Srila Prabhupada in a Jan 12, 1969 SB lecture: "A spiritual master must have seen Krsna. Without seeing, he cannot be spiritual master."
Recorded Walk on Dec 7, 1973
Student: For the last one hundred fifty years, one of the major problems of Western theologians has been the relationship between reason and faith. They have been seeking to understand faith through reason, but they have been unable to find the relationship between the reasoning abilities and faith. Some of them have faith in God, but their reason tells them there is no God. For instance, they would say that when we offer prasāda to the Lord, it is only faith to think that He accepts it, because we cannot see Him.
Śrīla Prabhupāda: They cannot see Him, but I can see Him. I see God, and therefore I offer prasāda to Him. Because they cannot see Him, they must come to me so I can open their eyes. They are blind - suffering from cataracts - so I shall operate, and they will see. That is our program.
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