Potency of Association with Sri Guru

[Tamohara dasa ADMIN.]

Potency of Association with Sri Guru

Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda: “Anyone who is in the material world, he is not pure devotee. He has to become a pure devotee. But there are pure devotees. They come. They are not subjected to all this. They come for the deliverance of the fallen souls. They are above Lord Brahma, Lord Siva…” Conversations with Srila Prabhupada, pg. 327 (Morning Walk, May 11, 1975 Perth, Australia)

Srila Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Goswami: “Sri Guru and the Vaisnavas is the one and only means by which a jiva can attain the ultimate goal of life. Only by their mercy is it possible for him to obtain the merciful, sidelong glance of the most compassionate Sri Bhagavan.” (Rays of the Harmonist)

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada: “Only a person who has descended from the spiritual world can speak about that place. One who belongs to the phenomenal world cannot actually report on matters of the transcendental plane. However, upon receiving the fortune of hearing hari-katha from the lotus lips of a great personality who has descended from the spiritual world, one can obtain information about Vaikuntha – the infinite Kingdom of God… With good fortune, one may find a great person who has come from the other world. Sri Caitanyadeva has therefore said:

krsna yadi krpa karena kona bhagyavane
guru-antaryami rupe sikhaye apane
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila 22.47
When a soul becomes extremely fortunate, Sri Guru showers mercy upon him by coming personally to teach him. He appears externally in the form of Sri Guru, and internally in the form of the Supersoul.” (Rays of the Harmonist – Year 4, Issue 12)