Vishnujana Maharaja Nectar #vjsnectar Nectar Of Devotion, Chapter Seven Los Angeles—May 8, 1973 “Evidence Regarding Devotional Principles” (excerpt part 3) Vishnujana Swami: So people in general, without respecting those saintly persons who have come to the conclusion of the Vedas, take the Vedic injunctions to be a reservoir for fulfilling their desires for these three things: sense gratification, elevation and liberation. For a long time its been a great struggle for the real acharyas, saintly persons, to bring the people in general to the right path of devotional service. Lord Jesus Christ, for example, was persecuted severely by the followers of the Old Testament because he performed certain activities that were not in line with the injunctions of the scripture. There was one incident where they were told they could not perform certain miracles on such-and-such a day, and Lord Jesus Christ was known to be performing miracles on that day. So they criticized that, “Oh, he is not following the injunctions of the scripture, therefore he must be a bogus spiritual master,” just like we think “bogus spiritual master.” They were actually convinced that Jesus Christ was a bogus yogi, a bogus spiritual master, because he was not following the principles, certain rules and regulations of the scripture. However, because they were materialistic persons, they could not perceive that the acharya is not bound-up by the rules and regulations of the scripture, moral codes, ethical codes. Codes for elevation to the heavenly planets do not bind a pure devotee of the Lord. He is free to act according to his discretion for the satisfaction of the Lord and for bringing the people back to the will of the Lord, namely pure unalloyed devotional love. Therefore, Jesus was acting as guru. The guru is able to decide which injunction can be applied at a certain time and which injunction is not applicable at a certain time. Thats why adhering to scripture is not enough; you have to adhere to scripture and guru. And guru is also not enough unless he is in line with the saintly persons of the past. Otherwise, not just any self-acclaimed man can come forward and make discrimination about what policies can be followed in the scriptures. He has to be living the life-style of the saintly persons of the past. Therefore, these three things are always necessary in order to not be bewildered by the activities of great devotees: one has to understand shastra, one has to understand guru, and one has to understand saintly persons of the past. Extracted from the book Vishnujana Swami Nectar by HG Dasaratha Suta Prabhu/Bhaktivedanta Vedabase. #vjsnectar
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