{"id":9549,"date":"2020-01-25T13:43:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T13:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vina.cc\/?p=9549"},"modified":"2020-01-25T13:43:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T13:43:21","slug":"srila-prabhupada-qualified-spiritual-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vina.cc\/2020\/01\/25\/srila-prabhupada-qualified-spiritual-master\/","title":{"rendered":"Srila Prabhupada on who is qualified to be a spiritual master"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;One should not become a Spiritual Master unless he has attained the platform of uttama-adhikari.&#8221; Nectar of Instruction, Text 5, purport<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Unless one is a resident of Krishna Loka, one cannot be a Spiritual Master. That is the first proposition. A layman cannot be a Spiritual Master, and if he becomes so then he will simply create disturbance [&#8230;] So to summarize the whole thing, it is to be understood that a bona fide Spiritual Master is a resident of Krishna Loka.&#8221; Srila Prabhupada Letter, June 10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;There is no possibility that a first class devotee will fall down.&#8221; Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya, 22.71<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;When one has attained the topmost position of maha-bhagavata, he is to be accepted as a guru and worshiped exactly like Hari, the Personality of Godhead. Only such a person is eligible to occupy the post of a guru.&#8221; Sri Caitanya-caritamtra, Madhya-lila, 24.330, purport<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;\u2026 You are correct when you say that when the Spiritual Master speaks it should be taken that Krishna is speaking. That is a fact. A Spiritual Master must be liberated\u2026&#8221; Srila Prabhupada letter to Mukunda, June 10, 1969<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Therefore, the conclusion is that a spiritual master who is one hundred percent Krsna conscious is the bona fide spiritual master, for he can solve the problems of life.&#8221; Bhagavad-gita 2:8<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;The pure devotee is always free from the clutches of Maya and her influence.&#8221; Srimad Bhagavatam 5.3.14<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;One should not become a Spiritual Master unless he has attained the platform of uttama-adhikari.&#8221; Nectar of Instruction, Text 5, purport &#8220;Unless one is a resident of Krishna Loka, one cannot be a Spiritual Master. That is the first proposition. 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