Rupanuga dasa speaks about guru

RUPANUGA DASA: So Srila Prabhupada is notifying his disciples that they are the next authorized gurus to distribute the knowledge, as he has done.

 

[PADA: No, he said we would be the kanistha servants / ritvik priests / representatives of the guru, he never said -- we would not be gurus ourselves. "Do not jump like monkeys."] 

 

RD: Of course, he expected they would practice what they preached, that is the qualification and character.

 

[PADA: Right, he said we did not have the qualification to be gurus.]

 

RD: Only now, instead of one big guru, Srila Prabhupada, he envisioned many smaller gurus to continue distributing the (same) knowledge all over the world.

 

[PADA: OK, where is this "smaller guru" process described? What exactly is a smaller guru? No, we are not small gurus, we are the guru's agents / preachers / representatives -- of the guru. A preacher is not a messiah himself. The point is, Rupanuga fails to tell us specifically where and how this plan of his would operate, and where this plan is described.]

 

RD: Once before, he called it "old wine in a new bottle." How else will Lord Caitanya's Name be known in every town and village? Srila Prabhupada's followers have the assignment.

 

[PADA: OK, except we are not guru ourselves, new or old, we are representatives.]

 

RD: Arjuna was told by Lord Krsna that the battle was already won, but Krsna wanted him to help make it happen and get credit for success. Similarly, Lord Caitanya said His Name would be known in every town and village. What God predicts comes true. Srila Prabhupada has given the chance – a matchless opportunity – for his followers to help the Lord execute His will. In whatever capacity, one can join with Srila Prabhupada in saying, "And we are trying our bit to distribute this knowledge." That is, trying to pass it on as it is. All glories to Srila Prabhupada…

Rupanuga das (ACBSP '66)

[PADA: OK, except we are passing on the knowledge as preachers, not as gurus, this is important. Rupanuga does not describe the process in any detail. He does not explain how the process of us neophytes acting as proxy - agents is going to work, or how that was ordered by Prabhupada. ys pd]