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Therefore a bona fide spiritual master means there is no difference of instruction from the original instructor and down to …

It requires some labor, or it requires some intelligence. That's all. It is not very difficult. They are..., there are …

So Prahlāda Mahārāja said, tatra, uh, guru-śuśrūṣayā. So you have to begin your spiritual..., your Kṛṣṇa consciousness by accepting a …

tad viddhi praṇipātena paripraśnena sevayā

[Bg. 4.34].

[Just try to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him submissively and render service unto him. …

If you want to learn that transcendental science, then you have to adopt three process in the beginning. You have …

If you think, "Oh, this, this svāmījī, or the spiritual master, is less intelligent than me or less educated than …

This is called praṇipāt. So selection of spiritual master means first of all you must agree that "Here is a …

So this is the first condition, praṇipāt. Praṇipāt means prakṛṣṭa-rūpeṇa nipāt. You have to become blank slate: "Now, sir, whatever …

Sevayā means service. So because the service is wanting, so one has to serve the spiritual master. It is indicated …

This is called sevayā. And praṇipātena, sevayā. Praṇipātena..., paripraśnena and sevayā. Paripraśna means when you cannot understand, you must place, …

So this is called śuśrūṣa. Prahlāda Mahārāja says, guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā. And with devotion, with love and faith, not officially, "Because …

Of course, in India still, the system is there that in the four kinds of social orders: the brahmacārī, gṛhastha, …

So these gṛhasthas are meant for maintaining three other āśramas. A gṛhastha, a householder, because he's given the license for …

So... So brahmacārī, brahmacārī's business is that he will collect, he'll earn everything, but it is for his spiritual master. …

Even there is injunction that even if the spiritual master forgets to call the brahmacārī, "My dear boy, come and …

So brahmacārī means that he has no personal profit. And do you mean to say that the spiritual master will …

Because directly I do not know Kṛṣṇa. Directly I do not know how to offer Kṛṣṇa. Therefore my business is …

Guru-śuśrūṣayā bhaktyā sarva-labdhārpaṇena ca, saṅgena sādhu-bhaktānām