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."
To also only focus on the word guru as meaning diksha guru is wrong, srila bhaktivinod thakur was the siksha guru of gaur kishor das babaji maharaj, and jagannath das babaji maharaj was siksha guru of bhaktivinod thakur maharaj, so how did bhakti siddhanta sarasvati thakur become diksha guru, its because he is bonafide guru selected by krishna, so is Srila Prabhupada, the diksha process was never the formal yagna only, the essence is the transfer of spiritual knowledge which is done in our parampara by Srila Prabhupada
Iskcon is only focusing on the living guru, which means they are trying to say that the acharya like a common man cannot act beyond his body, which is clearly objected against in the shastras, and as far as spiritual authority is concerned a siksha guru acts as a living source of guidance, but diksha giving power remains with srila prabhupada only, a voting system that is present in iskcon cannot be used to elect a guru
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"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."
Iskcon is only focusing on the living guru, which means they are trying to say that the acharya like a common man cannot act beyond his body, which is clearly objected against in the shastras, and as far as spiritual authority is concerned a siksha guru acts as a living source of guidance, but diksha giving power remains with srila prabhupada only, a voting system that is present in iskcon cannot be used to elect a guru