mahajana

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So this Krsna consciousness movement is meant for giving education to the people of this sahkhya-yoga system, or bhakti-yoga system, because it is the recommended process by authorities. And all the amnaya, origin of the amnaya, just like Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, then Kapiladeva-here is Kapiladeva-they are mahajana. Mahajana means great authorities. Dharmasya tattvam nihitam guhayam mahajano yena gataḥ sa panthaḥ [Cc Madhya 17.186]. It is very difficult to understand the path of perfection. Therefore the sastra recommended that "You follow the mahajana." This is called amnaya. "You follow the mahajana." And who are mahajana? They are also described in the sastras: svayambhūr naradaḥ sambhuḥ [SB 6.3.20]. (More...)

So we have to accept one of these mahajana. Mahajano yena gataḥ sa panthaḥ [Cc Madhya 17.186]. Then you will be successful. Tarko 'pratistham: If you want to learn the Absolute Truth by logic and argument, it will never be possible. Logician... You may be one logician, better logician than me, and another logician may be better than you. But the Absolute Truth is avah-manasa-gocara. By logical arguments how you can reach? That is not possible. Tarko 'prati... Therefore it is useless waste of time. Tarko 'pratisthaḥ srutayo vibhinnaḥ. Scriptures, even you take the Vedic scriptures, there are so many: four Vedas... Some of them are following the Yajur-veda, some of them following Rg-veda, some of them Sama-veda, Atharva-veda. Then there are Upanisads. Then there are Puranas, then Brahma-sūtra, the Ramayana, Mahabharata. They are all right. But because I am ill-advised, I take conclusion differently. Srutayo vibhinnaḥ. Or you take Bible or Koran. (More...)

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