Category:Authorized Persons
Theme Analysis
Srila Prabhupada emphasizes that transcendental knowledge cannot be understood through mental speculation, academic study, or mundane reading. Instead, the process of sruti requires hearing directly from an authorized person in the disciplic succession. He clarifies that an authorized person does not speak on his own behalf but strictly quotes from Vedic literature and speaks as dictated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Srila Prabhupada warns against learning from politicians, diplomats, or modern philosophers like Darwin and Freud, explaining that true education means receiving knowledge from bona fide authorities like Vyasadeva and Bhaktivinoda Thakura. Furthermore, he teaches that one must follow the mahajanas, the twelve great authorities of religion, to understand the true path of dharma. Ultimately, by approaching a bona fide guru and hearing the authentic statements of authorized persons, the conditioned soul can properly appreciate the Supreme Lord and attain the ultimate goal of Krsna consciousness.
- The Principle of Hearing: The primary business in spiritual life is hearing, and to understand the science of God, one must hear the Vedic mantras directly from an authorized person.
- The Disciplic Succession: An authorized person never speaks on their own authority but serves as a transparent medium in the parampara, quoting standard literature to support their propositions.
- Following the Mahajanas: True religion is understood by following the footsteps of the mahajanas, the authorized persons who perfectly know the laws established by the Supreme Lord.
- Rejecting Mundane Speculators: To reach the right conclusion about the Absolute Truth, one must reject the nonsense theories of mundane scholars and approach a qualified spiritual master.
- Authentic Literature and Explanation: Reading scripture independently leads to bewildered impressions; therefore, one must appreciate the Lord through the authentic explanations of authorized persons.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Hearing from Authorized Persons.
Pages in category "Authorized Persons"
The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
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- A person, authorized person in the line of disciplic succession, he does not speak by his own authority. Immediately he'll quote from the Vedic literature to support his proposition
- A spiritually advanced person who is authorized to act as the spiritual master speaks as the Supreme Personality of Godhead dictates from within. Thus it is not he that is personally speaking
- According to the Vedic literature & according to the great acaryas, the authorized persons versed in the knowledge of God in all ages, like acaryas Sankara, Ramanuja, Madhva, Visnu Svami, Caitanya, all unanimously agree that Krsna is the SPG
- Anusrnuyat means that one must hear from an authorized person who is in the disciplic succession and is always engaged in Krsna consciousness
- Anyone who hears these (the killing of Sisupala and Jarasandha and the releasing of the imprisoned kings) narrations from authorized persons will immediately be freed from all the reactions of the sinful activities of his life
- Authorized person in the line of disciplic succession, he does not speak by his own authority. Immediately he'll quote from the Vedic literature to support his proposition
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- Deity is installed by the authorized person and it is worshiped according to authorized methods. So it is not idol. Idol worship, you imagine something and you, some doll or idol, and do in your own way, that is idol worship
- Doctrines like those of the nadiya-nagaris, a class of so-called devotees, are never presented by authorized persons like Svarupa Damodara or the Six Gosvamis
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- Feel, you may wrongly feel because you are imperfect. That is not good argument. Our argument is that the message is coming from the most authorized personality; therefore it is perfect. And we receive guru-parampara. That is our process
- First of all we have to hear about God from authorized persons. Then kirtanam. Kirtanam means glorifying the activities of God. Then there are other. These two items are very important, and there are other items also
- For hearing only, all the Vedic literatures are there, compiled by authorized persons like Vyasadeva, who is the powerful incarnation of Godhead
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- Go on for hundreds & thousands of years licking up (the bottle), but you will never know what is honey. This is the process. It must be opened by the authorized person, & you must really taste it; then you will understand what is honey when you taste it
- Guru refers to one who gives proper direction under the authority of the Vedic injunctions and according to the examples of the lives of great personalities. The best way to mold one's life is to follow in the footsteps of the authorized personalities
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- If some ordinary person has written something about Krsna's lila, you should not touch even. It must be in the sampradaya, must be authorized person. Otherwise it is useless
- If you read different scripture, you will be bewildered. In one scripture it is said . . . but there is adjustment. If you go to the authorized person, he can adjust. But you cannot see
- If you want to come to the right conclusion, then you have to hear from persons authorized, not from the nonsense rascals, politicians, diplomats
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- Mahajana means authorized person. Ordinary jana, common man; and mahajana means authorized person. We cannot take lessons, instruction, from unauthorized person. This authorization must come through the disciplic succession
- Mantras and the process of devotional service have special power, provided they are received from the authorized person
- My dear Sanatana, you are on the level of My advisor, for you are an authorized person. But Jaga wants to advise you. This is but the impudence of a naughty boy
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- Seeing the Lord is not as important as appreciating Him from the authentic literature or the authentic statements of authorized persons
- So-called scholars, Mayavadis, cannot understand Krsna with their poor fund of knowledge. One should therefore approach an authorized person to understand Krsna
- Such knowledge must come down through the disciplic succession, through authorized persons who know the real purpose of the sastra
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- The actual truth of religion is very confidential. How can I know it? You just try to follow mahajana. Never mind if you follow Jesus Christ, you follow Krsna - but you follow the most authorized personality. That is wanted
- The bewilderment of Maharaja Yudhisthira over his past sinful acts and the resultant sufferings, etc., is completely negated by the great authority Bhisma (one of the twelve authorized persons)
- The first business is hearing. Tad-vijnanartham. Vijnanartham. If you want to know some science, you must hear from the authorized person. Similarly our process is to hear from Krsna, the most authorized person
- They (the citizens of the state) should preach the principles of Bhagavatam by (a) karma-yoga, or doing everything for the satisfaction of the Lord, (b) regular hearing of the Srimad-Bhagavatam from authorized persons or realized souls
- They (the reciters) could understand this by the instructions given by the great sages and learned brahmanas. We have to understand the incarnations of God by the instructions of authorized persons. We cannot manufacture a God by our own concoctions
- To act in Krsna consciousness, one has to follow the leadership of authorized persons who are in a line of disciplic succession as explained in the beginning of this chapter (BG 4). BG 1972 purports
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- We can understand the knowledge of God by hearing Bhagavad-gita from a person authorized in the disciplic succession
- We have to hear not from a telephone but from an authorized person, for it is he who has real knowledge
- We want that you learn from Bhaktivinoda Thakura, you learn from Vyasadeva, you learn from Narada. But why you are learning from Freud, from Darwin and such rascals? Education means you should learn from a person who is authorized
- Without approaching an authorized person, one cannot understand Krsna