Unauthorized Gurus have no potency – it will not be effective
July 28, 2013 in Articles, Gordhan Goyani by Nityananda Rama dasa
Do not claim to be Kripa Siddhas but be Sadhana Siddhas
Unauthorized Gurus have no potency – it will not be effective
Nitya Siddha, Kripa Siddha, Sadhana Siddha
So we should not try to imitate Prahlada Maharaja. That is not good. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah. I have already explained yesterday. Prahlada Maharaja is one of the mahajanas, authorized persons, authorized devotee. We should try to follow him. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah.
So if you want to approach the same level like Prahlada Maharaja, we should not immediately imitate him. We must follow the sadhana-bhakti, sadhana-bhakti, for general, and krpa-siddha, that is special. That is incalculable.
For us to bring that full attention may take hundreds and thousands of years, full attention. But Prahlada Maharaja, immediately. Immediately. Five-years-old boy. Because he is nitya-siddha. Always we should remember that we cannot imitate. “Now, Prahlada Maharaja has immediately ekagra-manasa, and I shall become also.” No. That is not possible. May be possible, but that is not the way.
Just like in our country, perhaps you know, there was a poet, Rabindranath Tagore. He got many distinction from the Oxford University. He got… He never went to school but he got the title “doctor,” “Doctor Rabindranath Tagore.” And if you think that “I shall also get doctorate without going to school,” that is foolishness. That is special. Similarly, don’t try to imitate. Follow the general course,
Unauthorized Gurus have no potency – it will not be effective