Bes 33 There are waterfalls flowing
7% & from the hills of the forest,
but sometimes water does not flow
from them. So the waterfalls are not
like ordinary rainfall. They are com-
pared to great reformers, who
speak or do not speak, as the time
| requires.
| There are two different kinds of religious preachers.
| One of them is called the professional preacher, and
the other is called the acarya. The professional preachers
are like the rainfall from the sky, but the acaryas are like
waterfalls. The professional traders in Bhagavatam and
Ramayana will speak from the portion of the scripture that
will appeal to the mundane senses of the audience. For
example, the professional Bhagavatam reciter will generally
speak on the subject of rasa-/ila, which appears to the lay- 3
man to be something like the dealings of ordinary men and
women. Thus the professional reciters earn money from
their so-called admirers. But an acarya will never speak on
. |
