> A spiritual master who can take one to the heavenly planets
> is better than none at all.
THE SCIENCE OF SELF REALIZATION pg. 79 & 80:
Gentlemen, the offering of such an homage as has been arranged this evening to the Acaryadeva is not a sectarian concern, for when we speak of the fundamental principle of gurudeva, or acaryadeva, we speak of something that is of universal application. There does not arise any question of discriminating my guru from yours or anyone else's. There is only one guru, who appears in an infinity of forms to teach you, me, and all others. . . . . Absolute Truth is one, about which we think there is no difference of opinion, the guru also cannot be two.
In the Srimad-Bhagavatam [11.17.27] it is said:
acaryam mam vijaniyan navamanyeta karhicit na martya-buddhyasuyeta sarva-devamayo guruh"One should understand the spiritual master to be as good as I am," said the Blessed Lord. "Nobody should be jealous of the spiritual master or think of him as an ordinary man, because the spiritual master is the sum total of all the demigods." That is, the acarya has been identified with God Himself. He has nothing to do with the affairs of this mundane world. He does not descend here to meddle with the affairs of temporary necessities, but to deliver the fallen, conditioned souls - the souls, or entities, who have come here to the material world with a motive of enjoyment by the mind and the five organs of sense perception.
Conversations With Srila Prabhupada Vol. 19 pg. 337:
Srila Prabhupada: The government's duty is to see that everyone is actually religious and moral. It doesn't matter if he follows some type of religion. To discriminate that Hindu religion is good, Muslim religion is... then you cannot act as king.
Conversations With Srila Prabhupada Vol. 9 pg. 23:
Srila Prabhupada: Christianism means Vaisnavism.
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Dear Prabhus
Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Have I committed any offenses,
taken any quotes out of context,
made any mistakes, and/or
done anything I shouldn't have?
If so, I'm sorry.
Aspiring to be the sincere
servant of the servant,
Yours Truly,
Gauranga Prema Dasa
Hare Krsna