Love of God Is the Highest Achievement – Guru Must Chastise Not Pat – Varna Is by Symptoms Not by Birth

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Morning Walk — March 26, 1974, Bombay 740326MW-BOMBAY [15:56 Minutes] Walk_740326MW-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: ...not this, not that. That will not help. You must act in such a way that these people accept you as superior. [break] ...[Hindi] [break] ...not a paid servant.

That is premā. [break] Premā pum-artho mahān [Caitanya-manjusa]. That is the highest achievement, to achieve the love of Godhead. And if you love God, then you achieve love of everyone.

[Hindi] [break] Dr. Patel: I like you calling me... "What is that, what you are doing now?" [laughs] [break]

Prabhupāda: [Hindi] [break] ...Mahāprabhu has taught us that to remain a fool and rascal before spiritual master is the first qualification of the disciple. Always remain a fool and rascal. Dr. Patel: Caitanya Mahāprabhu preached after, after...

Prabhupāda: Guru more mūrkha, guru more mūrkha dekhi, karila śāsana [Cc. Ādi 7.71]. "My Guru Mahārāja has chastised Me, considering Me a fool number one." So Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, guru more mūrkha dekhi: "My Guru Mahārāja saw Me a first-class mūrkha, fool. And therefore he has chastised Me." That is the standard of guru and śiṣya. A guru...

And Cāṇakya Paṇḍita says, lālane bahavo doṣāḥ. "If you pat, there are so many bad things." Dr. Patel: Pat the dog, it will lick your face.

Prabhupāda: Lālane bahavo doṣās tāḍane bahavo guṇāḥ. "And if you chastise, there are so many good qualities." Tasmāt putraṁ ca śiṣyaṁ ca taḍayet. Dr. Patel: Na tu lalayet. Prabhupāda: Na tu lalayet. Therefore either son or disciple, you must always chastise him, not pat him, "Oh, you are very good boy." "You are nothing.

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