Thursday, June 24, 2010

Process of revelation, through the Spiritual Master!

Verse 1.18.3 (Mohan Prji):

* For one who is in Krishna Consciousness, unless one realizes that we cannot understand Krishna easily. He is inconceivable. Krishna is unconquerable even with knowledge.
* BG: there are very rarely people who take to Krishna Consciousness.
* Even in them, it is very rare to actually find a person who actually knows the absolute truth.
* SP goes one more step, it is even rare to find a person who is practicing devotional service.
* Process of understanding spiritual knowledge is revelation. Krishna reveals it to the sincere seeker.
* After one goes through all the Vedic scriptures, one comes to the conclusion that Krishna is inconceivable.
* So how to know Krishna through this revelation process.
- That is possible through one who has realized this. That is the Spiritual Master. It is through the mercy of the spiritual master that we can conceive the inconceivable
* 3 prayers that summarize this
- Guruvastaka prayers: Samsara dava prayers
- Guruvandana prayers: Sri Guru charana
- Gurudeva by SBVT
- We should meditate on these prayers often
* Spiritual master is the external manifestation of the internal SM, the SPG as paramatma.
* The disciple should beg the spiritual master for the mercy of the spiritual master. We don't have any qualification on our own.

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