Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
In Sanskrit, Chatra means student. Achadaya eti chatra – the student always covers up the bad things of guru. Weshould only see the good things in Guru. It is said that although the Ganges water looks muddy and has bubbles, still it istranscendentally pure. So the instruction is, don’t see the mud and bubbles in Ganges water. It is transparently pure because it has emanated from the lotus feet of Lord Hari. Similarly, Sadhu-Vaishnava-Guru isalways in a transcendental position. It isour defective vision that sometimes we seesome fault in them. We are conditionedsouls. As there is an instruction not to see the mud and bubbles in Ganges water, similarly we should not see any flaws that are apparently there in Sadhu-Guru-Vaishnavas. My request to you all is thatalthough I have many flaws, many defects, you should not see all these things. Please don’t find fault with me. If youcan just accept the essence and excuse my flaws and defects, then that will be your great love and affection for me.
- Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj
(Disiciple of Srila Prabhupada)
In his book ‘The worship of Sri Guru’, page 115.
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