Instructions of the Spiritual Master

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"I took that order of my spiritual master very seriously, but I did not

think that I'll have to do such and such thing. I was at that time a

householder. But this is the arrangement of Krsna. If we strictly try to

serve the spiritual master, his order, then Krsna will give us all

facilities. That is the secret. Although there was no possibility, I never

thought, but I took it little seriously by studying a commentary by

Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura on the Bhagavad-gita. In the Bhagavad-gita the

verse vyavasayatmika-buddhir ekeha kuru-nandana, in connection with that

verse, Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura gives his commentary that we should

take up the words from the spiritual master as our life and soul. We should

try to carry out the instruction, the specific instruction of the spiritual

master, very rigidly, without caring for our personal benefit or loss.

 

....my appeal to you on this auspicious day of the departure of my Guru

Maharaja, that at least to some extent you have understood the essence of

Krsna consciousness movement. You should try to push it on. People are

suffering for want of this consciousness."

 

-Srila Prabhupada, 9 December 1969; Los Angeles