Learn this Art how to become faithful

Prabhupada, Mayapur, February 27, 1977 — Just like Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, amara ajnaya guru hana tara’ ei desa [Cc. Madhya 7.128]. Guru cannot be self-made. No. There is no such single instance throughout the whole Vedic literature. And nowadays, so many rascals, they are becoming guru without any authority. That is not guru. You must be authorized. Evam parampara-praptam imam rajarsayo viduh. As soon as the parampara is lost, sa kalena yoga nasto parantapa, immediately finished. The spiritual potency finished. You can dress like a guru, you can talk big, big words, but it will never be effective.

So these are the science. So Prahlada Maharaja is our guru. He’s not ordinary. Don’t think that “He’s a five-years-old boy. He has no knowledge.” No. He is perfect nitya-siddha guru, and we should always pray for his mercy. And that is Vaishnava. Vaishnava thakur tomara kukkura boliya janaha more. This is a humble way. “O Vaishnava Thakura…” All Vaishnavas are thakura. They are not ordinary persons. Thakura… We therefore address: Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur. So Vaishnava Prahlada Thakura. So we should always pray, vaishnava thakura, tomara kukkura boliya janaha more. This is There is a song of Bhaktivinoda Thakura: “My dear Vaishnava Thakura, kindly accept me as your dog.” Vaishnava Thakura. As the dog, by the indication of the master, does everything very obedient, we have to learn this lesson from the dog, how to become faithful to the master. That is the instruction. In everything you can learn something. Everyone Therefore maha-bhagavata, they accept everyone as guru, to learn something. Actually, from the dog we can learn this art, how to become faithful at the risk of life even. There are many instances, dog have given the life for the master. So, and we should be dog to the Vaishnava. Chadiya vaishnava-seva, nistara payeche keba.

Vaishnava aparadha is a great offense. You know Ambarisa Maharaja. He was a devotee, and he Durvasa, he was very proud of his yogic power, and he committed offense at the feet of Ambarisa Maharaja, and he was punished by Krsna by sending the sudarsana-cakra. And he wanted help from so many, Brahma, Vishnu. He could go directly to the Visnuloka, but he was not pardoned.
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