Unflinching Faith in Spiritual Master or Doom

If one wants to be properly situated in Krishna consciousness and make steady advancement on the path of bhakti, he must have complete faith in the guru, who helps the disciple make progress in spiritual life. As soon as the disciple thinks independently, not caring for the instructions of the spiritual master, his spiritual life is doomed. This is confirmed as follows in the Śvetāśvatara Upanisad 6.23:

yasya deve parā bhaktir
yathā-deve tathā gurau
tasyaite kathitā hy arthāḥ
prakāsante mahātmanaḥ

“Only unto those great souls who have unflinching, implicit faith in both the Lord and the spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge automatically revealed.”

Therefore it should be clearly understood that one who is unflinchingly devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, and similarly devoted to the spiritual master, with no ulterior motive, becomes a perfect knower of the Absolute Truth as revealed in the Vedic wisdom.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Srila Prabhupada Reveals the Absolute Truth

Srila Prabhupada Reveals the Absolute Truth

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: No Time for Japa
If time is not available to chant 16 rounds with beads, due to Grihastha ashram duties, but one is always hearing the glories and bhajans of Srimati Radharani and Krishna and is very much hungry to proceed in Krishna consciousness, what is the solution?

Servant of Servant
Bharathi

Answer: Reduce Sense Gratification

In such a situation one must spend less time on material sense gratification so that they will have sufficient time to chant at least 16 rounds daily of the Hare Krishna mahamantra on japa mala beads.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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