Guest guest Posted October 6, 1999 Report Share Posted October 6, 1999 > As far as I know one can reject spiritual > master only if he is hopelessly fallen or becomes a mayavadi. Otherwise it > is recommended that if a spiritual master has a temporary falldown > disciples should wait for him to come back. What to speak if a spiritual > master is in a good standing! Here are the other two verses about rejecting a guru, mentioned in the quote from the Bhakti-sandarbha: "A guru addicted to sensual pleasure and polluted by vice, who ignorant and has no power to discriminate between right and wrong, or who is not on the path of suddha-bhakti must be abandoned." (Mahabharata, Udyoga-parva, 179.25) "One who gets his mantra from a guru who is a non-devotee or who is addicted to sensual pleasure is doomed to a life in hell. Such a person must immediately approach a genuine Vaisnava guru and again accept the mantra from him. (Hari-bhakti-vilasa 4.366) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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