What actions will bring us auspiciousness?
Prabhupada Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati ThakurGranth upadeshamrit
By serving the spiritual master with great faith we will definitely attain auspiciousness. Human beings work hard in this world of distress simply so they can suffer more and more. This is maya's arrangement for the conditioned souls. Those who are busy trying to attain worldly happiness certainly invite the inauspiciousness. Due to their aversion to the Lord's service, human beings have developed such a mentality. They cannot understand that...
Is anything possible without the spiritual master's mercy?
Prabhupada Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati ThakurGranth upadeshamrit
I am blinded by ignorance, so who will show me the right path? Who will impart to me real knowledge? Everything is attained simply by the spiritual master's mercy. We are fallen conditioned souls and the spiritual master is our only shelter. A spiritual master is he who always serves the Supreme Lord. The spiritual master is the servitor God. Are we looking at him in that way? If not,...
What are the initiating and instructing gurus? What is the function of the guru who dwells in the heart?
Prabhupada Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati ThakurGranth upadeshamrit
There are three types of spiritual masters, the initiating guru, the instructing guru, and the *caitya-guru*. The spiritual master is never ordinary. He is godly. It is an offense to separate the spiritual master from Sri Krsna Caitanya by considering him an ordinary, insignificant human being. In the form of the spiritual master, Krsna alone awakens the living entity's spiritual consciousness and thereby helps him attain eternal benefit.
Isn't the dust from the feet of guru and Vaishnavas worshipable?
Prabhupada Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati ThakurGranth upadeshamrit
If the spiritual master and the saintly persons mercifully allow us to take dust from their lotus feet, we should respectfully accept it. However there is a possibility of inviting inauspiciousness if we forcibly or by request try to take dust from their lotus feet. One day, when a person named Vrndavanacandra Lashkar touched my spiritual master's lotus feet, my spiritual master became upset
Is it most offensive to disobey the spiritual master's order?
Prabhupada Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati ThakurGranth upadeshamrit
To disobey the spiritual master's order is the third offense in chanting the holy name. To disregard the spiritual master means to consider him an ordinary living being, a product of matter, an insignificant person. To neglect his service is also an offense against the holy name. If we commit offenses against our spiritual master, the holy name will not appear in our heart. Without the spiritual master's mercy human...
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