Without Any Adulteration - Presenting the Message of Kṛṣṇa As It Is
Śrīla Prabhupāda firmly establishes that spiritual knowledge loses its potency the moment it is mixed with mundane mental speculation. To achieve the highest perfection of life and successfully distribute transcendental knowledge to others, one must practice and present the teachings of the Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam exactly as they are, without any adulteration.
Pure Devotional Service
True religion means offering one's love to the Supreme Lord without conditions. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that pure bhakti must be completely free from the desires for fruitive gain, material remuneration, or the aspiration to merge into the impersonal Brahman effulgence.
- Anyone who is engaged in devotional service unflinchingly, without any adulteration, he immediately becomes elevated to the brahma-bhutah stage immediately.
- This transcendental loving service must be without adulteration, that is to say, we must love God without expecting material remuneration. Loving God to become one with Him is also a form of adulteration.
- Just simply to serve Krsna favorably, anukula, that is bhakti. So this bhakti is called avyabhicarini-bhakti, without any adulteration, without any mutilation, perfect bhakti.
- Avyabhicarena, without any adulteration, pure devotion. So pure devotion means anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady anavrtam, only concentration of Krsna. Krsna is the root.
The Secret of Spiritual Success
Many scholars have translated Vedic texts, but they failed to turn their readers into devotees because they injected their own opinions. According to Śrīla Prabhupāda, the "miracle" behind the massive success of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is simply the unalloyed presentation of the absolute truth.
- If personally I have any credit in this matter of the Krsna consciousness movement, it is only that I have tried to present Bhagavad-gita as it is, without adulteration.
- Sometimes, you know, people say that I have done miracles. They say everywhere. But I do not know anything miracles or magic. If there is any miracle, that miracle is that we present things as they are, that's all, without any adulteration.
- The report is that our Bhagavad-gita As It Is is increasing in sale, others are decreasing. The reason is that we are presenting Bhagavad-gita as it is, without any adulteration.
- Although Bhagavad-gita was being presented by so many svamis and yogis, not a single man became a devotee of Krsna. So our this presentation, because it is pure, without any adulteration, it is acting very nicely.
Becoming a Bona Fide Guru
The qualification to be a spiritual master does not require mundane academic degrees or mystical powers. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that anyone can become a guru and a true representative of Kṛṣṇa simply by faithfully repeating the Lord's instructions without adding or subtracting anything.
- Everyone can become representative of Krsna. How? If you simply carry the message of Krsna without any adulteration. That's all.
- To become a bona fide spiritual master there is no difficulty, simply if we carry the message of Krsna as it is, without any adulteration.
- There is no difficulty to become a guru if you simply carry out without any adulteration the order of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
- Personally I have no credit for myself, but I am trying to act as faithful servant of my predecessors and just presenting without any adulteration the message which I have received from my Spiritual Master.
Receiving Perfect Knowledge
Vedic literature is not a collection of ordinary books meant for speculative interpretation. Śrīla Prabhupāda warns that to actually benefit from transcendental scriptures like the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, the reader must submissively accept the knowledge exactly as it descends through the disciplic succession.
- We should not take Vedas as ordinary, mental speculation book. No. It is perfect knowledge. It is perfect knowledge. And one has to take as it is, without any adulteration, interpretation.
- If one studies the Vedanta-sutra as it is, without whimsical and capricious adulteration, one can understand the Vedanta-sutra very easily.
- Srimad-bhagavatam amalam puranam. It is the spotless Purana. Spotless Purana means that which gives you spiritual knowledge without any adulteration. Simple. Without any adulteration.
- Actually I am just like a peon. I have brought, but I am delivering it without any adulteration. That may be my credit. And if you take it without any adulteration and practice it, then your life is successful.
Conclusion
To accurately comprehend the absolute truth and successfully distribute it to others, one must strictly avoid the temptation to modify Kṛṣṇa's message. Śrīla Prabhupāda concludes that whether one is practicing devotional service, reading the Vedic literatures, or preaching as a spiritual master, the fundamental principle of success is retaining purity. By acting as a humble peon and delivering the Lord's instructions without any adulteration, a sincere soul honors the disciplic succession, remains free from the contamination of material motives, and becomes a transparent medium through which the Supreme Lord can rescue conditioned souls.
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