See the Difference
BY: APRAKRITA DASA
Oct 24, 2010 — MONTREAL, ONTARIO, CANADA (SUN) —
HH Gour Govinda Swami, ‘Q&A', The Worship of Sri Guru, Chapter 3:
"One has to hear. It is not that, "All right, tapes are there, I'll hear the recorded tapes." sabda-brahma will never descend. […] You should be greedy. Physical contact is required. You must hear directly, not just by listening to tapes. Sabda-brahma will never descend through a tape. One must hear from a physically present Sri Guru."
Srila Prabhupada Letter, November 13th, 1975:
"The potency of transcendental sound is never minimised because the vibrator is apparently absent." [Srimad-Bhagavatam, 2.9.8, purport] "You should have a fire sacrifice and the second initiates should hear through the right ear the mantra on my recorded tape."
