona fide guru.
"Self-made guru cannot be guru. He must be authorized
by the bona fide guru. Then he's guru. This is the fact...Similarly; bona fide
guru means he must be authorized by the superior guru."
- Srila Prabhupada, Nectar of Devotion lecture,
October 31, 1972
Guru must be authorized person.
"Therefore guru must be authorized person, not that bhumi-phala-guru.
No. I am guru," no. You cannot become guru unless you are agent to draw
out the mercy water from the ocean of mercy of Krishna.
That is guru. And therefore a guru is not an ordinary person. He is the
representative, bona fide representative of Krishna."
- Srila Prabhupada, Srimad Bhagavatam lecture,
November 30, 1976
Guru cannot impart instructions without being
authorized.
"The schoolmasters in the modern days are paid agents
for giving some information, but the spiritual master is not a paid agent. Nor
can he impart instruction without being authorized."
- Srimad Bhagavatam: 2.9.43, purport
"A Guru can be Guru when he is ordered by his Guru.
That's all. Otherwise nobody can become Guru."
- Srila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita lecture, 28th
October 1975
Srila Prabhupada predicts what happens when the
acharya disappears?
Unfortunately, when the acharya disappears, rogues and
nondevotees take advantage and immediately begin to introduce unauthorized
principles in the name of so-called svamis, yogis, philanthropists,
welfare workers and so on.
- Srimad Bhagavatam: 4.28.48
Do not make addition, alteration.
Results of making additions and alterations.
Many times they give me very great credit that I have done
wonderful. Yes, I have done wonderful. But what is the reason? Because I am not
a rascal. I speak what Krishna has spoken.
That's all. Very easy. Everyone can do that. Not only I. Any of you, you can do
this. Simply speak what Krishna has said.
That's all. Don't make addition, alteration. Then you become rascal.
Immediately you become rascal.
- Srila Prabhupada, Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture,
1.5.29 Vrindavana, August 10, 1974
Danger of concocting
Prabhupada: Ara na koriha mane asa.
Don't concoct. Don't you sing daily? Ara na koriha mane asa. Don't
manufacture ideas. That is dangerous. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu teaches by His
example. Guru more murkha dekhi' karila sasana. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
said to Prakashananda Sarasvati that "My spiritual master saw Me fool
number one, so he has chastised Me, that 'Don't try to read Vedanta; chant Hare
Krishna
- Conversations, June 23, 1976, New Vrindavan
Go to right person who has seen. Do not make
your own interpretation.
Prabhupada: Therefore Krishna
says, tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya: "One who knows,
go and understand from them, from the guru." Don't make your
interpretation, rascal. You shall remain always a rascal. Then what is the use
of all these verses? If it is so easy to understand Krishna then why Krishna says, tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena
sevaya: "Then you will understand. Go to the right person who has
seen.”
- Conversations, December 10, 1975, Vrindavana
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