Somebody says, Oh, why shall I accept guru? I can approach Kṛṣṇa directly. No. Kṛṣṇa does not accept such... Mad-bhaktaḥ pūjābhyadhikaḥ. Kṛṣṇa says that First of all you become devotee of My devotee. Caitanya Mahāprabhu says, gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ: I am the servant of the servant of the servant of Kṛṣṇa [Cc. Madhya 13.80]. This is called paramparā system. You have to learn how to become servant of the servant of Kṛṣṇa. The more you become in the lower position—servant, servant, servant, servant, servant, hundreds times servant, servant—then more you are advanced. Here in this material world everyone is trying to be master of the master. Just opposite. And the spiritual world, the endeavor is to become servants servant. This is the secret.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:59:23 +0000