asa(e):guru-tattva
agtsp
paoho
we are looking forward to h. p. swami's, in vrndavana, vyasapuja with confusion, interest, hope and anxiety.
"We know that our honest attempt to present this great literature [event] conveying transcendental messages for reviving the God consciousness of the people in general and respiritualizing the world atmosphere is fraught with many difficulties. Our presenting this matter in adequate language, especially a foreign language, will certainly fail, and there will be so many literary discrepancies despite our honest attempt to present it in the proper way. But we are sure that with all our faults in this connection the seriousness of the subject matter will be taken into consideration, and the leaders of society will still accept this due to its being an honest attempt to glorify the almighty God."
https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/5/11/#bb14232
Yet there are those who we respect followers of Srila Prabhupada, but have terrible and even apparently very selfish arguments about how to respect him and understand guru and guru-puja in iskcon. how to relate to them?
noi 5 seems to answer that question in detail.
at some point you have make a decision to go ahead with some conviction in your understanding of KRSNA and Guru and not be paralyzed by the opinion of others.
In any public assembly there will be different classes of people and whenever you are put in a prominent position you will be envied.
https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/21/21/
The more advanced we are, the more we can go ahead with some authority and at the same time consider it just an arrangement of Krsna, not our personal qualification, and become more and more adept in seeking the feedback and inspiration of others while we act.
Arjuna had to take an extreme authority, he had to decide who to kill, but even to the end he was willing to consider criticism of his position, while duryodana was convinced of his opinion of things and not being a gentlemen.
https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/1/advanced-view/
What shall we offer for Bhoga for Guru and Krsna.
For Radha Krsna, your understanding is as good as mine.
For our Istadevata, Lord Nrsmhadeva, there should at least be pasta and beans!
Good American food!
Tamales etc. O.K.
Hare Krsna. Find your place in the choir and promote leadership from your unique position.