All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gauranga
Gauḍīya Goṣṭhī Pati Śrī Śrīla Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda said that—“I will only submit myself unto the Lotus feet of such a guru who can give me hundred percent maṅgala”
It is our duty to serve a guru who is busy all 24 hours in kṛṣṇa-sevā. Only and only by the help of such a Sat-guru will it be possible for us to realize something about that aprākṛta jagat (transcendental abode). Don’t think that Gurudeva is an ordinary man. Gurudeva and Bhagavan are non-different from each other and both are adhokṣaja. Adhokṣaja vastu is such an object where all our personal efforts like– educational power, manpower, money power etc., all can come to a flop end to know that absolute tattva. We are blind without the help of guru-Vaiṣṇava-Bhagavan. They are our only support. Śrīla Prabhupāda said that— “Guru-Vaiṣṇava is the transcendental media or transparent media through which we can see what is what relating to that aprākṛta jagat.
durgame pathi me ’ndhasya
skhalat-pāda-gater muhuḥ
sva-kṛpā-yaṣṭi-dānena
santaḥ santv avalambanam (Cc Antya 1.2)
My path is very difficult. I am blind, and my feet are slipping again and again. Therefore, may those pure guru-Vaiṣṇavas help me by granting me the stick of their mercy as my support.
It is only by the support of guru-Vaiṣṇava that we can understand the inner meanings of those scriptural injunctions. The source from which we know about that eternal object, which we cannot realize through our sense organs, is called śāstra. But it will be impossible for someone to understand the actual meaning of śāstra without the perfect guidance of Guru-Vaiṣṇava. Guru -Vaiṣṇavas are our eyes, by which we can see what is what.
Śrīla Saccidananda Bhaktiviond Ṭhākura says that–“After traveling to so many countries, villages and cities, still it is very rare to meet one pure sādhu“. And even after that we can miss-understand that sādhu. Like in the case of Vidura Mahārāja. People will say that he is just a beggar. Nobody will realize his actual greatness. Foolish people always fostering the idea that to be a sādhu means to have very glamorous arrangements, to have so many followers and many many temples. That is their idea. Who could realize the position of the great Paramahaṁsa Ācāryavary Śrīla Gaura Kisore das Babaji Mahārāja?
That’s why I am shouting like a dog, but nobody like to understand this point. Please try to disclose this guru tattva, Vaiṣṇava tattva wherever you go. It is my only request to share our pure hari-kathā with everybody. I know nobody going to accept, but still, it is our duty to distribute the hari-kathā of Śrīla Prabhupāda Bhakti Siddhānta Sarasvatī Gosvāmī Ṭhākura everywhere. If Guru-Vaiṣṇava darśana is rectified, then our bhajan can go ahead very smoothly. So, all over the world we should circulate this guru tattva if you want to satisfy Prabhupāda. Don’t be busy with rāgānugā-bhajan right now. If there is no strong foundation of guru-Vaiṣṇava tattva then all our so-called rāgānugā-bhajan is one kind of drama. Nothing else. Even one cannot start hari-bhajan without realizing guru-Vaiṣṇava tattva—this is the siddhanta vichar of Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Gaura Hari Hari Bol