The unique idealism shown by Srila Prabhupada as Sampradaik-Acarya is really rare

July 22, 2020

Common devotees even in dreams cannot understand the accuracy of acharan shown by Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur. I can remember one incident spoken by Srila Guru Maharaja long before, at that time  Srila Guru Maharaj was at Brahmacary stage. He was busy doing some Vani-seva inside his room adjacent to the library of Sri Chaitanya Matha — where Srila Prabhupada used to do his Vani-seva most of the time. Suddenly Srila Guru Maharaja could hear that Srila Prabhupada shouting—“Nobody there!  Nobody there! Then immediately Srila Guru Maharaj started running towards the library room were Srila Prabhupada was already there—to check up the reason for why Srila Prabhupada speaking that way. Ultimately Srila Guru Maharaj was very surprised to see that his elder sister (a old lady) took entry inside the library without taking permission of Srila Prabhupada—The great Acarya. Then and there  Srila Guru Maharaj could realize very easily what kind of perfection in acharan Srila Prabhupada wanted to show to us.

A real Raganuga Acarya must follow that kind of accuracy as shown by Srila Prabhupada– The great Acarya. Because the same acharan was shown by Sriman Mahaprabhu, we know the reason for why Chotta Haridas was rejected by Sriman Mahaprabhu. This is a vivid example for the whole Gaudiya society. Still, we are less interested to follow those example of perfect acharan in toto—this is the present situation of our Gaudiya Bhajan field. It is very easy to point out the fault of others as Sahajiya, but it is really very difficult to identify that double Sahajiya bhava which is already there inside my heart.

By Shri Shyam das Baba

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