Feb 28 1975 Atlanta
Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Śrīla Prabhupāda, suppose that they acknowledge the fact that they do not know, but they challenge, “How do you know what you believe is right?”
Prabhupāda: Because I have approached the Supreme, the supreme brain, Kṛṣṇa. He is the perfect person in knowledge.Aiśvaryasya, jñāna. Vedāhaṁ samatītāni [Bg. 7.26]. He knows everything. He is conducting nature. Mayādhyakṣeṇa prakṛtiḥ suyate sa-carācaram [Bg. 9.10]. Yasyājñayā bhramati sambhṛta-kālacakro. Janmādy asya yataḥ [SB 1.1.1]. So we know from the perfect. Therefore my knowledge is perfect. I am not perfect; that’s a fact. But my knowledge is perfect. Just like I am not an electrician. But the electrician has told me that “You push this button. There will be light.” So I am doing that. What is the use of becoming electrician? I want light, and the electrician told me, “Just push this button.” I am doing that, and light is there. That’s all. You cannot say, “You are not a electrician. How you can say the light…?” And I know from the perfect person, and it is acting. This is our position. It doesn’t require that I will have to become electrician. The electrician has told that “You push this button,” and there is light. That’s all. Does it require that I will have to become a electrician to conduct this light?
Rūpānuga: No, it simply requires that one listen and take instructions.
Prabhupāda: That’s all. Therefore śruti, Vedas. Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhi… [MU 1.2.12]. Hear from the guru and do it. That’s all.
guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koriyā aikya…Now, what is that song? Who knows this song, śrī-guru-caraṇa-padma **?
Nitai:guru-mukha-padma-vākya, cittete koriyā aikya,ār nā koriho mane āśā
Prabhupāda: Koriho mane āśā. Do not try to research anything. That is final.
ar na koriho mane āśā.
If the guru is perfect, your knowledge is perfect. And how guru becomes perfect? He has heard from his guru. That’s all.Evaṁ paramparā-prāptam [Bg. 4.2]. Kṛṣṇa is the original guru. Imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam, vivasvān manave prāhu [Bg. 4.1]. This is paramparā system. You hear... Just like Lord Brahmā heard from Kṛṣṇa, tene brahma hṛdā ādi-kavaye. He gave the knowledge to Brahmā. Brahmā distributed the knowledge. Therefore Vedic knowledge is perfect. The Vedic knowledge comes from the Supreme Person. Vedāham. Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaṁ vedānta-vid vedānta-kṛt cāham [Bg. 15.15]. So Vedic knowledge is coming from Kṛṣṇa, and it is received by Brahmā, and then Nārada receives. Then Vyāsadeva receives. Then he gives us all these Vedic literature. We understand. That’s all. It is not by so-called rascal’s research. Research means they are rascal. That’s all.
Rūpānuga: Kṛṣṇa says, “Take it from Me.”
Prabhupāda: Yes. And if he wants to make research, that means he is a rascal number one. If you want to make research, then search out what is the original brain, not the process. Process is already going on. What is the use of your research, nonsense?
Some Conclusions-Because it has become fashionable today not to accept verbatim the words of Srila Prabhupada, the iskcon pundits have continually endeavored to do research on guru tattva and everything else under the sun for the past 40 years and still they have not understood the Siddhanta. Some of their gbc leaders are still calling for a conclusive statement to prove that their so called “gurus” are authorized, when they well know they are not. Their speculations for years have all been defeated by the serious Prabhupadanugas in well written papers.. This foolishness on their part is the result of not accepting the words as they are given, from Srila Prabhupada.
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LA July 13 1971—Prabhupāda: Unless one is prepared that “I am accepting somebody as my spiritual master. I must accept whatever he says,” if there is any doubt, that “I cannot accept his words verbatim,” then one should not accept him as spiritual master. That is hypocrisy
SB 4.18.5 purport...At the present moment it has become fashionable to disobey the unimpeachable directions given by the ācāryas and liberated souls of the past. Presently people are so fallen that they cannot distinguish between a liberated soul and a conditioned soul.
Sept 5 1971 london—So long we shall be on the mental platform there will be no fixity of conclusion. That is not possible. We have to accept something for the time being, then again reject it. Therefore all mental speculators differ.
April 1 1971 bombay–In the Bhagavad-gītā also, we find: ācāryopāsanam. We have to follow the footprints, footsteps, of the ācāryas, because they can give us right direction. And one who does not follow the ācāryas and creates and manufactures his mental concoction, his version will not be accepted.
Seattle, September 25, 1968 : 680925LE.SEA :Tad viddhi praṇipātena. If you want to understand the spiritual science, then you have to approach to a person where you can completely surrender yourself. Because everyone is proud: “Oh, who can teach me? Why shall I go to a spiritual master? I know everything.” That is the general mentality. Therefore Bhagavad-gītā gives us direction that you should go to a person where you can fully surrender. So you have to find out a bona fide spiritual master where you can surrender your pride.
“Unless one is under the shelter of a realized spiritual master, his understanding of the Supreme is simply foolishness” quote from TLC