Posted in General, Guru and Disciple on Aug 29th, 2009 Comments Off
Q.I want to know about inner voice. – Preeti
A. Generally the temptations that are put forward by the mind are misunderstood as inner voice. However immoral or unethical they may be, people tend to justify their acts by saying they were guided by “the inner voice.”
Inner voice is the voice of the Paramatma, Supersoul, Who [...]
Posted in Bhakti, Guru and Disciple on Jun 4th, 2009 Comments Off
Q. Why one is unable to approach a genuine Sadhu or a spiritual master even after he has spent time most of his life in false attempt of enjoying this material world?
A. It is said that the living entities are wandering in the universe in different species of life, and out of those only a [...]
Posted in Guru and Disciple on Jun 4th, 2009 Comments Off
Q. What sort of heart and qualification required to completely surrender to a Spiritual master?
A. Krishna describes in Bhagavad Gita how one should approach a realized spiritual master (Bg 4.34). He indicates three components: submission, inquiry and service. We should approach the spiritual master with all humility, hear from him submissively and inquire from him [...]
Posted in Guru and Disciple on Jun 4th, 2009 Comments Off
Q. When and how does a devotee feel the necessity of a spiritual master?
A. In the purport to the verse where Arjuna accepts Krishna as His spiritual master (Bg. 2.7), Srila Prabhupada describes how in this material world, there is perplexity in every step and this behooves one to approach a spiritual master. Arjuna was [...]
Posted in Guru and Disciple on Jun 4th, 2009 Comments Off
Q. Is submissive hearing not a blind following?
A. Submissive hearing does not mean blind following. It simply means that we are hearing with a sincere attempt to try to understand what the Spiritual Master is trying to say. If his words don’t make sense to us, we can continue inquiring until we are satisfied. This [...]
Posted in Guru and Disciple, Sampradaya, Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu on Jun 4th, 2009 Comments Off
Q. Where can I find a list of disciplic succession starting from Krishna moving down?
A. The disciplic succession from the Brahma-Gaudiya sampradaya is listed in the beginning of Bhagavad-gita As It Is by Srila Prabhupada. There are four bona fide disciplic successions which all originate from the Supreme Lord Krishna, then coming respectively through Lord [...]
Posted in Guru and Disciple, Scriptures on Jun 30th, 2008 Comments Off
Q. Is it necessary that Guru should be alive until you are in the process of devotion and what if Guru leaves the world in between? Does this affect our devotion?
Please explain elaborately if possible with any quotes as this is being asked by several people around me. It is their concern [...]
Posted in Guru and Disciple on Oct 2nd, 2007 Comments Off
Q. It is explained that at the time of inititation, the Guru takes on all the karmas of the disciple. My queston is 2 parts:
a) is it a voluntary process that the spiritual master has the power to do, and he may or may not take the karmas of the disciple ?
- Ram Mahtani
A. The [...]