Giriraj Swami read and spoke from Bhagavad-gita 2.41 during the Sunday Krishna Fest.
“Keep in mind that when Srila Prabhupada was reading this verse in the Bhagavad-gita with the commentary, that was the moment that his firm resolution took place that. ‘Yes, now I must leave everything and follow the orders of my spiritual master and go to America.’ And, because of that order and his faith in that order we are all here, this temple is here and Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji is here.”
“Srila Visvanatha Cakravati Thakura instructs us, in his famous prayers for the spiritual master, as follows:
yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado
yasyaprasadan na gatih kuto ’pi
dhayan stuvams tasya yasas tri-sandhyam
vande guroh sri-caranaravindam
“By satisfaction of the spiritual master, the Supreme Personality of Godhead becomes satis?ed. And by not satisfying the spiritual master, there is no chance of being promoted to the plane of Krishna consciousness. I should, therefore, meditate and pray for his mercy three times a day, and offer my respectful obeisances unto him, my spiritual master.” (Bg 2.41 purport)
“This process of developing faith obviously has to extend to the spiritual master. Because if one doesn’t have faith in the spiritual master then how will he satisfy Krishna? This faith must be based on knowledge and not sentiment or fanaticism. What to speak of other considerations like false prestige or fashion.”
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