- brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva
- guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja
- [Cc. Madhya 19.151]
Expressions researched:
"shelter of the guru"
|"shelter of guru"
Yaṁ pravrajantam anupetam [SB 1.2.2]. An means without. Upeta means taking shelter of guru or being offered the sacred... That means Śukadeva Gosvāmī did not undergo the regulative principles because he was within the womb.
So if you want to be anxiety-less, without any anxiety, then you must take shelter of the guru, or the spiritual master, and the test is that by the instruction of guru, by following the instruction of guru, you will be anxiety-less.
Prabhupāda: I do not follow what is the meaning. The sun is rising half past six, exactly at the time. So there is no meaning?
Jagadīśa: We can't tell what the meaning is.
Prabhupāda: That is... Because you are rascal, you do not know. You learn it. One who knows the meaning. Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum evābhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. You are fool, rascal. How can you know the meaning? You must have to go to the real person.
Jagadīśa: Who knows?
Prabhupāda: Guru. Therefore we go to guru. Tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam [SB 11.3.21]. One who is actually serious about inquiring, he must go. Guruṁ prapadyeta. Must surrender to guru.
Śāstrījī: Śābde pare ca niṣṇātam.
Prabhupāda: Ah. That is... Therefore there is guru. Ādau gurvāśrayam. If you know, want to know, first of all take shelter of guru. That is the injunction.Page Title: | Take shelter of guru |
Compiler: | Kanupriya, Labangalatika |
Created: | 27 of Nov, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=9, Con=1, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 11 |