Revolutionary Impact

I am praying that I can have a revolutionary uplifting impact on the modern day society. Abandoning the God-centered principle and embracing the greed-centered principle, the society has run very far amuck, and is running further and further off the track with each passing day. I know that I can inspire others to give up greed and absorb themselves in love of God only to the extent that I have done so and not beyond that. Therefore in complete humility I am bowing down at the lotus feet of the all-merciful Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krishna, and begging Him to bless me with 100% pure devotional service so that I can have the greatest possible revolutionary impact on the human society.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Sri Sri Radha Krishna--the Lords of Vrindavana


Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Is It Possible to Change the Guru?

Dear Gurudeva,

I am already initiated by a bona fide spiritual master. But due to my bad luck I am not able to communicate with him. Please guide me

Shardha

Answer: Only if He is Bogus, Not if He is Bona Fide

If your diksha guru, the spiritual master who initiated you, is as you mention bona fide, you can never give him up or change to another guru. Your eternal existence must be fully dedicated to serving him by successfully carrying out the instructions that he has personally given you and that he has given in general to all of disciples. The disciple can have only one diksha guru.

While you may have only one diksha guru or initiating guru, you may have an unlimited number of siksha gurus, instructing spiritual masters. The siksha guru is someone whose instructions help you to connect with your initiating guru. Although the diksha guru and the siksha guru are described in the revealed scriptures as equal manifestations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, you must always accept your diksha guru as your ultimate and final authority.

However, if someone has been initiated by a spiritual master who is not bona fide, one should give him up and take his initiation instead from a bona fide spiritual master. The world is presently full of bogus spiritual masters, charlatans who are not competent to deliver their disciples back to the spiritual world. Therefore one should be very cautious to find out a bona fide spiritual master, a spiritual master who presents the Bhagavad-gita as it is, who does not twist it according to his own fertile imagination.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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