Sampradaya Acarya
Sampradaya Acarya Transcends Siksa and Diksa
This is in response to the recent article, “Absentia Diksa Guru Initiation” by Dusyanta dasa. First, we would like to compliment the author for his presentation of this interesting dilemma. We understand that he’s not a committed Rtvik, but is making this presentation to encourage dialogue and understanding on guru-tattva, which we appreciate.
As most Sun readers know, I’ve written quite extensively on this subject, and have published a paper that serves as a basic introduction to my treatise on Srila Prabhupada as the Sampradaya Acarya. There are two important questions confronting the devotees, namely, who is Srila Prabhupada and what does it mean to be initiated? In my Sampradaya Acarya writings I’ve addressed these questions. In fact, this whole website is ultimately dedicated to the concept of recognizing Srila Prabhupada’s exalted status. I look forward to one day being able to expand upon the ideas presented in the Sampradaya Acarya paper, making the arguments more complete, adding citations, etc., but for now, I’ve simply extracted a few statements from that paper and from a Q&A document that followed it, which I think are relevant to the issues raised by Dusyanta dasa.
