Chapter 11 of Prabhup\u0101da Vijaya, 'When K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Gives, He Gives Through His Devotee'. The supra-mundane significance of \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019s bhaja\u00adna-ku\u1e6d\u012bra at \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-D\u0101modara Temple is emphasised in this chapter. There, the highest l\u012bl\u0101 took place in m\u0101dh\u00adurya-rasa, yet \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da never explained it to us. Why the guru does not always directly reveal the truth is discussed at length.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>
Once, \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da said, \u201cI live eternally at R\u0101dh\u0101-D\u0101modara.\u201d \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019s place of residence at R\u0101dh\u0101-D\u0101modara is very, very significant in a number of ways. Firstly, it is the place where we find the sam\u0101dhi<\/em> of \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b, and \u015ar\u012bla R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b is the head of our samprad\u0101ya<\/em>. Just behind his sam\u0101dhi<\/em>, we find \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019s place of bhajana<\/em>. He used to look out of his little window while writing his purports to the \u015ar\u012bmad Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em> and he told us, \u201cBy seeing the sam\u0101dhi<\/em> of R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b, I got inspiration to go to the west.\u201d* <\/strong><\/p>\n* \u201cFrom \u201856 to \u201865 I was in V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana. I would sit at R\u0101dh\u0101-D\u0101modara and chant Hare K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and see the sam\u0101dhi of R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b. And I would type and cook a little. These sam\u0101dhis are the best in Gau\u1e0d\u012bya Vai\u1e63\u1e47avism. They gave me inspiration to go to the West. I have a hundred places to go now, but I still like it here.\u201d (Prabhup\u0101da to Hayagr\u012bva D\u0101sa, from the article, With \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da in V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana, published in Back To Godhead, Issue 53, 1973)<\/p>\n
It is also quite significant that the R\u0101dh\u0101-D\u0101modara Temple is also the place of J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b, who is the Gau\u1e0d\u012bya tattv\u0101c\u0101rya<\/em>. All the writings and teachings of R\u016bpa and San\u0101tana were supported by J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b. He took on all opposition and defended the conceptions of R\u016bpa-San\u0101tana which are non-different from the conceptions of Mah\u0101prabhu. In \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019s Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em> purports and other writings, he also took on so much opposi\u00adtion \u2013 M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs, \u015a\u016bnyav\u0101d\u012bs, materialists and so many brands of atheism doubting the existence of God. In the place of J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b, Prabhup\u0101da took up that service.<\/p>\nIt is generally known that Mother Ya\u015bod\u0101 bound K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a\u2019s waist with ropes and for this reason He is known as D\u0101modara. But at R\u0101dh\u0101-D\u0101modara Temple, another binding took place. K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a was captured, defeated and tied up \u2013 but it wasn\u2019t Mother Ya\u015bod\u0101 that tied Him up and He wasn\u2019t tied with ropes. It was the love of \u015ar\u012bmati R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b that bound Him. \u015ar\u012b L\u012bl\u0101-\u015buka Bilvama\u1e45gala \u1e6ch\u0101kura writes about this pastime.<\/p>\n
\u012b\u015b\u0101na-deva-cara\u1e47a-bhara\u1e47ena n\u012bv\u012b-<\/em>
\nd\u0101modara-sthira-ya\u015ba\u1e25-stavakodbhavena<\/em>
\nl\u012bl\u0101-\u015bukena racita\u1e41 tava k\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-deva<\/em>
\nkar\u1e47\u0101m\u1e5bta\u1e41 vahatu kalpa-\u015bat\u0101ntare\u2019pi<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cMay this Kar\u1e47\u0101m\u1e5btam<\/em>, composed by L\u012bl\u0101-\u015buka who has manifest the glories of the constant fame of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a who is bound by R\u0101dh\u0101\u2019s girdle, and decorated by the lotus feet of \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101 and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, flow for a hundred kalpas<\/em>.\u201d (K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-kar\u1e47\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em> 110) <\/em><\/p>\n\u015ar\u012bla K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a D\u0101sa Kavir\u0101ja Gosv\u0101m\u012b further explains in his commentary to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-kar\u1e47\u0101m\u1e5bta, <\/em>that the name N\u012bv\u012b-d\u0101modara refers to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a who was bound by the girdle of R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b. He then cites a verse from the Bhavi\u1e63yottara Pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>:<\/p>\nsa\u1e45ket\u0101vasare cyute pra\u1e47ayata\u1e25 sa\u1e41rabdhay\u0101 r\u0101dhay\u0101<\/em>
