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  • ithe tarka kari keho nā kara saṁśaya |
    kṛṣṇera acintya-śakti ei-mata haya ||
    (Caitanya-caritāmṛta: 1.17.305)

    “No one should engage in argument and foster doubt in this regard. Kṛṣṇa’s inconceivable śakti is like this.”

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  • acintyāḥ khalu ye bhāvā na tāṁs tarkeṇa yojayet |
    prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṁ yac ca tad acintyasya lakṣaṇam ||
    (Mahābhārata: 6.5.12, 12.5.22; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 2.5.93; Laghu Bhāgavatāmṛta: 1.5.111; Tattva Sandarbha: 11, and Caitanya-caritāmṛta 1.17.308)

    “Do not assess inconceivable states of being (bhāvas) with argumentation; that which is beyond the [material] elements is the characteristic of the inconceivable.”

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  • mātṛdevo bhava |
    pitṛdevo bhava |
    ācāryadevo bhava |
    atithidevo bhava |
    (Taittirīya Upaniṣad: 11.2)

    “Be one for whom one’s mother is Deva. “Be one for whom one’s father is Deva. “Be one for whom one’s ācārya is Deva. “Be one for whom one’s guest is Deva.”

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  • vaiṣṇavānāṁ parā-bhaktir ācāryāṇāṁ viśeṣataḥ |
    pūjanaṁ ca yathā-śakti tān āpannāṁś ca pālayet ||
    (Nārada Pañcarātra; cited in Hari-bhakti-vilāsa: 2.137)

    “One should have great bhakti for the Vaiṣṇavas, and for the ācāryas in particular. One should worship them as one is able and protect them [when they are] in difficulty.”

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  • ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān nāvamanyeta karhicit |
    na martya-buddhyāsūyeta sarva-devamayo guruḥ ||
    (Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 11.17.27)

    “Know the ācārya to be me. One should never disrespect [him], and one should not engage in detraction [of him] out of consideration of [him being] a mortal. The guru is an embodiment of all the devas.”

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  • ācinoti yaḥ śāstrārtham ācāre sthāpayaty api |
    svayam ācarate yasmād ācāryas tena kīrtitaḥ ||
    (Vāyu Purāṇa)

    “One who grasps the meaning of the śāstra, establishes it in practice [i.e., teaches and engages others in practicing it], and personally practices it [in one’s own life] is renowned as an ācārya.”

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