GURU KRPA'HI KEVALAM
THE EXCELLENCE OF A BHAKTA


GURU KRPA'HI KEVALAM

official source: A'nanda Vacana'mrtam Part 2

cross-references: none

this version: is the printed A'nanda Vacana'mrtam Part 2, 2nd edition, version 
	(spelling mistakes only may have been corrected). I.e., this is the most 
	up-to-date version as of the present Electronic Edition.

      It has been said, `Guru krpa'hi kevalam';. It has also been said that `Brahmaeva gururekha na'parah'. You know in the word `guru', there are two syllables, `gu' and `ru'. `Gu' means `darkness'; darkness in spiritual life, darkness in psycho-spiritual strata. And `ru' means `dispelling entity'. `Guru' means the entity that dispels all sorts of darkness from your spiritual and psychic bodies.

	Ta'raka Brahma is the only guru, and nobody else can be the guru.

	Nirgun'a has no objectivity. Hence, Nirgun'a does not keep any link with this world. So the Nirgun'a Entity, as it is, cannot be the guru. And Sagun'a is under certain bondages. So Sagun'a cannot be the guru.

	The guru should be just like Nirgun'a, but keeping a sweet link with that expressed world. And no other entity can be the guru, can be the dispeller of darkness from your spirit and mind: `Guru' krpa'hi kevalam' means `Brahma krpa'hi kevalam.'

	What is Krpa'? In Sam'skrta, the root verb is `kr'. `Kr' means to help one in one's progress even when one does not deserve it. So if one deserves it, that is, if one has the qualification to get oneself fully developed and fully exalted, then in that case there is no necessity of krpa', there is no necessity of help from Ta'raka Brahma. But when one does not deserve it, when one has not got the qualification for development, and still one is helped, that sort of help is called `krpa'.

	Now you may say, this entire Cosmos, all the creation, everything that you see or feel, everything is His creation. Then for the sake of impartiality He should help all. That is, His krpa' should be for all. Why should there be a special case. I have said so many times that there should not be any special case. Wherever there is a special case, there is favoritism. So there should not be any special case. So there should not be any krpa' for anybody. Everybody should be treated equally. If Parama Purus'a helps somebody specially, the He is supporting partially.

	Now there is something to say in this connection. The philosophy says that the Supreme Entity has created everything, so He belongs to everybody, and everybody belongs to Him. But a spiritual aspirant who has developed love for Him won't accept this philosophical gospel in his personal life. He says, `Let there be so many principles, so much logic and philosophy; I am not to be guided by those philosophical texts. I am to be guided by my own feelings'. And what is that feeling of that spiritual aspirant who has developed love for Him?" He says, `God is mine and He belongs to me only, and to nobody else, and I belong to Him only and to nobody else. That is, my God is my personal property and I don't want to share this personal property with any second individual'.

	So, when such a strong sentiment of love has developed, there is certainly force in it. By dint of that force, that poor and weak man attracts Him and He cannot neglect that man. That attraction is a thousand times stronger than the gospels of philosophy. If He is attracted by such loving sentiment, then is He at fault? Certainly not. And everybody has the right to attract Him like this, Why don't you do it?

	And the second thing is that even under normal conditions He is showering His compassion on each and every particle of this universe. He is showering His compassion without distinction of caste, creed, nationality or religion.

	But what happens? There is a shower, a heavy shower of compassion on each and everybody, but if during that shower you hold an umbrella over your head, you won't be drenched. So is the fault that of the shower? Certainly not. The fault is with your hand and with your umbrella of vanity; and that is why you are not drenched by that compassion, by that krpa'. He is not at fault. Then what are you to do? You are to remove that umbrella of vanity from your head, and then and there you will be drenched, fully drenched, by His universal compassion.

	Nobody else is the guru. Ta'raka Brahma is the only guru. And the second thing - there is no alternative but to pray, but to request, but to do sa'dhana', to get His compassion and attract Him by dint of that loving force, that loving stamina within your heart.

9 September 1978, Patna


THE EXCELLENCE OF A BHAKTA

official source: A'nanda Vacana'mrtam Part 2

cross-references: none

this version: is the printed A'nanda Vacana'mrtam Part 2, 2nd edition, version 
	(spelling mistakes only may have been corrected). I.e., this is the most 
	up-to-date version as of the present Electronic Edition.

      I think it is my socio-spiritual responsibility, socio-spiritual duty, to say something regarding prapatti. In Sam'skrta `pra' - pat + ktin = prapatti. The idea, the spirit of `prapatti' is that whatever happens in this Universe of ours is nothing but an expression of Cosmic desire or Cosmic will. Neither can there be any volcanic eruption nor can any blade of grass move without his order. Everything is pre-ordered, pre-ordained by the Supreme Entity. Man can do nothing. Living beings cannot do anything without His support; that is, when a human desire and His desire coincide, then only does the human desire become fruitful, otherwise it is a sure failure. When the jiiva's desire coincides with the desire of Krs'n'a, then it is successful, otherwise not. This is the spirit, this is the central idea of the term `prapatti'.

	Bhaktiva'da, that is, devotional cult, stands solely on this prapatti. Jina'nava'da does not support prapatti and bhaktiva'da solely stands upon it. People may question the practicality of prapattiva'da or `prapatti-ism'. A jina'nii, may say, a learned scholar may say, `When everything is being done by Him according to His desire or action or His sam'kalpa, what is the necessity of human endeavour?' The jina'nii may think that this is a knotty question for a bhakta. The bhakta won't be able to give a suitable reply. But, you know, although the jina'niis think that they are the most intelligent, they are the intelligentsia, actually bhaktas are more intelligent than jina'niis; and the greatest fool is the person who thinks that he is a jina'nii.

	Now, I have already said that a jina'nii cannot even force a blade of grass to move, but the bhakta can, if he maintains a close tie with the Supreme; and there lies the excellence of a bhakta. The fact is that human ability, human capability and human efficiency are almost nil. Nothing really belongs to a human. He gets everything from the Supreme Entity. If he does not take food for three or four days continuously - or for three, four or five years - then nothing will be left of him. He will not be able to speak or move. Thus, nothing belongs to humans. A bhakta knows that what belongs to him is His, because he is His. So the first reply of the bhakta is this: `One cannot do anything by one's own endeavor'.

	All worldly knowledge and other mundane knowledge and so-called wisdom has little value. Such knowledge is known as `pra'pta va'kya', that is, va'kya coming from, coming through, the media of different worldly persons, worldly expressions.

	In old geography books, you will find that Allahabad was the capital of Uttar Pradesh. In later books you will find that Lucknow is the capital of the same state. And it may be different in the future. So such is the condition of pra'pta va'kya. It is relative and subject to change. Bhaktas take it with a grain of salt. But intellectuals constantly fights amongst themselves in the basis of their bookish knowledge.

	For a bhakta, only a'pta va'kya has value. What comes from Parama Purusa is a'pta va'kya. When the devotee is able to hear, feel, realize and understand the will of Parama Purusa through having developed a relationship of love with Him, it is called a'pta va'kya. As devotees, you should follow only a'pta va'kya. You should remember that the Sixteen Points are your a'pta va'kya.

	Your fundamental basis should be prapatti. `Everything happens as per His desire and not a single blade of grass can move without His permission'. By the Grace of, by the compassion of Parama Purusa, you have received the a'pta va'kya guidelines, and it is your duty to adhere strictly to the teachings and gospel of a'pta va'kya. A jina'nii has no future.

10 September 1978, Patna