\npr\u0101rabhya bhr\u016b-ku\u1e6di\u1e41 hira\u1e47ya-ra\u015ban\u0101-d\u0101mn\u0101 nibaddhodaram<\/em>
\nk\u0101rttiky\u0101\u1e25 janan\u012b-k\u1e5btotsava-vara-prast\u0101van\u0101-p\u016brvaka\u1e41<\/em>
\nc\u0101\u1e6d\u016bni prathayantam \u0101tma-pulaka\u1e41 dhy\u0101yema d\u0101modaram<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cWhen K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a neglected Their appointment, R\u0101dh\u0101 became angry and seizing Him, She bound Him around the waist with golden ropes. He then explained that He could not come because He had to attend the K\u0101rttika festival organ\u00adised by His mother. Let us meditate upon D\u0101modara, who speaks eloquent words as His hairs stand on end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kavir\u0101ja Gosv\u0101m\u012b explains that the word n\u012bv\u012b<\/em> also means \u2018treas\u00adure\u2019 which refers to \u015ar\u012bmat\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b\u2019s love for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a. Thus, it is said that Lord D\u0101modara was bound by the prema<\/em> of R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b.<\/p>\nIn the area known as Sev\u0101-ku\u00f1ja, R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b defeated K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, and that is where K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a worshipped the lotus feet of R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b. That is where He showed that r\u0101dh\u0101-d\u0101syam<\/em>, service of R\u0101dh\u0101\u00adr\u0101\u1e47\u012b, is the highest achievement. \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da used to say that R\u0101dh\u0101-D\u0101modara Temple is the most sacred place in V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana.* <\/strong>When the \u0101<\/em>c<\/em>\u0101<\/em>rya <\/em>speaks, the deepest thing may not be revealed directly, because the indirect revelation is considered to be higher than the direct revelation. We may talk about so many high things from time to time, not every day \u2013 the service of R\u0101dh\u0101\u00adr\u0101\u1e47\u012b, the position of R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b, R\u016bpa-ma\u00f1jar\u012b etc. and such talks may be heard by so many people. But what will they make of that? What will come of that? That is called the subjective plane and there it is a more substantial thing. Many have heard the message. Even the sahajiy\u0101s<\/em> have heard the message about R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a etc. but they have never actually entered into that plane. They simply make a business out of it. The guru does not always directly reveal the truth, but through his advancement and through revelation in the heart, these things can be realised by the disciple.<\/p>\n* \u201c\u2026 it all began here. Therefore, these R\u0101dh\u0101-D\u0101modara rooms are the hub of the wheel of the spiritual universe.\u201d (Prabhup\u0101da to Hayagr\u012bva D\u0101sa, recounted in his book, Vrindaban Days, Chapter 5)<\/p>\n
So, when \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da spoke about R\u0101dh\u0101-D\u0101modara Temple, he didn\u2019t mention this intimate pastime of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a being defeated by R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b and K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a worshipping Her. He simply said, \u201cIt is the place of R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b and J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b\u201d and made his disciples understand, that it is a very sacred place. He did not go into any detail about that. What are we to understand from this? We should understand that these things are not simply meant for the ear. These are heart realisations, and one should try to become qualified for them. We have only heard a little, but that gives us some idea. For example, people in India may only hear a little about America, but they hear enough to awaken the desire to want to go there. It is not possible for them to fully understand what is in America. No matter how hard we would try to explain to them what is in America, they will have to see for themselves. If that is true about America, then what to speak of the pastimes of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a? Even \u015ar\u012bmad Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em> only points in the direction, \u201cGo this way! Go in the direction of k<\/em>\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-l<\/em>\u012bl<\/em>\u0101<\/em>.