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In this Mantra of the Ishopanishad it is clearly mentioned that one should observe by following the previous Acharya. Anupasyati is the exact word used in this connection. Anu means by following and pasyati means to observe. One should not try to see things as he sees in the naked eye. The naked eyes cannot see anything and everything properly due to its material defectiveness. One cannot see properly unless one has heard about it from a Superior source. The highest Superior source is the Vedic statements spoken by the Lord Himself and the truth is coming down from the Lord to Brahmaji, Brahmaji to Narad, from Naradji to Vyasji and from Vyasji to many of his disciples. Formerly there was no necessity of recording the message of the Vedas in black and white because the predecessors were more intelligent with sharp memory and they could follow the instructions simply by hearing once from the speeches of the bonafide spiritual master. At present there are so many commentations on the revealed scriptures and most of them are not in the line of Sri Vyasdeva. The latest and experienced version of Srila Vyasdeva is the Sreemad Bhagbatam which is the natural commentation of the Brahma Sutra or Vedanta Sutra. Similarly there is the Bhagwat Geeta which is spoken by the Lord Himself and recorded by Sri Vyasdeva. So these are the revealed scriptures in nutshell and any commentation which does not conform to the principles of the Bhagwat Geeta or the Srimad Bhagabatam is not authorised. There is complete symmetry between the Upanishads, Vedanta, Vedas and the Bhagwat Geeta or the Srimad Bhagwatam. Nobody should therefore try to eschew any conclusion of the Vedas without being instructed from the line of the Vyasdeva or the Satwata Sampradaya who believe in the Personality of Godhead and His diverse energies as it is explained in the present Ishopanishad.
(More...) So this worship is going on under this parampara system. It is not manufactured. Acaryam mam... What the acarya says, if you follow, then you become perfect. Tad viddhi pranipatena pariprasnena sevaya [Bg 4.34]. If you follow the instruction of acarya, then you understand perfectly everything, tad viddhi prani... But you have to understand by pranipatena, by submission, not by challenging. If you challenge, then you will never be able to understand. This whole process is submission. Sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg 18.66]. If you are not prepared to submit, then you will never understand. You will remain in this tama, tama. Tamasi ma. But don't remain in tama. Come to the light.
(More...) It is advised that a devotee follow the past acaryas and saintly persons because by such following one can achieve the desired results, with no chance of lamenting or being baffled in his progress. In the Skanda Purana it is advised that a devotee follow the past acaryas and saintly persons because by such following one can achieve the desired results, with no chance of lamenting or being baffled in his progress.
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