{"id":24207,"date":"2016-02-08T06:12:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T05:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/138906953021"},"modified":"2017-01-27T10:15:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T09:15:02","slug":"february-8-iskcon-50-s-prabhupada-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=24207","title":{"rendered":"February 8. ISKCON 50 \u2013 S.Prabhupada Daily…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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February 8. ISKCON 50 \u2013 S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
\nSatsvarupa dasa Goswami: Dissolving the \u201cIllusory Prabhupada\u201d
\nWe have to be patient with ourselves as we serve Prabhupada. It is natural to select certain instructions that we think fit our situations and our personalities. When we try to relate to the spiritual master as preachers, we even encourage newcomers to find something in Prabhupada\u2019s teachings which they can follow wholeheartedly. We just have to be careful not to present a watered down version of what Prabhupada is teaching. Until we are pure, there will always be some trace of compromise in our ability to follow, but we should always seek to increase our surrender and to know internally who our spiritual master is and what he wants from us. Even if there is some trace of illusion in ourselves, ultimately, there is nothing illusory about Prabhupada.
\nA duality can sometimes exist between Prabhupada as he is and one\u2019s conception of Prabhupada as we want him to be. (There are many \u201cPrabhupada saids\u201d floating around our movement \u2013 how often do we hear \u201cPrabhupada said\u201d offered by someone trying to end an argument?) Therefore, it is good for us to expose ourselves to the \u201creal\u201d Prabhupada as he wrote letters to people, as long as we carefully understand the context from which he is speaking. Exposing ourselves to Prabhupada\u2019s books and letters replaces any imagined idea of Prabhupada with the real person. A search for the real Prabhupada has to be in a sensitive and ongoing way.
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February 8. ISKCON 50 – S.Prabhupada Daily Meditations.
\nSatsvarupa dasa Goswami: Dissolving the “Illusory Prabhupada”
\nWe have to be patient with ourselves as we serve Prabhupada. It is natural to select certain instructions that we think fit our situations and our personalities. When we try to relate to the spiritual master as preachers, we even encourage newcomers to find something in Prabhupada’s teachings which they can follow wholeheartedly. We just have to be careful not to present a watered down version of what Prabhupada is teaching. Until we are pure, there will always be some trace of compromise in our ability to follow, but we should always seek to increase our surrender and to know internally who our spiritual master is and what he wants from us. Even if there is some trace of illusion in ourselves, ultimately, there is nothing illusory about Prabhupada.
\nA duality can sometimes exist between Prabhupada as he is and one’s conception of Prabhupada as we want him to be. (There are many “Prabhupada saids” floating around our movement – how often do we hear “Prabhupada said” offered by someone trying to end an argument?) Therefore, it is good for us to expose ourselves to the “real” Prabhupada as he wrote letters to people, as long as we carefully understand the context from which he is speaking. Exposing ourselves to Prabhupada’s books and letters replaces any imagined idea of Prabhupada with the real person. A search for the real Prabhupada has to be in a sensitive and ongoing way.
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