Dandavat Pranam Sri Vaishnava(by typing)
Sri Vaishnava, please bless me alot. Please don't forget to bless me and please pray for me that I will get Krishna Prem quick.
I have a question based on the following scenario:
Broken Telephone is a game. In that game, let's say there are 20 people playing. In that game, people whisper information from one person to another.
Person 1 whispers to person 2 " Hare Krishna"
Person 2 whispers to person 3 whispers to person 4 "Hare Krishna"
Person 4 whispers to Person 5 " Hare Krishna"
Until the Person 10.....
Person 9 whispers to Person 10 "Hare Krishna"
Then....
Person 10 whispers to Person 11 "Dog Dog"
Person 11 whispers to Person 12 "Dog Dog"
And "Dog Dog" is whispered until all the way to Person 20.
As a result, Person 20 believes Person 1 said "Dog Dog".
The Guru Parampara is like the whispering game called Broken Telephone.
I have a question. In the Sri Guru Parampara, how do we know that all the Acharyas said the same information to each other? How do we know that Srila Prabhupada said that exact same thing as Lord Krishna? How do we know that Srila Narottoma Das Thakura said the same thing as Lord Krishna and passed the exact same information as Lord Krishna to the Disciple ?
Please guide me, Sri Vaishnava. Sri Vaishnava, I think I am doubting the Sri Guru Parampara, and I think losing faith. Please help me . Maybe one day I will lose faith in Srila Prabhupada.
In the Sri Guru Parampara, a Disciple serves the Spiritual Master. When Sri Adi Shankaracharya preached, why did Sri Adi Shankaracharya who was part of another Sri Guru Parampara cheat us? Did Sri Adi Shankaracharya cheat everyone to serve Krishna? If Sri Adi Shankaracharya can cheat us, what is the guarantee that Acharyas part of Sri Vaishnava Sampradaya won't cheat us?
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Hare Krsna
The Guru Parampara is like the whispering game called Broken Telephone.
Is there any reference from vedic scriptures for such an unintelligent frivolous claim claim ?
how do we know that all the Acharyas said the same information to each other?
Guru parampara is not about information.
How do we know that Srila Prabhupada said that exact same thing as Lord Krishna? How do we know that Srila Narottoma Das Thakura said the same thing as Lord Krishna and passed the exact same information as Lord Krishna to the Disciple ?
Who are being referred to when u mention "we" ?
I think I am doubting the Sri Guru Parampara, and I think losing faith. Please help me . Maybe one day I will lose faith in Srila Prabhupada.
Faith has already been lost. Worse loss of faith is being advertised.
If Sri Adi Shankaracharya can cheat us, what is the guarantee that Acharyas part of Sri Vaishnava Sampradaya won't cheat us?
A more pertinent question is how has maya cheated the person who has raised such questions.
Nobody has any problem with anyone having or losing faith in anything. But doubters and sowers of seed of doubts are not welcome
ajñaś cāśraddadhānaś casaṁśayātmā vinaśyati
nāyaṁ loko ’sti na paro
na sukhaṁ saṁśayātmanaḥ
But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next. ( BG 4.40)
Hare Krsna