Understand the substance of the Supersoul

All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga
 THE TRUTH ABGUT GURU

The necessity of accepting a bona fide spiritual master in the line of all disciplic succession
Text 1
tad vijnanartham sa gurum evabhigacchet
Samit panih srotriyam brahma nistham

For obtaining knowledge of the science of the Supreme Absolute (knowledge complete in transcendental loving service to the Lord), one (desiring auspiciousness) should approach a spiritual master with offerings in his hands, and also offer his mind, body and words. Such a bona fide spiritual master must be full versed in the purports of the Vedic scriptures according to the disciplic succession, as well as fully conversant with the Supreme Absolute Truth Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna.
(Mundaka 1.2.12)

Text 2
acaryavan puruso veda

A person who accepts initiation from the Acaryya and serves him with devotion knows that Supreme Absolute Truth.
(Chandogya Upanisad 6.18.2)

TEXT 3
uttisthata jagrata prapya varan nibodhata
ksurasya dhara nisita duratyaya
durgam pathas tat kavayo vadanti
(Katha Upanisad 1.3.14)


The Vedas personified advised the saintly persons for their welfare: “O saintly persons, be free from all kinds of material anxieties, awaken your eternal constitutional identity by giving up all undesirable things and be alert to realize the Supreme Lord by associating with great souls and obtaining their mercy. This material creation is extremely sharp like a razor’s edge as it is the cause of so many miseries, and it is very difficult to overcome---without knowledge of the Supreme it is impossible to cross. Great learned transcendentalists sing the praises of that Supreme Spirit who is the destroyer of the cycle of birth and death, describing Him as attainable by extremely arduous endeavor.
The purport is that there is no other way to cross over the material world of birth and death except by accepting the shelter of the lotus feet of a bona fide spiritual master and earnestly cultivating Krsna consciousness.”
TEXT 4
yasya deve para bhaktir
yatha deve tatha gurau
tasyaite kathita hy arthah
prakasante mahatmanah
(Svetasvatara 6.23)
To those great souls who engage in exclusive devotional service to the Supreme Lord and also similarly serve the spiritual master in such pure devotion, all the purports of the Vedic literature are revealed.

TEXT 5
nayam atma pravacanena labhyo
na medhaya na bahuna srutena
yam evaisa vrnute tena labhyas
tasyaisa atma vivrnute tanum svam
(Katha Upanisad 1.2.23)

One cannot understand the substance of the Paramatma, the Supersou1 residing within everyone’s heart, by means of expertise in logic, intelligence or learning. When the living entity begs the Lord for His mercy, being desirous of His transcendental loving service, then the Supreme Lord reveals His self-manifest divine form directly before him.
 

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