More on Seeing God
BY: MAHAVIDYA DASA (ACBSP)
Feb 4, UK (SUN) —
My thanks to Mahesh Raja prabhu for his input on the subject of "seeing God".
Some more of my thoughts on the subject.
I agree with Mahesh Raja prabhu that one has to be intelligent enough to choose a bona fide Guru.
Anything less is obviously a waste of time.
My point is,
what is the criteria to decide who is that bona fide Guru?
As I have said,
am I to accept the concept of "I have seen God, take my word for it"
as a qualification?
These are non-quantifiable qualifications.
There are many unscrupulous rascals who manifest some nonsense to cheat an innocent public.
We have personal experience of people rolling on the ground and crying,
declaring their symptoms to be those of someone who has seen God,
consequently
should I accept that person as Guru?
If so,
most of Hollywood or Bollywood could qualify.
I also agree with Mahesh Raja prabhu that Srila Prabhupada is our siksa Guru,
He can also be everyone's siksa Guru.
That's straightforward enough.
His instructions are there for everyone, should they wish to take them.
But,
please explain
just how does Srila Prabhupada gives Diksa initiation after his physical departure?
Is this another mystical esoteric claim that no one can verify?
After all,
If we follow this train of thought to its conclusion,
one could argue.......
if we may claim to accept Srila Prabhupada as our Diksa Guru,
we could similarly claim to accept Srila Bhaktisiddanta Saraswati,
or Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur,
or Sandipani Muni as our Diksa Guru
(that would make Krsna our Godbrother technically),
and so on...
However the crucial point would have to be,
how do we know
if he has accepted us?
