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Dear Guru Maharaja, Dearest Guru Maharaja His Holiness Giridhari Swami Vyasa Puja July 2004 The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) “We are observing Vyasa-puja ceremony, the birth anniversary of our Guru Maharaja. Why? We His Holiness cannot understand Krsna without… going through His most confidential servant. This is the meaning of this Vyasa-puja. You cannot surpass. If you Giridhari Swami think that you have become very learned and very advanced,... master and you understand Krsna, that is the bogus. That is the meaning of this Vyasa-puja ceremony. We should always pray, Vyasa Puja yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasadah. Yasya prasadad, only by the grace... we can achieve the grace or mercy of Krsna. This is the meaning of July 2004 this Vyasa- puja, offering obeisances by parampara system.” Lecture of Srila Prabhupada, Atlanta 1975 P[‘ The Meaning of Vyasa Puja The transcendental knowledge of the Vedas was first uttered by God to Brahma, the creator of this The following is an extract from a speech given by His Divine particular universe. From Brahma, the knowledge Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in honor of his descended to Narada, from Narada to Vyasadeva, spiritual master, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati from Vyasadeva to Madhva, and in this process of Thakur. disciplic succession the transcendental knowledge was transmitted by one disciple to another till it reached Lord Gauranga, Sri Krsna Caitanya, who In the Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.17.27) it is said: posed as the disciple and successor of Sri Isvara Puri. The present Acaryadeva is the tenth disciplic acaryam mam vijaniyan representative from Sri Rupa Goswami, the original navamanyeta karhicit representative of Lord Caitanya who preached this na martya-buddhyasuyeta transcendental in its fullness. The knowledge that sarva-devamayo guruh we receive from our Gurudeva is not different from that imparted by God Himself and the succession of the acaryas in the preceptorial line of Brahma. "One should understand the spiritual master to be We adore this auspicious day as Sri Vyasa-puja- as good as I am," said the Blessed Lord. “Nobody tithi, because the Acarya is the living should be jealous of the spiritual master or think representative of Vyasadeva, the divine compiler of of him as an ordinary man, because the spiritual the Vedas, the Puranas, the Bhagavad-gita, the master is the sum total of all demigods.” That is, Mahabharata and Srimad Bhagavatam. the acarya has been identified with God Himself. He has nothing to do with the affairs of this One who interprets the divine sound, or sabda- mundane world. He does not descend here to brahma, by his imperfect sense perception cannot meddle with the affairs of temporary necessities, be real spiritual guru, because, in the absence of but to deliver the fallen, conditioned souls---the proper disciplinary training under the bonafide souls, or entities, who have come here to the acarya, the interpreter is sure to differ from material world with a motive of enjoyment by the Vyasadeva (as the Mayavadis do). Srila Vyasadeva mind and the five organs of sense perception. He is the prime authority of Vedic revelation, and appears before us to reveal the light of the Vedas therefore such an irrelevant interpreter cannot be and to bestow upon us the blessings of full-fledged accepted as the guru, or acarya, howsoever freedom, after which we should hanker at every equipped he may be with all the acquirements of step of our life's journey. material knowledge. As it is said in the Padma Purana: Sampradaya-vihina ye mantras te nisphala matah. “Unless you are initiated by a bonafide spiritual master in the disciplic succession, the mantra that you might have received is without any effect.” On the other hand, one who has received the transcendental knowledge by aural reception from the bonafide preceptor in the disciplic chain, and who has sincere regard for the real acarya, must be enlightened with the revealed knowledge to cognitive approach of the empiricists. As it is said in the Svetasvatara Upanisad (6.23): yasya deve para bhaktir yatha deve tatha gurau tasyaite kathita hy arthah prakasante mahatmanah “Only unto those great souls who simultaneously have implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed.” Gentlemen, our knowledge is so poor, our senses are so imperfect, and our sources are so limited that it is not possible for us to have even the slightest knowledge of the absolute region without surrendering ourselves at the lotus feet of Sri Vyasadeva or his bona fide representative. INTRODUCTION auspicious day he received Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is. It was a water-spotted, Our beloved, His Divine Grace Giridhari McMillan