Sri Guru III

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On Our Desert-like Heart

“There 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, we have approached the lotus feet of the previous acaryas headed by Vyasa to offer worship to them. This is Vyasa-puja. My heart is like a desert. It is as hard as a block of stone. So, I pray to these merciful previous acaryas that they may shower their mercy like incessant rain, krpa-bari, on this desert-like heart. Without such mercy how can we get bhakti? Our desert-like heart requires rain. It needs to be moistened by the torrential rains of mercy from the previous acaryas headed by Vyasa.” — Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja Excerpt from the Introduction