rāsa-līla  to the general mass of peole. The  rāsa-līla  chapters of the  Bhāgavatam  are the most confidential part of the scripture, and they are meant for advanced students of spiritual realization. In the  Bhāgavatam  there are twelve cantos, and the  rāsa-līlā  is in the tenth. So before one comes to the Tenth Canto, the  Bhāgavatam  tries to convince one of the transcendental nature of the Absolute Truth: Unless one has grasped the spiritual status of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one is sure to accept Him as an ordinary man and thereby commit offenses at His lotus feet by so many unwanted activities.
The  ācārya  is he who knows the scriptures well and teaches his disciple in terms of the disciple's capacity to understand and advance in spiritual realization. Therefore he sometimes does not speak and sometimes speaks. The holy messages of Godhead have to be received from the realized soul, and not from the professional man. Although rain water and the waterfalls are the same, the water from the waterfalls has a different effect than ordinary rain water. One should not accept messages from the professional men, as one should not accept milk touched by the tongue of a serpent. Milk is good, but as soon as it is touched by the snake it becomes poisonous. The  ācārya , therefore, is not a mercenary order-supplier like the professional reciter of scriptures. ■
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