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Spiritual Master
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| Many Spiritual Masters? |
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Bg 4.34 Original Version
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| Just try
to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him
submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized soul can
impart knowledge unto you because he has seen the truth. |
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Revised & Enlarged
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| Just try
to learn the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire from him
submissively and render service unto him. The self-realized
souls
can impart knowledge unto you because
they
have seen the truth. |
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| Not through the Independent Study of Books... |
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Bg 4.34 Original Version
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| ...Therefore,
mental speculation or dry arguments cannot help one progress in spiritual
life. One has to approach a bona fide spiritual master to
receive the knowledge. |
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Revised & Enlarged
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| ...Therefore,
mental speculation or dry arguments cannot help
lead one to the
right path. Nor by independent study of books of knowledge can one progress
in spiritual life. One has to approach a bona fide
spiritual master to receive the knowledge. |
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| Spiritual Master Can Drive Away All Nescience? |
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Bg 5.16 Original Version
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| Therefore, one has to seek out such a bona fide spiritual
master and, under him, learn what Krsna consciousness is. The Spiritual
master can drive away all nescience, as the sun drives away darkness. |
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Revised & Enlarged
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| Therefore, one has to seek out
such a bona fide spiritual master and, under him, learn what Krsna consciousness
is,for Krsna
consciousness will certainly drive away all nescience, as
the sun drives away darkness. |
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