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One more question in relation to this. Here it says “from the lips of his pure devotee”<\/p>\n
In this sense I have another question ..<\/p>\n
If we preach and obviously we are not pure devotees, the effort of preaching is unnecessary?<\/p>\n
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In our lifetime we have seen so many preachers that have changed numerous lives and yet most probably they were not pure devotees.<\/p>\n
In the past, during the centuries and millennia, it is unlikely that all preachers were pure devotees, still they have contributed to send countless jivas back to Godhead.<\/p>\n
But it is a fact that in the Sastra it is said that we need a maha-bhagavata, a pure devotee, to go back to Krishna.<\/p>\n
How to reconcile these two opposite and apparently incompatible points of view?<\/p>\n
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The explanation is in the \u201cparampara\u201d concept.<\/p>\n
If one has a bonafide spiritual master, such a maha-bhagavata, if the devotee is sincere, he will receive the divine energy coming from the uninterrupted chain of Guru.<\/p>\n
In this way even the unqualified will become qualified.<\/p>\n
mukam karoti vacalam<\/p>\n
pangum langhayate girim<\/p>\n
yat krpa tam aham vande<\/p>\n
sri gurum dina-taranam[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cI offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls, his mercy turns a dumb into an eloquent person, and enables the lame to cross the mountains.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moreover we can use the analogy of the postman: he may not be a great scholar but when he delivers a poem, that is valid. We don\u2019t say, no, the book is not good because an ignorant man gave it to me.<\/p>\n Given that we have the sacred mission to spread Krishna consciousness, we can have success even in a state of not total purity. But of course we have to strive to clean our mind and heart of all impurities for our own benefit. Ceto darpana marjanam\u2026<\/p>\n [1]<\/sup><\/a> Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya-lila 17.80<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This is a section of the book \u201cBrilliant as the Sun\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n To buy the complete book,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>click above<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"