Guest guest Posted May 30, 2006 Report Share Posted May 30, 2006 Prabhupäda: Unless one is prepared that "I am accepting somebody as my spiritual master. I must accept whatever he says," if there is any doubt, that "I cannot accept his words verbatim," then one should not accept him as spiritual master. That is hypocrisy. One must be first of all convinced. Therefore it is the duty of the spiritual master and the disciple to associate-that is the injunction of Sanätana Gosvämé-for some time, and both of them should study. The disciple should study, "Whether I can accept this saintly person as my spiritual master." And spiritual master also will see, "Whether I can accept this boy, this person, as my disciple." That is the way. But sometimes the time is reduced. That doesn't matter. But the principle is this, that before accepting a spiritual master you can examine him, you can scrutinize him, but not after him, after accepting. Just like Arjuna. Arjuna was talking with Kåñëa just like friend, on equal level. But when he saw that the solution is not yet done, then he surrendered unto Him. Çiñyas te 'haà çädhi mäà prapannam [bg. 2.7]. So after accepting as spiritual master there was no talking on the equal level. But the point where he could not understand, he put some question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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