All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gauranga
Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti SiddhāntaSarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda very often used to say that –“Which is out of your own realisation you have no right to speak about that”. Also, my Paramahaṁsa Gurudeva (Śrīla Bhakti Pramode Puri Gosvāmī Mahārāja) used to say that — “My son never try to pass any lecture, please speak only what you have realized in course of your guru-sevā.”
In this regard I want to mention one incident recorded in Upaniṣad—
Two sons of Yagyavalka Rishi were sent to gurukul to get realisation about brahma-tattva. When they came back from gurukul– Yagyavalka Rishi wanted to test them one by one. He wanted to put question in front of his elder son about the realisation of brahma-tattva what he has achieved from gurukul. Then the elder son started passing big big lecture in front of father, but Rishi could realise that the lecture was all false lecture because no realisation was there with the elder son. So naturally he was very angry to stop the lecture of the elder son. Again, when the younger son was ordered by his father to speak about the direct realisation about brahma-tattva, if at all he has achieved from gurukul. Then the younger son was bound to express some very special mood (astonishing mood) as if he has no true realisation about that most surprising brahma-tattva. He kept silence in front of father and only started looking at his Lotus feet. Then and there Yagavalka Rishi could realize that the younger son must have achieved some direct realisation about that inexplicable brahma-tattva which is beyond human comprehension and started appreciating the small boy about his humble mood in front of that Great brahma-tattva.
So, we can realise that a lecture is never allowed in our bhajan field. Because brahma-tattva is such a tattva which never can be expressed by language. Any amount of lecture or educational power can never help us to realize that Great brahma-tattva.
Once Śrīla Prabhupāda started speaking hari-kathā in front of a marmot gathering at the bank of Godarvari river Kabur (South India) the spot where Rāya Rāmānanda-samvad took place (I mean the place where the discourse between Śrīman Mahaprabhu and Śrī Rāya Rāmānanda took place). Some of our guru-varga like Śrīla Hayagriva Brahmachari (Śrīla Bhakti Dayita Madhava Gosvāmī Mahārāja), Śrīla Ramanada Parabhu (Śrīla Bhakti Rakshak Śrīdhar Dev Gosvāmī Mahārāja) etc. were present there. Śrīla Prabhupāda went on speaking hari-kathā continuously for two hours in Bengali language. When the hari-kathā was over, Śrīla Hayagriva Brahmachari started speaking in front of Prabhupāda with a very humbly or appealing mood that— “Śrīla Prabhupāda! We wonder why you speak in Bengali language because they don’t understand Bengali language.” Śrīla Prabhupāda was very harsh to give the answer in low voice that— “Neither I have spoken Bengali nor English or any other language, I have only spoken hari-kathā (Vaikuṇṭha śabda-brahma) which can touch the heart of any fallen soul (if there is no aparādha present in them).” So we can feel the gravity of our realisation about brahma-tattva, then what to speak about Vaikuṇṭha vani vaibhava.
Gaura Hari Haribol