{"id":7279,"date":"2025-05-26T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discoverursupersoul.com\/?p=7196"},"modified":"2025-05-26T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:45:00","slug":"mercy-of-the-guru-can-only-give-us-krishna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/mercy-of-the-guru-can-only-give-us-krishna\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy of the guru can only give us Krishna | Srimad Bhagavatam 11.3.32"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7203\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background\">\n<li>Srimad Bhagavatam Class: SB 11.3.32<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chapter Name: Liberation from the Illusory Energy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Venue: Iskcon Newtown, Kolkata<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Day\/Date: Monday,26<sup>th<\/sup> May 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Speaker: HG Anand Vardhan Prabhu<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s Srimad Bhagavatam class, HG Anand Vardhan Prabhu spoke about the necessity of seeking mercy of the guru and said that \u201conly <strong>mercy of the guru can help us attain Krishna<\/strong>.\u201d Prabhuji spoke on the verse SB 11.3.32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vedabase.io\/en\/library\/sb\/11\/3\/32\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">SB 11.3.32<\/mark><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>kvacid rudanty acyuta-cintay\u0101 kvacid<br>dhasanti nandanti vadanty alaukik\u0101<\/em><em>\u1e25<br>n<\/em><em>\u1e5btyanti g\u0101yanty anu\u015b\u012blayanty aja<\/em><em>\u1e41<br>bhavanti t\u016b\u1e63<\/em><em>\u1e47\u012b<\/em><em>\u1e41 param etya nirv<\/em><em>\u1e5bt\u0101<\/em><em>\u1e25<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHaving achieved love of Godhead, the devotees sometimes weep loudly, absorbed in thought of the infallible Lord. Sometimes they laugh, feel great pleasure, speak out loud to the Lord, dance or sing. <strong>Such devotees, having transcended material, conditioned life,<\/strong> sometimes imitate the unborn Supreme by acting out His pastimes. And sometimes, <strong>achieving His personal audience, they remain peaceful and silent.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Important points from the <a href=\"https:\/\/vedabase.io\/en\/library\/sb\/11\/3\/32\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">purport<\/mark><\/a> of this verse SB 11.3.32<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When all of the devotee\u2019s senses are absorbed in \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, the devotee has <strong>successfully transcended the material condition of life.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOne who engages in full devotional service, who <strong>does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature<\/strong> and thus comes to the level of Brahman.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/vedabase.io\/en\/library\/bg\/14\/26\/\"><em>Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101<\/em>\u00a0(14.26)<\/a>:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One should <strong>give up the mentality of envy and false prestige and humbly take shelter<\/strong> of the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is absolutely no doubt that a sincere soul <strong>who serves a bona fide spiritual master will achieve the highest perfection<\/strong> of life (<em>\u015breya uttamam<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He <strong>will enjoy eternal bliss and knowledge <\/strong>in the personal abode of the Lord.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Below article is based on the class given by HG Anand Vardhan Prabhu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devotees faith in Prabhupada gave them Krishna <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A disciple should have full faith in the words of his guru. And if he does so, then it does not matter whether he is qualified or not, the conclusion of the scriptures will manifest in his heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Srila Prabhupada gave examples of his disciples.<\/strong> These disciples from the west had no knowledge about bhakti, they <strong>had not even heard the name of Krishna before<\/strong>. So, Srila Prabhupada would explain them in simple way who Krishna is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prabhupada would say that Krishna is the Supreme Lord who would steal butter from the house of the gopis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But eventually these <strong>disciples developed devotion for Krishna<\/strong> and began practicing devotion in a dedicated way.\u00a0 So, what guru says we should have faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Srila Prabhupada went to USA then from external perspective he did not have anything. He was on a historical journey. The <strong>movement which Prabhupada started transformed the lives of millions<\/strong>. It has <strong>changed the history of the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we embark on any journey, then we want people to accompany us, but Prabhupada went alone. When devotees travel then many times they suffer because of motion sickness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prabhupada&#8217;s faith in his guru<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prabhupada <strong>went to west to preach at an advanced age<\/strong>. And during the journey he had sea sickness. When he reached there, he did not even know whether he has to go left or right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For a year he had to struggle<\/strong> a lot in USA. In USA, when a person sitting beside him asked him what his movement is all about then Prabhupada said that he has many centres, many temples, many disciples and so on. And <strong>at that time, he did not have anything. But Prabhupada had faith in the words of his guru. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He knew that these all things are going to manifest. And this desire was coming directly from Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. <strong>Mahaprabhu had predicted that in all the towns and villages of the earth<\/strong>, Krishna\u2019s name will be chanted. Some people <strong>thought that earth means only India.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Srila Prabhupada\u2019s God brothers said that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura had given same instructions to other disciples also. Some of them <strong>went to west to preach but seeing the lifestyle of the westerners they thought that they should also change their way of living<\/strong> so that they will be accepted by the western audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But <strong>Prabhupada did not change anything<\/strong>. Many people were there but Prabhupada was successful because he had faith in the holy name. He had faith in the words of his guru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bhakti is path of grace.<\/strong> Just by studying scriptures, we won\u2019t get realisation. We need mercy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/sri-guru-vandana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">guru<\/mark><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s Srimad Bhagavatam class, HG Anand Vardhan Prabhu spoke about the necessity of seeking mercy of the guru and said that \u201conly mercy of the guru can help us attain Krishna.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[570,571],"tags":[477,138],"class_list":["post-7279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bhagavatam","category-iskcon-newtown-kolkata","tag-guru","tag-mercy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minivetsystem.com\/iskcon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}