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NOT GIVING PAIN TO ANY LIVING ENTITY

NOT ACCEPTING UNFIT DISCIPLES, CONSTRUCTING MANY TEMPLES OR READING MANY BOOKS

But this does not mean that one should not offer respect to the demigods.”

One should not neglect to offer due respect to the demigods. One may not be a devotee of demigods, but that does not mean that he should be disrespectful to them. For example, a Vaiṣṇava is not a devotee of Lord Śiva or Lord Brahmā, but he is duty-bound to offer all

In the Nāradīya Purāṇa it is directed, “One should not accept more than necessary if he is serious about But if this is not possible, then one must minimize his chanting according to his own capacity. But if one is not even able to chant sixteen rounds, then he must make it up the next day. If he does not strictly follow this out, then he is sure to be negligent. If we encourage offenses, we shall not be able to make progress in devotional service.

In this connection, an objection may be raised by those who are not in devotional service and who do not care for the revealed scriptures. Lord Buddha appeared in the family of a high-grade kṣatriya king, but his philosophy was not in accord

Another stricture is that a person may have many disciples, but he should not act in such a way that And one should also not be very enthusiastic about constructing new temples, nor should one be enthusiastic One need not take the trouble of reading other books.

The purport is that one should not accept as a spiritual master someone who is fool number one, who has no direction according to the scriptural injunctions, whose character is doubtful, who does not follow the principles of devotional service, or who has not conquered the influence of the six sense-gratifying

The Buddhists or other religionists who do not care for revealed scriptures sometimes say that there Although Lord Buddha is accepted as an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, the followers of such incarnations are not Therefore any religious principle that denies the supremacy of the Personality of Godhead is not accepted

One who has accepted the sannyāsa order of life is forbidden to accept as a disciple anyone who is not If he is not, he should not be accepted.

A devotee should not be subjected to lamentation or illusion.

Those who do not strictly follow the principles of revealed scriptures are generally called sahajiyās – those who have imagined everything to be cheap, who have their own concocted ideas, and who do not

A Vaiṣṇava is not like that.

So a bona fide spiritual master should not personally take any responsibility for constructing temples Unfortunately, it happens that someone who is not fit to become a spiritual master may approach wealthy masters for living comfortably in costly temples without actually doing any preaching work, this is not

Even if there is some material loss, one should not be perturbed, but should always think of Kṛṣṇa within One should not be disturbed in material loss, but, rather, should concentrate his mind upon the lotus

This is the statement of Mahābhārata: “A person who does not disturb or cause painful action in the mind

It is also stated that a sannyāsī should not be enthusiastic about constructing temples. We can see in the lives of various ācāryas in the line of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu that they are not very

sometimes even at a risk, a sannyāsī in the line of Caitanya Mahāprabhu may accept even a person who is not

The basic principle is not just to fast but to increase one’s faith and love for Govinda, or Kṛṣṇa.

chapter, verse 27, it is stated by Lord Kṛṣṇa, “My dear Uddhava, the spiritual master must be accepted not