rasa-lila to the general mass of peole. The rasa-/ila chapters
of the Bhagavatam are the most confidential part of the
scripture, and they are meant for advanced students of spir-
itual realization. In the Bhagavatam there are twelve cantos,
and the rasa-lila is in the tenth. So before one comes to the
Tenth Canto, the Bhagavatam 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 un-
wanted activities.

The dacarya 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 acarya, therefore, is not a mercen-
ary order-supplier like the professional reciter of scriptures.m=
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