Testing a Spiritual Master: Difference between revisions
Visnu Murti (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
[[Category:Acarya, Guru, Spiritual Master - Umbrella Category|2]] | [[Category:Acarya, Guru, Spiritual Master - Umbrella Category|2]] | ||
[[Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes]] | [[Category:All Categories - Vaniquotes]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:09, 23 January 2024
Pages in category "Testing a Spiritual Master"
The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
A
- Although we cannot test, but sastra gives us the chance of testing. We accept spiritual master by testing, not by blind faith. No. According to the Vedic instruction, tad-vijnanartham
- As far as the mutual testing of the spiritual master and disciple is concerned, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura explains that a bona fide disciple must be very inquisitive to understand the transcendental subject matter
B
- Before one can be accepted as a spiritual or material master of society, he must be tested by the above-mentioned criteria of character
- By this test (seeing if he is always engaged in unalloyed devotional service) he is known to be a direct manifestation of the Lord and a genuine representative of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Such a spiritual master is known as acaryadeva
O
- Once Caitanya said, "You must at least have enough sense to test to find out who is a spiritual master and who is not." For instance, if we want to purchase something, we must at least have some idea of what that thing is, otherwise we will be cheated
- One must be able to pass the test of the spiritual master, and when he sees the genuine desire of the disciple, he automatically blesses the disciple with genuine spiritual understanding. BG 1972 purports
S
- Scripture should be tested through the holy man and spiritual master. Spiritual master should be tested through scripture and holy man, and holy man should be tested through spiritual master and scripture
- Suppose you want to know who is a spiritual master. Then you have to test whether he's speaking just like other saintly persons and whether he's following scriptures. Sadhu sastra