Always Be Loyal to Your Spiritual Master

Krishna is more interested to see how much you are dedicated to our spiritual master than how much you are dedicated to Him. Therefore if you want to be successful in your attempt to go back to home, back to Godhead at the end of this lifetime, you must remain staunchly dedicated to your spiritual master. If you neglect or try to bypass your spiritual master considering him to be an ordinary man, your spiritual life will be ruined. Your attempt to attain the spiritual world will be a complete failure. Therefore you should always maintain complete faith in your spiritual master, accepting his instructions as your very life and soul. This dedication to your Guru Maharaja will keep you packed up tightly in the fortress of his divine association in all times, places, and circumstances. Such a position is as good as being in the spiritual world with Lord Sri Krishna.

Srila Prabhupada's Instructions Are Our Very Life and Soul

Srila Prabhupada's Instructions Are Our Very Life and Soul

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Question: How Do We Measure Our Spiritual Advancement?

In today's Weekly Lesson you have mentioned that if a person completes one percent in spiritual life he will continue from 2 percent in his next life. I have heard this quoted by Srila Prabhupada also. My question is: How do we understand this percent? How do I know how much percentage I have completed till date? Thank you very much.

Your servant
Nirmala Krishna Das

Answer: How Much Detached from Material Sense Gratification

You can understand the degree of your advancement in Krishna consciousness by how much you are feeling detached from material sense gratification.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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