All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga
Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda Paramahaṁsa Jagat Guru told that—“Those kapat (false) sādhus they should be brought into light of common public (all over the world). Why? Because otherwise the whole system of śrauta-panthā can break down very shortly.“
We know that a very few such interested people are really ready to accept the Absolute truth from heart. In fact, such peoples are always very rare but still we cannot deny the absolute result of the absolute preaching, because absolute tattva is not so weak and cheap so that this can be destroyed by manpower or money power etc. He—Who´s life is completely dedicated for the cause of that absolute, automatically he will surely be protected by that Absolute, no doubt in it, still we fear to speak about that Absolute, that is the most remarkable weakness in us. Śrīla Prabhupāda used to say that without hundred percent śaraṇāgati unto the Lotus feet of that absolute tattva—Supreme Godhead nobody can feel free to speak about that absolute truth boldly without any fear. Our selfish desire (anyābhilāṣitā) to collect labha–pūjā–pratiṣṭhā can never allow us to speak about that absolute or can never help us to attain the absolute goal of our bhajan life. In that case our external exhibition of sannyasa–ship or acharya-ship cannot bring any mangal in our society. Because lose character and behaviour can never help us to follow the track of absolute acar-adarsha. In fact, our naked picture will be exposed in front of public if at all are going to play a drama with that absolute tattva. Without following the track of śrauta-panthā (vani) no one can speak hari-kathā (vaikuṇṭha vani). The success of our bhajan depends upon the fact that how much believe we have in Guru-Vaiṣṇava. That is why we can find the following śloka written by Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura–
niskapata ho’ye mata cao mor pane
baisnabe bisvasa brddhi ha’ka prati-ksane
My dear Mother, I sincerely wish that you will let my faith in the Vaisnavas increase at every moment.
Śrīla Prabhupāda used to say that siddhanta vichar is not a matter of gymnastic fits, so that according to our fanciful mood we can come out successful by applying our high brain power. In fact, those absolute siddhanta vichars are eternally present and only can appear inside the heart of those pure devotees—Those who are always in line with the absolute śrauta-panthā, no other way. Guru-kṛpā is the most vital point, because without guru-kṛpā nobody can realize and digest the deep inner meaning of shastra. Without Guru-Vaiṣṇava sevā mood from heart if someone like to go through all Gauḍīya Philosophies Day and night staying inside a very big and rich library and even if all other facilities like food supply or washing cloth etc. can be arranged for him to stop his wastage of time, still it is not at all possible for him to get entry into the field of deep realization of those śāstras. We know the following common śloka from Śrī Gītā where Śrī Kṛṣṇa speaking to his friend Arjuna that–
tad viddhi praṇipātena
paripraśnena sevāyā
upadekṣyanti te jñānaṁ
jñāninas tattva-darśinaḥ (BG TEXT 4/34)
Try to get aprākṛta-jñāna about that absolute truth by approaching a tattva vit puruṣa (guru) with full submission (praṇipāta) and with absolute inquisitive mood together with serving mood, then they can impart that aprākṛta-jñāna to you.
One day Śrīla Madhav Acharya was riding on a bullock cart loaded full of books. One of his servants was asking – “Gurudeva you are writing so much, but who will be able to understand all this” Then Śrīla Ramanuja Acharya answered that – “He will understand” and he pointed to the bull. Then he started to say that this bull is doing so much hard sevā to carry all this books, so I am sure that in his next life he will attain a human form, and in that way out of his Vaiṣṇava sevā he will be able to understand the scripture”. This way we can understand the vitals of our bhajan – by the help of Guru-Vaiṣṇava sevā. Without that we can only get nothing. Maybe we can pass some dry lectures, but who cares to hear dry lectures. My Guru Pāda Padma ordered me not to pass any lecture. Only we have the right to speak what we have realized from heart out of our sincere Guru-Vaiṣṇava sevā.
Only those who can implement the desire of a Śrī Sad Gurudeva like Śrīla Prabhupāda, only he can be identified as his eternal parshad, not all those who took mantra -dīkṣā or hāriṇam-dīkṣā from him. It is nothing but false ego to identify himself as a disciple of Śrīla Prabhupāda to collect dirty stool like labha–pūjā–pratiṣṭhā. Whereas maybe genuine dīkṣā was not there in his life due to kapat bhāva. Or maybe someone only took hāriṇam-mala from Śrīla Prabhupāda, just before six months of his departure from this material world.
This is the fact lying behind the screen. Regarding parshad vichar of Śrīman Mahaprabhu we cannot calculate or count only them those who came with Him, to play with Him at the time of His manifesting līlā but also we must count those great devotees who came before or after His manifesting līlā, just to implement the divine desire of Śrīman Mahaprabhu, like Śrīla Madhavendra Puripad, Śrī Advaita Acharya, Śrīla Śrīnivas Acharya, Śrīla Narottama Ṭhākura, Śrīla Shymananda Parbhu, Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktivinod Ṭhākura, Śrīla Bhakti Siddhanta Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda etc., actually, the utility of guru-paramparā lying with the fact that we can get the opportunity to get the intact flow of the teachings of Śrīman Mahaprabhu through our pure and stainless guru-paramparā– though He disappeared long ago around 550 years over.
Breakage of the flow of purity of guru-paramparā in between can make a big disturbance in the way of the intact flow of the power of paramparā, but somehow this can be rectified by reconnecting the disrupted line-link with bhagavat-paramparā flow with the complete discretion power and kṛpā which can help us to reach our final goal of bhajan without any problem.
Because we should remember that mantra-guru-paramparā is not at all devoid of bhagavad-guru-paramparā, rather we can say that this is the most practical siddhanta vichar which we can safely accept without any doubt as already shown by Śrīla Prabhupāda Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Ṭhākura Gosvāmī.
Gaura Hari Hari Bol