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Prabhupada, Mayapur, March 3, 1974: […] So therefore, the author of Caitanya-caritamrta is beginning with guru, purve gurv-adi. Beginning is the guru, the spiritual master, because he is the representative of the parampara system, disciplic succession. Therefore, whatever we do, we must first of all try to understand from guru.
Srila Rupa Gosvami also says in his Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, adau gurvasrayam: the beginning of spiritual life is to accept the bona fide spiritual master. Sad-dharma prcchat. Then inquiry from the spiritual master. The approach should be by full surrender. Tad viddhi pranipatena, tattvam, etad viddhi [Bg. 4.34] By pranipatena. Prakrsta-rupena nipatam.
Just like we have learned how to offer obeisances to the spiritual master, to the gurus, falling down flat, pranipa, no reservation, falling flat—that is called pranipa — so one has to approach the spiritual master. That is the Vedic injunction. Tad vijnanartham. Tad means tattva.
In order to understand the tattva, the Absolute Truth, vijnana… Vijnana means practical science, not theoretical. Theoretical is jnana. When that is practically applied in life, that is called vijnanam. In the Srimad-Bhagavatam, therefore, the statement is there: jnanam me paramam guhyam yad vijnana-samanvitam. Jnana and vijnana. Full Lecture
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