edition, almost hidden in the rows of Swami found himself at a very young age to be second-hand books. Thus he began to taste the especially inclined to religion and religious pleasures of chanting the holy name and following activities. Being the deeply spiritual person that he the principles. is today, he always tried to see a philosophical or religious aspect to everything; indeed at a very Relishing the transcendental knowledge of early stage in his life. He was always attracted to the Gita, His Divine Grace saw that many of the reading various types of books and getting different questions Arjuna was asking to Lord Krishna were ideas pertaining to philosophy, religion and the exact same questions he was asking to many spirituality. He remained unsatisfied, being unable people and not getting any good answers. He was to see the practical application of those delighted to discover that this time, somebody, philosophical ideas. Lord Krishna, was giving very reasonable, satisfying answers to those many questions. In the course of his search, he encountered Reading the book from cover to cover, he was many religious communities, as well as came in inspired, so much so that when Srila Prabhupada contact with various persons, searching for the told things in his purport, he immediately and same things, trying to apply philosophies matter- automatically followed them. Very soon, he was of-fact. Striving to understand them, nothing really regularly chanting, and strictly following the four hit him as being the thing he was really looking for. regulative principles. He could see that the Hare His questions remained unanswered, and the Krishna Maha Mantra was very powerful, and he process of application, remained vague. found himself singing and chanting the Maha Mantra for many hours a day. His Divine Grace would very often and intensely pray to God, asking God to show him the Wanting to know more about Krishna answer, point the way. Shortly after that, in 1974, Consciousness, he noticed an invitation in the believing it to be Krishna’s arrangement, he book to correspond with the secretary, Svarupa somehow or other went to this second-hand dasa, who was at that time in Los Angeles. bookstore. Unwilling to give up, he began corresponding with Svarupa dasa, who patiently answered all his Always in search for the right book to answer questions and even sent him kirtan tapes. He also his questions, his efforts were always futile. But sent more of Prabhupada’s books and some of his that day at the second-hand bookstore was the lecture tapes. This really inspired him, as if Srila given. He stopped again and again, asking people if Prabhupada was directly speaking to him. they knew where the Hare Krishna temple was. At the time, His Divine Grace was residing in “Hare what?” they said. His Divine Grace the Midwest, hundreds of miles from the nearest was having a tough time and was just about ready temple. He always looked forward in great to give up and drive home. Then, out of frustration anticipation to receiving those letters from Svarupa and disappointment, he prayed to Lord Krishna for dasa. During that first year, he helped in many guidance. Those prayers were answered, and the ways to come in contact with Srila Prabhupada next person knew where the temple was. As it and his devotees. “I am greatly indebted to him,” turned out, he had passed it many times, but the His Divine Grace says. “I would ask very specific temple was far back from the road and there was questions and he would give me very good no sign. Looking back, “I think this was Krishna’s answers.” Soon, Svarupa prabhu sent His Divine test to see how determined I was…” says His Divine Grace a set of japa beads, and as soon as he got Grace. them, he began chanting 16 rounds daily, without fail. Heading up the long driveway, he was filled with anticipation and uncertainty. As he stepped After some time, His Divine Grace moved to out of the car, he heard the celestial sounds of Florida. It had been practically a year that he was kartalas ringing and mrdangas beating, with the continuously chanting sixteen rounds, following voices of many devotees sweetly chanting the holy the principles, reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, name. The fragrance of incense entered his listening to his lecture tapes, and training himself nostrils. It was an overwhelming experience, to cook and offer his food. He had not yet visited something definitely not of this world. Just as he any temple nor met one of the devotees. Svarupa reached the door, out came an effulgent monk with Prabhu then sent him a Back to Godhead a freshly shaven head. magazine with the complete list of temples. Noticing that ISKCON Gainesville was only about “Welcome,” he said with a broad smile. “My 60 miles from where he was living, he was elated.
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