Duty of the guide

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

By advancing in Kṛṣṇa consciousness he can be raised to the highest plat... So it is the duty of the guide not to engage him in lower class of occupation. Therefore there must be a class of men first-class who can teach the society how to advance in human civilization

Lecture on SB 5.5.17 -- Vrndavana, November 5, 1976: So Sanatana Gosvami recommends, tatha diksa-vidhanena dvijatvam jayate nrnam. Tatha diksa-vidhanena. If diksa-vidhana, initiation process, is done nicely from the right person There are so many sastric ref... Suddhyanti yad-apasrayasrayah, kirata-hunandhra-pulinda-pulkasa abhira-sumbha yavanah khasadayah, ye 'nye ca papa yad-apasrayasrayah suddhyanti [SB 2.4.18]. These things are there. So by the disciplic succession, by the instruction of the Gosvamis, everyone can be purified because they will properly train up. Avidyayam antare vartamanam. They will not misguide. Drstva punas tam saghrnah kubuddhim. Merciful: "Never mind." But there is no disqualification because one is low born and high born. Everyone can take. But he must follow the direction of the proper guide. Just like we say, "No meat-eating, no intoxication, no illicit sex." If he follows the rules and regulation and chants Hare Krsna under the guidance of proper spiritual master, then everything will be all right. He is no more sudra or candala. He will become... Candalo 'pi dvija-srestha hari-bhakti-parayanah. By advancing in Krsna consciousness he can be raised to the highest plat... So it is the duty of the guide not to engage him in lower class of occupation. Therefore there must be a class of men first-class who can teach the society how to advance in human civilization. Thank you very much.