What should I learn from my Guru?

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> My Dear Guru Maharaja,

>

> Please accept my respectful obeisances! All glories to Your Divine Grace!

> All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

>

> There are some questions to Your Divine Grace from your aspiring disciple

> Alexander Felidov, Kemerovo, Russia. Please kindly enlighten us.

>

> * In "Bhagavad-gita" (18.71), purport, it is said: "Those who are

> righteous in performing devotional service but who are not pure can attain

> the planetary system of the polestar, or Dhruvaloka, where Dhruva Maharaja

> is presiding." Does it apply to us and in which way?

 

If we can perform our devotional service purely as Lord Sri Krishna and

Srila Prabhupada have prescribed for us then we would join Lord Sri Krishna

Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His pastimes in some other universe. We should

always try to cure our spiritual diseases prior to our leaving this body.

 

> * Also I'd like to understand the character of the spiritual master. Which

> his qualities should I develop in myself? What should I learn from him in

> reality? Philosophy? Etiquette? The way to develop love of God? Or should

> I learn how to make the spiritual master's mission the purpose of my life?

> (I am trying to study "Vaisnava Ke") Should I learn how to develop the

> spirit of renunciation in myself?o

 

All those things are good. Srila Prabhupada said one should understand or

realize the "vibration" of the Spiritual Master as the most important thing.

>

> I see that I nearly don't have any service mood at all and that I am very

> inattentive. Sometimes I don't have any physical strength to get up in

> time. And since I don't realize the ultimate goal of the sadhana bhakti as

> my goal, seemingly I am not engaged in the vaidhi sadhana bhakti. I fail

> to understand which mood I should aim to develop in my sadhana. Which

> qualities of my character should I work at now? I want to understand who I

> am in the devotional service.

 

follow the six favorable qualities mentioned by Rupa goswami in Nectar of

instruction and avoid the six negative qualities.

 

> Your servant

> Alexander Felidov

 

Your well wisher always,

 

 

 

Jayapataka Swami

 

 

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