Aphorisms of the Truth - by Bhaktivinode Thakur part 54

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7168803705786686263.post-43569551078857670642008-02-26T14:57:00.002+01:002008-09-28T06:37:01.201+02:00Aphorisms of the Truth - by Bhaktivinode Thakur part 54 In Srimad Bhagavatam (11.3.21) the Yogesvara explains: "Any person who seriously desires to achieve real happiness must seek out a bona fide spiritual master and take shelter of him by initiation. The qualification of his spiritual master is that he must have realised the conclusion of the scriptures by deliberation and be able to convince others of these conclusions. Such great personalities, who have taken shelter of the Supreme Godhead, leaving aside all material considerations are to be understood as bona fide spiritual masters."<o:p></o:p> In the Mundaka Upanisad (1.2.12) it is said: "To learn the transcendental subject matter one must approach a spiritual master. In doing so, he should carry fuel to burn in sacrifice. The symptom of such a spiritual master is that he is expert in understanding the Vedic conclusion, and therefore he constantly engages in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.<o:p></o:p> In the Chandogya Upanisad (6.14.2) it is also said: "One who approaches a bona fide spiritual master can understand everything about spiritual realisation."<o:p></o:p> ============ This second mantra of the yogic scripture Sri Ishopanishad refers to karma yoga, or devotional service: A person may desire to live for hundreds of years if he works according to this truth because that sort of work will not bind him to the law of karma. And there is no alternative to this way for man. ~Sri Ishopanishad, Mantra Two Siddhaswarupananda - <a href="http://www.geocities.com/reinkarnacija">Jagad Guru Chris Butler</a> ============ In Srimad Bhagavatam (11.18-38-39) the Supreme Personality of Godhead explains: "One who is detached from sense gratification, knowing its result to be miserable and who desires spiritual perfection, but who has not seriously analysed the process for obtaining Me, should approach a bona fide and learned spiritual master.<o:p></o:p> "Until a devotee has clearly realised spiritual knowledge, he should continue with great faith and respect and without envy to render personal service to the guru, who is non different from Me."<o:p></o:p> It is also said: "As a bee greedy for honey flies from flower to flower, so a man greedy for transcendental knowledge goes from teacher to teacher."  <o:p></o:p> In Srimad Bhagavatam (2.9.36) the Supreme Personality of Godhead again explains: "A person who is searching after the Supreme Absolute Truth, the Personality of Godhead, must certainly search for it up to this, in all circumstances, in all space and time, and both directly and indirectly."<o:p></o:p> It is also said: "Far past the bliss of Brahman is the nest of two birds of Sri Sri Radha-Krsna's transcendental pastimes, two birds that are not different from each other. That nest is placed on the branches of the kalpa-druma tree of Lord Caitanya. The shade of that tree brings relief from the sufferings of repeated birth and death. To fulfil the devotees' desires, that Caitanya tree has appeared in this world." <o:p></o:p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7168803705786686263-4356955107885767064?l=www.jagadgurusiddhaswarupananda.org'/></div>Quotes of Jagad Guru Chris Butler Siddhaswarupanandanoreply@blogger.com