Unflinching Faith in Words of Guru is Essential

If we are to be successful on the path of self realization, it is absolutely essential that we must be guided by a bona fide spiritual master. Just as a ship cannot cross the ocean without a rudder, similarly we cannot cross over the ocean of birth and death unless we are guided by a bona fide spiritual master. Since this material world is so full of charlatans, we must therefore be very, very cautious before accepting someone as our spiritual master. We must make sure that the prospective guru is purely conveying the teachings of Krishna as they been handed down through the guru parampara system. In other words, we should never accept a mental speculator as our spiritual master. We should only accept as our spiritual master someone who has unflinching faith in the words of his spiritual master. This is the bona fide spiritual master, the person who can save us from the repetition of birth and death. The guru is supposed to be an acharya, one who teaches perfectly by his example. If the guru does not have faith in the words of his guru, he is teaching us by his example not to have faith in his own words. This is why we must find that guru who has unflinching faith in the words of his guru.

Srila Prabhupada Perfectly Reveals Absolute Truth

Srila Prabhupada Perfectly Reveals Absolute Truth

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: If Everything is Predestined, Why Desire?

If everything is written in our destiny, why should we wish for anything?

R.K.

Answer: Man is the Architect of His Own Destiny

Man is the architect of his own destiny. You can choose whether you want to stay in the cycle of birth and death or whether you want to go back to your original home in the spiritual world. If you choose to go back there, you must place yourself under the guidance of Lord Sri Krishna as He speaks in the Bhagavad-gita, and as per His instructions you also must place yourself under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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