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EDITORIAL March 23, 1999 VNN3397 See Related VNN Stories Don't Become Premature Acarya BY ISA DAS EDITORIAL, Mar 23 (VNN) — Dear Srila Prabhupada Please accept our humble obeisances Srila Prabhupada, some of my Godbrothers took the position of Guru after your departure. There are now big problems in our society over the issue. I know many times you told all of us, men and women alike, to become Guru. Can anyone who is following your instructions take this role? I'm very sorry to trouble you with these points, but we still don't understand Your Servant Isa das "when we are completely, cent per cent follower of acarya, then you can also act as acarya. This is the process. Don't become premature acarya." Arrival Lecture San Francisco, July 15, 1975 HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada All of them are acaryas because they are following the acarya, supreme acarya, Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Therefore they are acarya. Evam parampara-praptam imam rajarsayo viduh. So we have to follow the acarya. Then, when we are completely, cent per cent follower of acarya, then you can also act as acarya. This is the process. Don't become premature acarya. First of all follow the orders of acarya, and you become mature. Then it is better to become acarya. Because we are interested in preparing acarya, but the etiquette is, at least for the period the guru is present, one should not become acarya. Even if he is complete he should not, because the etiquette is, if somebody comes for becoming initiated, it is the duty of such person to bring that prospective candidate to his acarya. Not that "Now people are coming to me, so I can become acarya." That is avamanya. Navamanyeta karhicit. Don't transgress this etiquette. Navamanyeta. That will be falldown. Just like during the lifetime of our Guru Maharaja, all our Godbrothers now who are acting as acarya, they did not do so. That is not etiquette. Acaryam mam vijaniyat na avaman... That is insult. So if you insult your acarya, then you are finished. Yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado yasya aprasadat na gatih kuto 'pi--finished. If you displease your acarya, then you are finished. Therefore it is said, Caitanya Mahaprabhu says to all the acaryas... Nityananda Prabhu, Advaita Prabhu and Srivasadi-gaura-bhakta-vrnda, they are all carriers of orders of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So try to follow the path of acarya process. Then life will be successful. And to become acarya is not very difficult. First of all, to become very faithful servant of your acarya, follow strictly what he says. Try to please him and spread Krsna consciousness. That's all. It is not at all difficult. Try to follow the instruction of your Guru Maharaja and spread Krsna consciousness. That is the order of Lord Caitanya. HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada See Related VNN Stories | Comment on this Story This story URL: http://www.vnn.org/editorials/ET9903/ET23-3397.html
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