Sri Guru Puja 2000.pdf - Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Maharaja

endeavour to know him would become futile. When he would reveal
himself, being pleased on a person, then only one can understand him.
The Supreme Lord descends to this mundane plane in the form of Spiritual
Master to redeem the sinners. There is no difference between the Spiritual
Master and the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna. Gurudeva is the manifestation of
the Supreme Lord. Being a servitor of the Lord, the spiritual preceptor
receives service like the Lord and teaches service to the Lord. Without
considering him as an ordinary human being we should serve his Lotusfeet.
If we would be mobilised by our material knowledge it will earn
unhappiness instead of bliss.
As much as we give up our vanity we become pure to that extent. There is
close relationship between purity in mind as well as body and service unto
the Lotus-feet of both the spiritual master as well as the supreme Lord.
One has to completely surrender himself in the feet of the spiritual master.
The spiritual master sows the seed of devotion in a disciple's heart.
Gurudeva opens a devotee's eye with divine knowledge. Then his
ignorance disappears and he begins to proceed in the path of unalloyed
devotion. With the growth of Bhakti creeper a devotee, acquires more and
more divine knowledge and realises the absolute truth.
According to scriptures there is no alternative to be free from the clutches
of Maya. Only the spiritual master or a pure devotee of the Lord has the
capacity to deliver a bonded soul. Just by giving initiation to a disciple the
spiritual preceptor transforms his body into transcendental bliss and pure
intelligence. A spiritual preceptor is selfless. His only duty is to redeem the
fallen souls. As a genuine servitor of the Lord he teaches unalloyed
devotion. According to Sriman Mahaprabhu, "An aspirant who longs to
follow the path of God-realisation, must surrender himself entirely to the
Guru and submissively follow his instructions". If Sri Krishna becomes
angry with a person, the spiritual master can protect him. But if the
spiritual master becomes angry with any one, even the Lord cannot save
him. So the Spiritual Master is the sole protector.
Our Gurudeva is a worthy disciple of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati
Goswami Thakur Prabhupada. He has dedicated his entire life to the
service of his spiritual master and Sri Krishna. He has established a
number of monasteries to give a chance to the fallen souls to serve the
Lotus-feet of Sri Krishna. Without taking rest for a while at this age of 87
years he is touring all over the world to preach the teachings of Lord Sri
Krishna Chaitanya. He has been distributing 'Hari Nama' i.e. "Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama
Rama Hare Hare" - the panacea of this age of Kali to,all without any
discrimination of age, caste, gender, religion, etc. By teaching Krishna
Prema he is delivering the sinners from this material universe.
This 87th Advent Ceremony of our spiritual master Sri Srimad Bhakti
Vaibhava Puri Goswami Maharaj gives us a golden opportunity to serve his
Lotus - feet. In this most auspicious moment I earnestly pray in body, mind