Is it safe to take disciples?
Give up envy and become compassionate toward all living entities. Convert the godless living entities into devotees of Krsna. Do not become a guru and become envious. Do not become a guru so you can drawn in the ocean of material enjoyment. Do not become a guru for the sake of formality. But if you can become a sincere servant of your spiritual master and Krsna and attain their mercy, then there is nothing to fear. Otherwise, your degradation is guaranteed.
What is the difference between my spiritual master and me?
I am more insignificant than the most insignificant, and the spiritual master, who is always engaged in serving the Almighty is greater than the greatest.
What does it mean to approach a spiritual master and inquire from him?
The word *pranipat* means to surrender, to hear something with full attention. Without *pranipat* the hearing process is incomplete. Without *pranipaat* there is no way to understand the transcendental Absolute Truth and topics about the spiritual master, Vaishnavas, and the *sastras*.
Can we immediately attain Srimati Radhika's lotus feet?
It is not that Sri Radharani is not present. Even now we can attain Her lotus feet and service. If we can see the beauty of Sri Radharani's toenails at our spiritual master's lotus feet, we will no longer think about where we will find Sri Radharani. If we are fortunate enough, we can attain service to and *darshana* of Sri Radharani's lotus feet in the *darshana* of our spiritual master's lotus feet, because he is nondifferent from Sri Radha and very dear to Her.
Do we attain everything by taking shelter at the feet of a bonafide spiritual master?
First one should take shelter of a bonafide spiritual master, then he should take initiation and transcendental knowledge from him, he should serve his spiritual master with faith and devotion, and follow in the footsteps of a saintly person.
How do we achieve the mercy of Lord Nityananda, the Original Guru?
I am an export, this is not a transcendentalist's mentality. If we realize that there are no person as fallen, wretched, and unqualified as ourselves in the entire world, then we are eligible to receive the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu, the Original Guru.
Should we approach the spiritual master or Lord Gauranga while holding a return ticket?
Those who join the Matha with a return ticket do not completely want the Supreme Lord. Does a person who actually wants to attain the Supreme Lord wish to return from there? If we awaken our propensity to serve the Supreme Lord, do we want to give up our direct service to the Lord so we can again become busy serving Maya? Those who have attained spiritual knowledge do not and cannot approach their worshipable Lord with a return ticket.
If Jesus Christ was a jagat-guru and his instructions capable of bringing us deliverance, why do we need a spiritual master?
If the flow of the Ganges did not come to me, then because I am an ordinary, powerless, poor person, I would not have been able to climb the Himalayas to touch her water. Or if the flow of the Ganges from the Himalayas was intruppted on the way, I would have had to face the danger of accepting a polluted flow instead of the pure Ganga. If the instructions Jesus Christ gave two thousand years ago do not come to us through the disciplic succession, or if we have to sort them out from books, then perhaps we may create a blunder and accept a perversion of the truth taught in the name of Christianity. We may even come to accept something opposite from what he taught, thinking it his actual philosophy.
Where should we repose our faith?
Because we think the spiritual master, who is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord, is a mortal being, our current vision is full of faults. That is why we are unable to sincerely surrender to his lotus feet. We find ourselves in our present pathetic condition because we have transgressed the words of the *Vedas*, the Supreme Lord, and the *Bhagwad-gita* and considered the spiritual master a mortal being, the Vaishnavas as belonging to a particular caste, and the Supreme Lord as made of material elements - stone, wood, or clay.
Why are our obstacles not destroyed and our desires not fulfilled?
Because we think the spiritual master, who is nondifferent from the Supreme Lord, is a mortal being, our current vision is full of faults. That is why we are unable to sincerely surrender to his lotus feet. We find ourselves in our present pathetic condition because we have transgressed the words of the *Vedas*, the Supreme Lord, and the *Bhagwad-gita* and considered the spiritual master a mortal being, the Vaishnavas as belonging to a particular caste, and the Supreme Lord as made of material elements - stone, wood, or clay.
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