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srrkhanna • Mon Dec 02 2002 - 14:27:28 PST 


Namaskars!

>From Bhagavad Gita:
...about Guru Parampara:

we have to understand the philosophy through the sampradaya. 
Sampradaya-vihina ye mantras te nisphala matah. If you don't 
accept... In ordinary life also, in political field, to develop, one 
has to accept a party, this party or that Congress Party, or Jana-
sanga Party, or this party. So the aim is the same. Aim is the same, 
to serve the country, to develop your country, but still, there are 
parties. Similarly, the aim is the same: to understand what is our 
relationship with God. But the development is made by different 
parties. So the parties are, must be bona fide. As Krishna says, His 
party:

imam vivasvate yogam
proktavan aham avyayam
vivasvan manave praha
manur iksvakave 'bravit

evam parampara-praptam
imam rajarsayo viduh

Krishna said that "First of all, I described, I instructed this yoga 
system, bhakti-yoga system, Bhagavad-gita, to Vivasvan, the sun-god, 
and the sun-god, whose name is Vivasvan..." The particular name is 
also given. It is not vague, that... At the present moment, the 
predominating Deity in the sun planet is called Vivasvan. So he spoke 
this Bhagavad-gita philosophy to his son, vivasvan manave pra..., 
Manu. Manu is the original person of the human society. Manusya. Man. 
So Manu spoke to his son, Iksvaku. Maharaja Iksvaku. He's the first 
person of the surya-vamsa. There are two ksatriya families: one, 
candra-vamsa, coming from the Moon, and the other from the Sun, 
Vivasvan. So Maharaja Iksvaku is the original personality in the 
surya-vamsa ksatriyas in which Lord Ramacandra appeared. So in this 
way, there is parampara system.

If we want to understand the real fact, then we must receive from the 
parampara system. Just like we have got our genealogical table. 

So we have to follow the foot steps of a guru to understand the 
process of saranagathi....

Sorry if Im wrong.

Humbly,
Rajesh





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