The Supreme Adventure

The secret of spiritual success is to live your life in such a way that it completely filled up with Krishna. Make all of your life's goals Krishna conscious, and then fully dedicate yourself to achieving all of them. This is thousands of times more enjoyable and satisfying than being even the most successful sense gratifier in this world. Design your day in such a way so that at every moment you are somehow or other connecting with Krishna. Be creative. Have fun. You are embarking on the supreme adventure. It will do nothing but get better and better for all of eternity.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Questions: Accept Guru Out of Sentiment?

A common saying is "Listen to your heart." But, how can the heart be trusted as long as you are under the modes of material nature and are a conditioned soul subject to the 4 defects? The modes of nature extend to the heart, and so listening to your heart could be acting upon lustful propensities born out of the mode of passion.

This idea, of course, is extended to the field of accepting a spiritual master. Persons seek spiritual masters that appeal to their heart. But, according to the 4 defects, it appears that one should seek out a spiritual master who is highly knowledgeable according to Vedic scriptures and ignore the plea of the heart, which is bound to be dirty due to association with the modes of nature. Is this correct reasoning?

Sophia

Answer: No. Accept Guru Based on Knowledge

Your understanding is correct. A sentiment of the heart is not sufficient for recognizing who should be our guru. We see that often people are sentimentally attracted to a person who is completely unqualified to be a spiritual master. Therefore, according to the authoritative injunction of the Mundaka Upanishad, we should instead accept as our guru that person who is fixed in Krishna consciousness, highly learned in the Vedic scriptures, and expert in presenting the Vedic conclusion in defiance of all opposing arguments. This is the person who is most qualified to take us back to home, back to Godhead.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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