Sri Guru III

= aS ON) On Our Desert-like Heart iti Cee ee iN 1 are two types of education, jada-vidya and para-vidya - material and spiritual education. We are after spiritual education, the ultimate goal of which is bhakti. In order to get that bhakti, have approached the lotus feet of the previous acdryas headed Vyasa to offer worship to them, This is Vyasa-piija. My heart is like desert. It is as hard as a block of stone. So, I pray to these merciful ptevious dcaryas that they may shower their mercy like incessant E tain, krpa-bari, on this desert-like heart. Without such mercy can we get bhakti Our desert-like heart requires rain. It needs be moistened by the torrential rains of mercy from the previous acaryas headed by Vyasa. ! — Stila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja Excerpt from the Introduction