Always Present Questions from Inquire

Always Present Questions from Inquire

Devotee1:The disciple is eternally hearing.

Gour Govinda Swami: Yes, this process is eternal. I am eternally the disciple of my Guru. I am constantly hearing from him. What I am hearing that I am speaking, I am not concocting anything. What my Guru says, I say.

Devotee 1: For a disciple who is still conditioned and whose spiritual master has left the planet, although he has books, he still has to hear sabda-brahma?

Gour Govinda Maharaja: Yes, hearing is more effective. Books will help you. Nevertheless, you have to hear. It is not that only by reading books you can have it.

Devotee 1: So he cannot achieve this position of tattva-jnana just by reading. Even if he has had physical contact with guru, still he must hear from the tattva-acarya who is physically there, who is acting as a pipe.

Gour Govinda Maharaja: Yes, guru is always there and Krsna is always there, manifested and unmanifested. Guru may have become unmanifest, but still he is there. However, you should understand how he is there, in what form.

Devotee: When you say that the guru is always present, and that we have to recognize the form he is present in, isn’t that the meaning of disciplic succession?

Gour Govinda Maharaja: Yes, guru is always present. I see my guru always. He is not gone. He has not disappeared. If you say that he has disappeared, it is very painful to me. No. He is there! I see him every day, every moment. Every day I am hearing from him. Therefore I am speaking. How can I speak unless I hear? I am not hearing any tapes. I am hearing directly from him, but you cannot understand it.

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