ONE MUST HEAR FROM THE ACARYA-AVATARA

[Tamohara dasa ADMIN.]

ONE MUST HEAR FROM THE ACARYA-AVATARA

Śrīla Gour Govinda Swāmī:..
☆There are two bhagavāns.
One is Śrī guru, who is āśraya-vigraha- bhagavān/
the lord as the abode of service,
and the other is Śrī Krishna, who is viṣaya-vigraha- bhagavān/
the Object of loving service. Sevaka-bhagavān/ servitor Bhagavān and sevya-Bhagavān/Bhagavān to be served. The chief activity of the āśraya-vigraha- ācārya is to do hari-kīrtana.

*Unless Śrīla Gurudeva,
who is the āśraya-vigraha- bhagavān- ācārya, does kīrtana, nobody
can understand Śrī Krishna, who is Īśa-tattva, the viṣaya-Vigraha, the supreme Object of service. Nobody can understand the Name, form, qualities, associates, or līlā of the viṣaya-vigraha- Bhagavān unless the āśraya- vigraha, the guru-ācārya, imparts such knowledge.

*When Srila Gurudeva does kīrtana, speaking about the Name, form, qualities, associates, or līlā of Krishna, these things appear in the form of sound, śabda- brahma. Then one can understand the śāstra-avatāra, scriptures — specifically the bhāgavata- grantha-avatāra Śrīmad- Bhāgavatam as well as the Īśa-avatāra, Supreme Lord, as well as one’s svarūpa, spiritual form.

*Śrī-Nāma and śrī-mantra, gāyatrī, have descended here in the form of śabda-avatāra, the descent of transcendental sound. If the ācārya-avatāra, the āśraya- vigraha-ācārya, Gurudeva, doesn’t do kīrtana in the ear of the śiṣya then that mantra or the śiṣya’s recitation of the Bhāgavata will never be effective.

*The mantra is given in śāstra, so one may say, “Mantra is there;
I will take it up. Why should I accept a guru?” But unless that mantra comes from the lips of a bona fide guru who is ācārya-avatāra, it will never be effective — there will be no potency. Therefore one must accept a bona fide guru, receive mantra, and hear from him. Otherwise this tattva-jñāna
cannot be received.

*Śrī-nāma, śrī-mantra, and grantha-bhāgavata are all viṣaya-vigraha, the Object of service. Only through the kīrtana of the āśraya-vigraha will all of these viṣaya-vigrahas appear. Otherwise, they will never appear in this world. One cannot understand śrī-Nāma, śrī-Mantra, and grantha- Bhāgavata just by doing pūjā, worship. One must hear from the ācārya-avatāra.

[From Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu issue 210. The Process of Inquiry. Gopal Jiu Publications. Bhubaneswar, Orissa.1998.
Pages 65~66]