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[[Category:must Not]] | <div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2> | ||
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=== SB Canto 3 === | <div id="SB33242_0" class="quote" parent="SB_Canto_3" book="SB" index="1351" link="SB 3.32.42" link_text="SB 3.32.42"> | ||
<div class="heading">The spiritual master must not accept a disciple who is not qualified. | |||
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 3.32.42|SB 3.32.42, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">The word dīyatām means that knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness should be offered by the spiritual master. The spiritual master must not accept a disciple who is not qualified; he should not be professional and should not accept disciples for monetary gains. The bona fide spiritual master must see the bona fide qualities of a person whom he is going to initiate. An unworthy person should not be initiated. The spiritual master should train his disciple in such a way so that in the future only the Supreme Personality of Godhead will be the dearmost goal of his life.</p> | |||
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== Sri Caitanya-caritamrta == | <div id="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" class="section" sec_index="2" parent="compilation" text="Sri Caitanya-caritamrta"><h2>Sri Caitanya-caritamrta</h2> | ||
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=== | <div id="CC_Adi-lila" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Sri_Caitanya-caritamrta" text="CC Adi-lila"><h3>CC Adi-lila</h3> | ||
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:CC Adi 12.52|CC Adi 12.52, Translation]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">"Thus one becomes unpopular in the eyes of the people in general, for this damages his religiosity and fame. A Vaiṣṇava, especially one who acts as a spiritual master, must not act in such a way. One should always be conscious of this fact."</p> | |||
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<div id="NOI6_0" class="quote" parent="Nectar_of_Instruction" book="OB" index="7" link="NOI 6" link_text="Nectar of Instruction 6"> | |||
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:NOI 6|Nectar of Instruction 6, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text"><p style="display: inline;">It is also an offense to consider an empowered Vaiṣṇava an object of disciplinary action. It is offensive to try to give him advice or to correct him. One can distinguish between a neophyte Vaiṣṇava and an advanced Vaiṣṇava by their activities. The advanced Vaiṣṇava is always situated as the spiritual master, and the neophyte is always considered his disciple. The spiritual master must not be subjected to the advice of a disciple, nor should a spiritual master be obliged to take instructions from those who are not his disciples. This is the sum and substance of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's advice in the sixth verse.</p> | |||
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Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 3
The spiritual master must not accept a disciple who is not qualified.
SB 3.32.42, Purport: The word dīyatām means that knowledge of Kṛṣṇa consciousness should be offered by the spiritual master. The spiritual master must not accept a disciple who is not qualified; he should not be professional and should not accept disciples for monetary gains. The bona fide spiritual master must see the bona fide qualities of a person whom he is going to initiate. An unworthy person should not be initiated. The spiritual master should train his disciple in such a way so that in the future only the Supreme Personality of Godhead will be the dearmost goal of his life.
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Adi-lila
CC Adi 12.52, Translation:
"Thus one becomes unpopular in the eyes of the people in general, for this damages his religiosity and fame. A Vaiṣṇava, especially one who acts as a spiritual master, must not act in such a way. One should always be conscious of this fact."
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Nectar of Instruction
The spiritual master must not be subjected to the advice of a disciple.
Nectar of Instruction 6, Purport: It is also an offense to consider an empowered Vaiṣṇava an object of disciplinary action. It is offensive to try to give him advice or to correct him. One can distinguish between a neophyte Vaiṣṇava and an advanced Vaiṣṇava by their activities. The advanced Vaiṣṇava is always situated as the spiritual master, and the neophyte is always considered his disciple. The spiritual master must not be subjected to the advice of a disciple, nor should a spiritual master be obliged to take instructions from those who are not his disciples. This is the sum and substance of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī's advice in the sixth verse.