Do Not Traverse the Royal Road to Hell

Srila Prabhupada states in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 3, Chapter 16, Text 23:

"The Vedic injunction is that one cannot understand the Absolute Truth simply by mental speculation or logical argument. One has to follow the authorities. Mahajano yena gatah sa panthah. Great authorities should be followed; otherwise, if we simply depend on the scriptures, we are sometimes misled by rascals, or else we cannot understand or follow the different spiritual injunctions. The best path is to follow the authorities."

This is why we must have a bona fide spiritual master and always be fully obedient to him. Otherwise instead of utilizing the human life for attaining the supreme perfection of going back to home, back to Godhead we will be traversing the royal road to hell and will be unfortunately stuck here in this miserable material existence birth after birth.

Srila Prabhupada Instructs His Disciples

Srila Prabhupada Instructs His Disciples

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Desire for Initiation is Selfishness or Selflessness?

My dear respected Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I would like to become your initiated disciple. Please let me know what all I should follow and adapt so that I can fully qualify to become your initiated disciple and hence I can go back to Goloka Vrindavana after this birth.

I do not know whether I should ask you this because I do not know whether this is selfishness or selflessness. But whatever may be the case,s please do not forget this fallen soul.

Vasudevan K

Answer: The Doorway to Selflessness

I am very happy to hear that you are taking so seriously this pathway of pure bhakti that Srila Prabhupada has so mercifully given to us.

I will be happy to accept you as my initiated disciple if you become fixed solidly in chanting at least 16 rounds of day of the Hare Krishna mahamantra along with the strict avoidance of illicit sex, meat eating, intoxication, and gambling.

Taking shelter of the bona fide spiritual master through initiation, which means a solid vow to always remain in that shelter, is not selfishness. It is the doorway to pure unalloyed selflessness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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