| Contradicting Srila Prabhupada |
Winter 2005/6
| �My Godbrother Sarvabhavana Prabhu told
me that he asked Srila Prabhupada why the person Bhagavat is
considered more important than the book
Bhagavat. Srila Prabhupada replied, �Because he can pull your
ear.� (HH Bhakti Vikas Swami, ISKCON GBC-elected guru, PAMHO �Quotes� forum, 25 February 2004) |
�A devotee is called Bhagavata, and the book about Bhagavan, that is also Bhagavata. There are two kinds of Bhagavatam: the living Bhagavatam is the devotee, and the representation Bhagavatam is the Bhagavat-grantha. There is no difference. Absolute means there is no difference. Krsna is absolute; therefore either this grantha Bhagavatam or the devotee Bhagavatam, or Krsna�they�re all one.�
(Srila Prabhupada, 12/1/1973)