Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how unless you submit/surrender to the Acarya then you cannot understand his instructions]
Bhurijana: Prabhupada, I think my illusion is not yet dispelled.
Prabhupada: Then unfortunate.
Bhurijana: Yes.
Prabhupada: Continue. (laughter) Who can check?
Bhurijana: I want to understand in this sense though, exactly how far your instructions are because I know I want to do it, what you say, but I am not exactly...
Prabhupada: You are old student.
Bhurijana: Yeah.
Prabhupada: If you still cannot understand what is my instruction, then how can I help you? New students may say like that. You are intelligent, educated, old student. If you say... (long, silent pause) Our movement is that beginning of spiritual life is to surrender. If there is no surrendering, then it is no advance. Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekamsaraṇaṠvraja [Bg. 18.66]. This is the beginning. If that thing is lacking, there is no beginning even, what to speak of advancement. That is discussed already. Na siddhim sa avapnoti na sukham na param gatiḥ. This is the beginning of spiritual life. The word is called disciple. Disciple means who accept discipline. If there is no discipline, where is disciple? And "disciplic succession." We have used this word. Not that discipline is finished by one man, no. It will continue to go by succession. That is perfect.
evam parampara-praptam
imam rajará¹£ayo viduá¸
sa kaleneha (mahata)
yogo nastah parantapa
[Bg. 4.2]
Find out this verse. As soon as the disciplic succession is missing, then everything is lost.
[Room Conversation with Bhurijana: Melbourne 1 July 1974]
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