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Anyone who is bona fide acarya, he can create his own disciplic succession; but one disciplic succession and the other disciplic, they are not different - they are of the same conclusion

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"Anyone who is bona fide ācārya, he can create his own disciplic succession; but one disciplic succession and the other disciplic, they are not different - they are of the same conclusion"

Lectures

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

We have to follow Prahlāda Mahārāja. He is our guru, pūrva-ācārya. Nārada is pūrva-ācārya. He is disciple of Nārada. Therefore he is ācārya, and his disciplic succession . . . There are sampradāyas: Brahma-sampradāya, Kaumāra-sampradāya . . . Anyone who is bona fide ācārya, he can create his own disciplic succession; but one disciplic succession and the other disciplic, they are not different - they are of the same conclusion.


So Prahlāda Mahārāja became guru. Out of the twelve mahājanas, he is one of them.

svayambhūr nāradaḥ śaṁbhuḥ
kapilaḥ kaumāro manuḥ
prahlādo janako bhīṣmaḥ . . .
(SB 6.3.20)

They are mahājanas. So we have to follow Prahlāda Mahārāja. He is our guru, pūrva-ācārya. Nārada is pūrva-ācārya. He is disciple of Nārada. Therefore he is ācārya, and his disciplic succession . . . There are sampradāyas: Brahma-sampradāya, Kaumāra-sampradāya . . . Anyone who is bona fide ācārya, he can create his own disciplic succession; but one disciplic succession and the other disciplic, they are not different - they are of the same conclusion. The Vaiṣṇava ācāryas, just like our Rāmānujācārya, Madhvācārya and Nimbārka, and . . . Who that? Rudra-sampradāya, Viṣṇu Svāmī. They are all of the same movement. Ārādhyo-bhagavān vrajeśa-tanayaḥ, kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam (SB 1.3.28). That is their conclusion. There is no different conclusion. Although they have got varieties of methods—śuddhādvaita, dvaitādvaita, vaśiṣṭādvaita, like that—they present the same philosophy in clear way. And Caitanya Mahāprabhu presented the same philosophy, that acintya-bhedābheda. That is ācārya. Ācārya gives some way for simple understanding. The same conclusion, but according to the time, circumstances, they give a very easy method to understand. That is ācārya. Ācārya is following strictly the previous ācārya, but according to the circumstances, he may make little changes. That is . . . That change is not change from the original idea. No.

Page Title:Anyone who is bona fide acarya, he can create his own disciplic succession; but one disciplic succession and the other disciplic, they are not different - they are of the same conclusion
Compiler:Visnu Murti
Created:2020-04-15, 09:22:59
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1