knowledge acquisition, material and spiritual

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For advancement of material knowledge there is a need for personal ability

and researching aptitude, but in the case of spiritual knowledge, all

progress depends more or less on the mercy of the spiritual master. The

spiritual master must be satisfied with the disciple; only then is knowledge

automatically manifest before the student of spiritual science. The process

should not, however, be misunderstood to be something like magical feats

whereby the spiritual master acts like a magician and injects spiritual

knowledge into his disciple, as if surcharging him with an electrical

current. The bona fide spiritual master reasonably explains everything to

the disciple on the authorities of Vedic wisdom. The disciple can receive

such teachings not exactly intellectually, but by submissive inquiries and a

service attitude. The idea is that both the spiritual master and the

disciple must be bona fide.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 2.1.10