\u201d In \u015ar\u012bmad Bh\u0101gavatam<\/em> a summary of k<\/em>\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-l<\/em>\u012bl<\/em>\u0101 <\/em>is given. <\/em>As lengthy as the Tenth Canto is, it is nonetheless, a summary \u2013 but it is such an important summary! It is so potent that it will awaken within us a desire to know, \u201cWho is this K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a? Who is this cowherd boy who roams the fields of V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana with cows and plays on Govardhana Hill?\u201d By hearing about the pastimes of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, this desire may awaken within us. This is our highest fortune in life. It is for this reason that Caitanya Mah\u0101prabhu Himself came. It is for this reason that His devotees came, and it is for this reason also that \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da came to the western world.<\/p>\nSome devotees think that \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da became great when he arrived in America. What does that mean? It means that we contributed to his greatness. Because of us, he\u2019s great! Some people say that a \u2018golden age\u2019 of Kali-yuga began when the Jala\u00add\u016bta docked in America. This is just an expanded version of the phrase, \u0101m\u0101ra guru jagat-guru<\/em> (\u2018my guru is the universal guru). It may be that your guru is the jagat-guru<\/em>, but the emphasis is on \u0101m\u0101ra<\/em> (my) and not on guru. This mentality is found in neo\u00adphytes. Their guru may be very high and the disciple may become very fanatical about that, but that fanaticism is mixed with their own false ego. This should be avoided.<\/p>\nOnce, \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da told one of his lady disciples a story. While writing the G\u012bt\u0101-Govinda<\/em>, Jayadeva Gosv\u0101m\u012b became very disturbed when he found that he wanted to write a \u015bloka<\/em> wherein K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a begged for the mercy of R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b. He thought, \u201cHow has this impure thought entered my mind? K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is begging for the mercy of R\u0101dh\u0101r\u0101\u1e47\u012b?\u201d He abandoned his pen and told his wife, \u201cI\u2019m going to bathe in the Ganges to purify myself.\u201d Soon after, he returned and sat down while his wife served him his meal, and after finishing, he went to his room. Then his wife sat down to take her meal, but while she was eating, again Jayadeva entered the house, freshly bathed. Seeing his wife eating, he chastised her saying, \u201cWhat are you doing? You are eating your meal before your husband?\u201d She said, \u201cYou already ate your meal then you went to your room!\u201d Jayadeva became even angrier, \u201cAre you com\u00adpletely mad? I just came back from taking my bath.\u201d Again, his wife told him, \u201cYou came here, you ate, then went to your room!\u201d Jayadeva then went to his room and looked at his manuscript. There was the verse that he had hesitated to write:<\/p>\nsmara-garala-kha\u1e47\u1e0dana\u1e41, mama \u015birasi ma\u1e47\u1e0dana\u1e41<\/em>
\n dehi pada-pallavam ud\u0101ram<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cMercifully bestow upon My head the soft petals of your lotus feet, which dispel the poison of love in separation.\u201d (G\u012bt\u0101-Govinda<\/em> 10.8)<\/p>\nMany revelations must have come to him at that time, and one of them was, \u201cOh, how fortunate my wife is!\u201d He returned and gave obeisance to his wife.<\/p>\n
What K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a wanted to say, He revealed in Jayadeva\u2019s heart. Yet he originally thought, \u201cHow can I write this? It is not proper\u201d and he abandoned his pen. But K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a desired that, \u201cIt must be written!\u201d and He came and wrote it Himself and then vanished. When \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da told this story to his disciple, she said that \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da became very pensive and his mood was very intense, but again, he just focused on this point \u2013 what K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a wants to give, He will give through His devotee.<\/p>\n
