Law
of Disciplic Succession
Letter to Tusta
Krishna Swami, December 2, 1975
A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada
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New Delhi
2 December, 1975
75-12-02
My Dear Tusta Krishna Swami,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter
dated 21 November, 1975. Every student is expected to become Acarya.
Acarya means one who knows the scriptural injunctions and follows them
practically in life, and teaches them to his disciples. I have given
you sannyasa with the great hope that in my absence you will preach the
cult thruout the world and thus become recognized by Krishna as the
most sincere servant of the Lord. So I'm very pleased that you have not
deviated from the principles I have taught, and thus with power of
attorney go on preaching Krishna consciousness, that will make me very
happy as it is confirmed in the Guru vastakam yasya prasadat bhagavata
prasadah just by satisfying your Spiritual Master who is accepted as
the bona fide representative of the Lord you satisfy Krishna
immediately without any doubt.
I am very glad to inform you that Sudama Vipra Maharaja is also now
following my principles. So I am very very happy to receive all this
news. Thank you very very much.
Keep trained up very rigidly and then you are bona fide Guru, and you
can accept disciples on the same principle. But as a matter of
etiquette it is the custom that during the lifetime of your Spiritual
master you bring the prospective disciples to him, and in his absence
or disappearance you can accept disciples without any limitation. This
is the law of disciplic succession. I want to see my disciples become
bona fide Spiritual Master and spread Krishna consciousness very
widely, that will make me and Krishna very happy. I hope this letter
finds you well,
Your ever well wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
ACBS/hda
