BHAKTI SIDDHANT SARASWATI WRITES IN 'TRUE CONCEPTION OF SRI GURU TATTVA' AS FOLLOWES:
"This line of guru-parampara is existing up to today without any break and it will continue to exist like this in the future also. To say 'there is no bonafide Guru living in the world at present and neither will there be any in the future,' is an atheistic opinion."
First of all you must clear the conception of "living" and it's applicability to "eternally liberated souls" SRILA PRABHUPADA EXISTS ETERNALLY AND SINCE HE IS LIVING WITH HIS VANI/BOOKS THERE IS NO QUESTION OF BREAK IN PARAMPARA!
"Just like Krishna can be present simultaneously in millions of places. Similarly, the Spiritual Master also can be present wherever the disciple wants. A Spiritual Master is the principle, not the body. "
Letter to Malati -- Allston, Mass 28 May, 1968
ISKCON is Srila Prabhupada's movement and He being the founder acharya can bring reformations, the very reformation because of which He delivered thousands of westerners which was never possible until He arrived in the West, So If we want to be called an Iskcon devotee we must accept Srila Prabhupada's orders without questioning about what the acharyas in the parampara did or did not do.
But finally it is this very Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada who ordered Srila Prabhupada to be acharya for the movement. When one so much follows the order of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada why can he/she accept His order given to Srila Prabhupada to be the next acharya?
Guru mukha padma vakya chittete koribo aikya! What Srila Prabhupada said with His lotus mouth is the final order for ISKCON!
It is very sad to know that today even without meeting a guru we make him a guru just by his videos and name and fame but to accept SRILA PRABHUPADA as guru we need His physical association. When He was present too He was not able to meet any of His disciples, how then did they accept the initiation and continue to remain His disciples? How much physical association is everyone of todays disciples of guru other than SRILA PRABHUPADA getting with his guru in ISKCON?
It is also sad to know that people have now differentiated between Vani and Vapuh which is against the most important principle of Hare Krishna Movement.
May be some devotees are not able to feel the same potency in Vani and Vapuh, i feel sad for such devotees that they are not able to believe in omnipotency. I shall pray for such souls to experience SRILA PRABHUPADA in His vigraha, in His Vani, in His teachings, instructions, books, kartaal, mridanga, harmonium, garland, mahaprasadam. For me personally, even if my own parents won't be in distress but SRIL APRABHUPADA is always there with His Vani.
Just curious, does the gurus today claiming to be diksha guru be present with each of his disciples in their distress "Physically"?
Anyone having doubts must read Bhagavad Gita which answers all your questions and which is proved to be the words of Krishna you need not give up your religion or disobey your religious activities you may still read Bhagavad Gita as a medium to seek answers. Hare Krishna 🙏🏼
"This line of guru-parampara is existing up to today without any break and it will continue to exist like this in the future also. To say 'there is no bonafide Guru living in the world at present and neither will there be any in the future,' is an atheistic opinion."
"Just like Krishna can be present simultaneously in millions of places. Similarly, the Spiritual Master also can be present wherever the disciple wants. A Spiritual Master is the principle, not the body. "
Letter to Malati -- Allston, Mass 28 May, 1968
ISKCON is Srila Prabhupada's movement and He being the founder acharya can bring reformations, the very reformation because of which He delivered thousands of westerners which was never possible until He arrived in the West, So If we want to be called an Iskcon devotee we must accept Srila Prabhupada's orders without questioning about what the acharyas in the parampara did or did not do.
But finally it is this very Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada who ordered Srila Prabhupada to be acharya for the movement. When one so much follows the order of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Prabhupada why can he/she accept His order given to Srila Prabhupada to be the next acharya?
Guru mukha padma vakya chittete koribo aikya! What Srila Prabhupada said with His lotus mouth is the final order for ISKCON!
It is very sad to know that today even without meeting a guru we make him a guru just by his videos and name and fame but to accept SRILA PRABHUPADA as guru we need His physical association. When He was present too He was not able to meet any of His disciples, how then did they accept the initiation and continue to remain His disciples? How much physical association is everyone of todays disciples of guru other than SRILA PRABHUPADA getting with his guru in ISKCON?
It is also sad to know that people have now differentiated between Vani and Vapuh which is against the most important principle of Hare Krishna Movement.
May be some devotees are not able to feel the same potency in Vani and Vapuh, i feel sad for such devotees that they are not able to believe in omnipotency. I shall pray for such souls to experience SRILA PRABHUPADA in His vigraha, in His Vani, in His teachings, instructions, books, kartaal, mridanga, harmonium, garland, mahaprasadam. For me personally, even if my own parents won't be in distress but SRIL APRABHUPADA is always there with His Vani.
Just curious, does the gurus today claiming to be diksha guru be present with each of his disciples in their distress "Physically"?