Many times the \u0101c\u0101rya<\/em> will point exactly to a topic, but for his own internal reason, he may not say what it is. Later, his servant may further explain that topic. This is the parampar\u0101<\/em>. J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b wanted to say that parak\u012bya-rasa<\/em> was the most super-excellent aspect of m\u0101dhurya-rasa<\/em>, but he was opposed, not by Sahajiy\u0101s or M\u0101y\u0101v\u0101d\u012bs, but by the moralists \u2013 cultured people who felt that svak<\/em>\u012b<\/em>ya <\/em>was the only recognisable plane of m\u0101dhurya. <\/em>\u015ar\u012b J\u012bva wanted to explain that parak\u012bya-bh\u0101va<\/em> has no contact with this mundane conception, but the moralists could not understand because their purity was contaminated with mundanity. Later, \u015ar\u012bla Vi\u015bvan\u0101tha Cakravart\u012b \u1e6ch\u0101kura came in our line and pointed out the hidden meaning within the writ\u00adings of J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b. It was couched, but he revealed, \u201cHere is parak\u012bya-bh\u0101va<\/em>!\u201d * <\/strong><\/p>\n* \u015ar\u012bla Vi\u015bvan\u0101tha Cakravart\u012b \u1e6ch\u0101kura explains the true position of \u015ar\u012bla J\u012bva Gosv\u0101m\u012b in his \u0100nanda-candrik\u0101 commentary to Ujjvala-n\u012blama\u1e47\u012b.<\/p>\n
This doesn\u2019t occur only once \u2013 it happens many, many times. The true potency to understand the teachings of the guru, the potency to know his heart and the potency to understand Mah\u0101\u00adprabhu is not simply based on external knowledge that enters the ear. It is an internal arrangement that is made. We call it the \u2018subjective plane of reality\u2019, and when that comes to us, then we will understand these things. But we may have many different conceptions if the words go no further than our ears. So how can we attain the right conception? We must serve <\/em>the conception. You should serve that which you recognise to be the highest. Once, a god-brother told me, \u201cYes, I also take<\/em> from the conception of \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja!\u201d I replied, \u201cThat is your mistake! Don\u2019t take<\/em> anything! Put your head there! Sacrifice, surrender and serve this conception \u2013 then you will understand the conception of R\u016bpa Gosv\u0101m\u012b. But you cannot take<\/em> it for your prati\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\nThe higher devotees may say some very intimate things about K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, but there is a danger for the lower devotees. We may repeat those very same words, but we have to be careful because we may be influenced by prati\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101<\/em>. These things will enthuse and charm us, but when we tell these things to others, we have to be careful that we are not making a business of this high conception. We should not show off \u2013 \u201cSee what I know? I know so much!\u201d We may be well intended, but because we are neophytes, we may fall under that sway. Therefore, we should leave such work to the higher devotees. \u2018An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure\u2019. \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja said, \u201cThe prospect is so great, why risk it?\u201d If it takes a hundred thousand lifetimes to enter into eternity \u2013 that is nothing! That is a small price to pay \u2013 the goal is so great. Why risk being barred from there? \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja explained that the Lord\u2019s most intimate eternal associates guard the higher world. If they trace in us any misgiving, selfishness or prati\u1e63\u1e6dh\u0101<\/em>, they will not allow us to go there. We cannot force our way in. We have to serve our guru-parampar\u0101<\/em> very sincerely. This is so simple that even a child can understand it. It\u2019s very simple, but it is also very profound. A child may come and clean the guru\u2019s room, that is very good, but can that child understand the guru\u2019s conception? When we can serve the heart-conception of our guru, then we have actually achieved guru-sev\u0101<\/em>. This is where many devotees have fallen short of the goal in bhakti<\/em>. They have served with body and mind, but not with their soul \u2013the soul means with the heart. They swept floors, they collected money and they even sold books. Many people did that, but they never properly grasped the conception inside those books.<\/p>\nHere, in this world, we succeed by being forceful, but in that world, we must enter head first and head down. Everyone in that world is our superior. We are superior to none \u2013 inferior to all. This is actually the feeling of an uttama-adhik\u0101r\u012b<\/em>. When we actu\u00adally have that humble mood of service, K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a and His devotees will bring us inside. But if that mood is lacking, even if we have wealth, followers etc. these things will not help us. Those things will not bring us one inch closer to the ultimate goal of life.<\/p>\n\u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja said, \u201cThe things of the lower world can never give fulfillment\u201d This is such a simple, but beautiful statement. This expression is right under our nose throughout our whole life, but who has figured it out? The soul is a higher thing, higher than matter. We must realise that matter can never fulfil our inner desires. We can never be satisfied by the lower \u2013 only by the higher. We have to be attentive to this. How can we be atten\u00adtive in the process of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a consciousness? How can we achieve the ultimate goal of existence? \u015ar\u012bla \u015ar\u012bdhara Mah\u0101r\u0101ja said, \u201cYou have come to Swami Mah\u0101r\u0101ja\u2019s movement for that purpose \u2013 now don\u2019t be a self-deceiver, don\u2019t cheat yourself.