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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 21, 2017 17:28:12 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 22, 2017 4:12:38 GMT -5
“Because God is perfect, because Krishna is perfect, therefore His words and His ideas are also perfect. So these sastras are the words of God. So they are also perfect. So the sruti-sastra-nindanam means to think that there may be something wrong in the scripture or to take one verse out of Bhagavad-gita and reject another verse. Because it is all coming from Krishna and is all perfect, therefore everything is perfect within it. We must accept everything. We must accept it without any… as being without any fault. So sruti-sastra-nindanam. We should not think that it has any imperfection, that ‘This may be wrong.'”
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 22, 2017 17:04:05 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 23, 2017 15:08:35 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 24, 2017 17:43:38 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 25, 2017 17:54:44 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 26, 2017 10:26:32 GMT -5
 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896-1977), founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, is the extraordinary person who dedicated his life to teaching the world about Krishna consciousness, ancient India's most noble message of spiritual wisdom. In 1965, at the age of 69, on the order of his spiritual master Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, representing a line of teachers dating back to Lord Krishna Himself, Srila Prabhupada sailed from India to New York to share Lord Krishna's message. He brought with him a trunk of books, $7 in change, and the firm faith that the holy name of Krishna would transform the hearts of people he would meet. In the years that followed, he founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), traveled and taught throughout the world, opened more than 100 temples and inspired thousands of devotees. He wrote over forty volumes of translation and commentary on such classics as Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana), Chaitanya-charitamrita, and Bhagavad-gita. He wrote not only as a scholar but as a consummate practitioner, teaching by the example of his life. Throughout his works, Srila Prabhupada's mood was to convey the natural meaning of the scriptures without far-fetched interpretations, giving us an authentic rendition of the Vedic conclusions on such important topics as the purpose of human life, the nature of the soul, consciousness, and God. From 1966 to 1977, despite his advanced age, Srila Prabhupada circled the globe fourteen times on lecture tours that took him to six continents. Though no longer physically present among us, he lives forever in his instructions, books, videos and audio recordings, and in the hearts of those whose lives he touched. |
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 26, 2017 18:03:17 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 27, 2017 18:25:28 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 28, 2017 18:54:33 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 29, 2017 17:18:30 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 30, 2017 16:58:12 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Jan 31, 2017 17:32:20 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Feb 1, 2017 18:40:31 GMT -5
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Post by krsnaraja on Feb 2, 2017 11:10:52 GMT -5
Prabhupāda Says: In the process of devotional service, the first step is to take shelter of the spiritual master and then inquire from the spiritual master all about the process. This inquiry is essential for immunity to all kinds of offenses on the path of devotional service. Even if one is fixed in devotional service like Mahārāja Parīkṣit, he must still inquire from the realized spiritual master all about this. In other words, the spiritual master must also be well versed and learned so that he may be able to answer all these inquiries from the devotees.
Thus one who is not well versed in the authorized scriptures and not able to answer all such relevant inquiries should not pose as a spiritual master for the matter of material gain. It is illegal to become a spiritual master if one is unable to deliver his disciple.
[Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.8.7]
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