No Qualifications!!!

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NO MATERIAL QUALIFICATIONS ARE NEEDED TO SERVE KRSNA!

 

[The following is the tenth of a series of articles to present to the

benefits of the Srimad-Bhagavatam. The multimedia Krsna CDROM published by

Krishnasoft presents the summary of the 10th Canto with parts from the 5th

Canto of this great spiritual masterpiece.]

 

In the August 1999 issue, we discussed how devotional service is never lost

and is the ultimate goal of life. It's also important to note that one need

not be well-educated or have some big qualifications to engage in devotional

service:

 

" The Personality of Godhead may not be present before one's eyes, but if one

is sincere in wanting such guidance the Lord will send a bona fide person

who can guide one properly back home, back to Godhead. THERE IS NO NEED OF

MATERIAL QUALIFICATIONS for making progress on the path of spiritual

realization. In the material world, when one accepts some particular type of

service, he is required to possess some particular type of qualification

also. Without this one is unfit for such service. But in the devotional

service of the Lord the only qualification required is surrender.

Surrendering oneself is in one's own hand. If one likes, he can surrender

immediately, without delay, and that begins his spiritual life. The bona

fide representative of God is as good as God Himself. Or, in other words,

the loving representative of the Lord is more kind and more easy to

approach. A sinful soul cannot approach the Lord directly, but such a sinful

man can very easily approach a pure devotee of the Lord. And if one agrees

to put himself under the guidance of such a devotee of the Lord, he can also

understand the science of God and can also become like the transcendental

pure devotee of the Lord and thus get his liberation back to Godhead, back

home for eternal happiness. " (Bhag. 2.7.46)