{"id":5577,"date":"2022-06-28T08:08:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T02:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/?p=5577"},"modified":"2022-06-28T08:12:59","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T02:42:59","slug":"prabhupada-vijaya-preface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/writings\/books-pdfs\/prabhupada-vijaya\/prabhupada-vijaya-preface\/","title":{"rendered":"Preface"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prabhup\u0101da Vijaya<\/h1><\/div>

Preface<\/h2><\/div>

by \u015ar\u012bla Bhakti Gaurava Narasi\u1e45gha Mah\u0101r\u0101ja<\/a><\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

siddh\u0101nta baliy\u0101 citte n\u0101 kara alasa<\/em>
\nih\u0101 haite k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47e l\u0101ge sud\u1e5b\u1e0dha m\u0101nasa<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOne should not be lazy in deliberating on philosophy, for by doing so one\u2019s mind becomes firmly fixed upon \u015ar\u012b K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a.\u201d (Cc. \u0100di-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> 2.117)<\/p>\n

History has shown us that after the disappearance of a great \u0101c\u0101rya<\/em>, the light that he brought is eclipsed by a period of dark\u00adness. Various deviant philosophies and misconceptions appear like rapacious wolves to ensnare the innocent devotees and drive them off the path of pure devotion. Since the disappearance of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktived\u0101nta Swami Prabhup\u0101da, many misunderstandings have arisen amongst his followers in regards to Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava siddh\u0101nta<\/em>, and indeed, about the position of \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da himself.<\/p>\n

Some have zealously tried to mould Prabhup\u0101da into a mod\u00adern-day Indian messiah, the foremost guru in the parampar\u0101<\/em> (and also the last), professing that \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da is to be the one and only spiritual guide for all future generations of dev\u00adotees. Others, trapped within corporate society consciousness, strive to divorce \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da from the samprad\u0101ya, <\/em>making him an authority unto himself, independent of the tradition that he represented. Operating under the notion that their con\u00adclaves solely represent the will of His Divine Grace, such persons believe that they alone are the true heirs to \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019s legacy and all must come to him through them. Some even hail \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da as the founder of a new samprad\u0101ya<\/em>, the creator of a new Golden Age and attribute Christ-like miracles to him \u2013 indeed, the misconceptions that have been built around him are too numerous to mention here.<\/p>\n

Prabhup\u0101da Vijaya<\/em> is a compilation of articles, talks and lec\u00adtures by Swami B.G. Narasi\u1e45gha Mah\u0101r\u0101ja from 1993 to 2006. In these essays Narasi\u1e45gha Mah\u0101r\u0101ja attempts to remove the societal facade and sentiment obscuring \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da to reveal some\u00adthing of his true personality and nature that many devotees are unaware of \u2013 a Prabhup\u0101da who had an existence before stepping onto the Jalad\u016bta, a representative of an ancient devotional tra\u00addition, a follower in the line of \u015ar\u012b R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b and a faithful disciple of \u015ar\u012bla Bhaktisiddh\u0101nta Sarasvat\u012b \u1e6ch\u0101kura.<\/p>\n

After a lifetime of dedication and service to \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da, Narasi\u1e45gha Mah\u0101r\u0101ja shares his realisations about his beloved spiritual master and brings to light many important historical incidents in the life of His Divine Grace, as well as deep philo\u00adsophical insights into the important topic of guru-tattva<\/em>.<\/p>\n

It is our sincere hope that the readers of Prabhup\u0101da Vijaya<\/em> will relish this unique glorification of His Divine Grace and compre\u00adhend the profound siddh\u0101nta<\/em> found within its pages.<\/p>\n

The Publishers<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a lifetime of dedication and service to \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da, Narasi\u1e45gha Mah\u0101r\u0101ja shares his realisations about his beloved spiritual master and brings to light many important historical incidents in the life of His Divine Grace, as well as deep philo\u00adsophical insights into the important topic of guru-tattva. It is our sincere hope that the readers of Prabhup\u0101da Vijaya will relish this unique glorification of His Divine Grace and compre\u00adhend the profound siddh\u0101nta found within its pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[206,208],"krishna_talk_article":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5577"},{"taxonomy":"krishna_talk_article","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/krishna_talk_article?post=5577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}