as empowered incarnation (shaktiavesa)
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Imported quote 13456 When King Prthu is described as an incarnation of Lord Visnu, it should be understood that he is a saktyavesa-avatara, part and parcel of Lord Visnu, and is specifically empowered by Him. Any living being acting as the incarnation of Lord Visnu is thus empowered by Lord Visnu to preach the bhakti cult. Such a person can act like Lord Visnu and defeat demons by arguments and preach the bhakti cult exactly according to the principles of sastra. As indicated in Bhagavad-gita, whenever we find someone extraordinary preaching the bhakti cult, we should know that he is especially empowered by Lord Visnu or Lord Krsna. As confirmed in Caitanya-caritamrta, krsna-sakti vina nahe tara pravartana: one cannot explain the glories of the holy name of the Lord without being specifically empowered by Him. If one criticizes or finds fault with such an empowered personality, one is to be considered an offender against Lord Visnu and is punishable. Even though such offenders may dress as Vaisnavas with false tilaka and mala, they are never forgiven by the Lord if they offend a pure Vaisnava. There are many instances of this in the sastras.
(More...) Imported quote 17423 Therefore we daily sing, guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete kariya aikya, ara na kariha mane. [Sri Prema-bhakti-candrika, 1.2] Because if you want to have Krsna, then guru. Guru means who is coming through the parampara system. Not self-made guru, but that guru, guru-mukha-padma. What he says, that we have to follow. That's all. Because we are under the influence of maya. You cannot become paramahamsa by advertising. No, that is not possible. Guru-mukha-padma-vakya, cittete kariya aikya, that is the paramahamsa who follows the instruction of guru. He is not paramahamsa, but because he is following the words of the paramahamsa, he is perfect. This is guru. We sing also, yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado yasyaprasadan na gatiḥ kuto 'pi. [Sri Gurvastaka 8] This is paramahamsa. Paramahamsa-gatau, you have to become. You have to approach a Vaisnava, a paramahamsa and follow his words and instructions; then you get the result. This is the price. Otherwise it is not possible, it can be purchased very easily, provided you have got the price as it is described in the sastras:
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