\u201d After starting on the path to attain the highest goal, will you settle for \u2018position\u2019? Will you settle for the position of a GBC? Will you settle for the position of a temple president? Will you settle for the position of a guru? Whatever it may be \u2013 don\u2019t settle for any of those things! You came for the ultimate goal of life, now pursue the ultimate goal of life! How will you do that? Mah\u0101prabhu says s\u0101d\u00adhu-sa\u1e45ga<\/em> \u2013 keep association with devotees. \u2018Devotee\u2019 doesn\u2019t mean those who don\u2019t know where they\u2019re going, who are not fixed on the goal of life and are simply enthralled by m\u0101y\u0101<\/em>. S\u0101dhu-sa\u1e45ga<\/em> means associating with devotees who are liberated from m\u0101y\u0101<\/em>.<\/p>\nIn Caitanya-carit\u0101m\u1e5bta<\/em> the association of s\u0101dhus<\/em> is pronounc\u00adedly given in Mah\u0101prabhu\u2019s teachings to San\u0101tana Gosv\u0101m\u012b. Of course, some devotees will say, \u201cWe have already come to a s\u0101dhu<\/em> \u2013 we have Prabhup\u0101da. We are loyal to Prabhup\u0101da!\u201d But even after coming in touch with a s\u0101dhu<\/em>, you have to keep that connec\u00adtion with him. Even if you\u2019ve awakened love of God, you are not independent of the s\u0101dhu<\/em>.<\/p>\nk\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-bhakti-janma-m\u016bla haya s\u0101dhu-sa\u1e45ga<\/em>
\nk\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a-prema janme te\u1e45ho puna\u1e25 mukhya a\u1e45ga<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cThe root cause of devotion to K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a is the association of s\u0101dhus<\/em>. Even when love for K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a arises, association of s\u0101dhus<\/em> remains the most essential principle of devotion.\u201d (Cc. Madhya-l\u012bl\u0101<\/em> 22.83)<\/p>\nHow else are we to relish love of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a but in the association of His devotees? There is no other alternative. Once we become a lover of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a, we won\u2019t want to associate with anyone to except His devotees!<\/p>\n
This world is a treacherous place \u2013 guard your soul! Don\u2019t allow it to be consumed by matter. Guard your soul! We all came to Prabhup\u0101da\u2019s movement for that purpose. Don\u2019t be a self-de\u00adceiver! Bhaktivinoda \u1e6ch\u0101kura has said:<\/p>\n
Maintain thy post in spirit world<\/em>
\nAs firmly as you can,<\/em>
\nLet never matter push thee down<\/em>
\nO stand heroic man.<\/em>
\nO S\u0101ragr\u0101h\u012b Vai\u1e63\u1e47ava soul,<\/em>
\nThou art an angel fair,<\/em>
\nLead, lead me on to V\u1e5bnd\u0101vana<\/em>
\nAnd spirit\u2019s power declare.<\/em>
\nThere rest my soul from matter free<\/em>
\nUpon my Lover\u2019s arms<\/em>
\nEternal peace and spirits love<\/em>
\nAre all my chanting charms.*<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n* This English poem was composed by \u1e6ch\u0101kura Bhaktivinoda at Pur\u012b while performing bhajana in 1871, in contemplation of the sam\u0101dhi of N\u0101m\u0101c\u0101rya \u015ar\u012b Harid\u0101sa \u1e6ch\u0101kura.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t allow yourself to sink into this material world. You have the human form of life, you have come in touch with \u015ar\u012bla Prabhu\u00adp\u0101da and the s\u0101dhus<\/em>; you have come in touch with the words of the holy scriptures; you have come in touch with the Holy Name of K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a \u2013 we must protect all these things as our wealth!<\/p>\n(From a class given in New York on July 7th, 1998)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chapter 11 of Prabhup\u0101da Vijaya, ‘When K\u1e5b\u1e63\u1e47a Gives, He Gives Through His Devotee’. The supra-mundane significance of \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019s bhaja\u00adna-ku\u1e6d\u012bra at \u015ar\u012b \u015ar\u012b R\u0101dh\u0101-D\u0101modara Temple is emphasised in this chapter. There, the highest l\u012bl\u0101 took place in m\u0101dh\u00adurya-rasa, yet \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da never explained it to us. Why the guru does not always directly reveal the truth is discussed at length.<\/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\/5625"}],"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=5625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5625\/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=5625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5625"},{"taxonomy":"krishna_talk_article","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rupanugabhajanashram.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/krishna_talk_article?post=5625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}