Prabhupada, Vrindavana, August 2, 1974: […] If you want to know what is your actual interest, then you have to approach a guru. And who is guru? Srotriyam, who knows sastra. Srotriyam. And not only knows, but the result must be there, brahma-nistham, means Krishna consciousness. Brahma-nistham means fully dependent on Krishna.
This is the process. We must know, we must find out guru who knows sastra, the essence of sastra, Vedic, Vedas. What is the essence of Vedas? Vedanta. Vedanta means to know Krishna. Vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyah [Bg. 15.15]. Krishna says. All… There are different types of Vedas. Sama, Yajur, Rk, Atharva. Then one- hundred-eight Upanisads. Then Vedanta-sutra. Then Puranas, Ramayana, Mahabharata. And the vimsati, twenty kinds of dharma-sastra, Manu-samhita. Full Lecture
Speak Your Mind