{"id":15124,"date":"2021-02-24T20:17:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T00:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=15124"},"modified":"2021-02-24T22:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T02:35:12","slug":"what-kind-of-guru-is-fit-to-be-rejected-bhaktivinoda-thakura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/what-kind-of-guru-is-fit-to-be-rejected-bhaktivinoda-thakura\/","title":{"rendered":"What kind of guru is fit to be rejected? &#8211; Bhaktivinoda Thakura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">When accepting a spiritual master, one should test whether he is expert in the science of transcendental sound vibration and Absolute Truth. Such a spiritual master is certainly capable of imparting instructions on all spiritual topics. Although an initiating spiritual master is not to be rejected, he can be rejected under two conditions:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">(1) If when the disciple accepted him, he did not test to see whether his spiritual master was a Vaisnava and fully conversant with the science of the absolute truth, and the disciple discovers that his guru is not such a Vaisnava, then such a spiritual master is no good for him and must be given up. There is much scriptural evidence for this. And<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">(2) if a disciple accepted a spiritual master who was a Vaisnava and fully conversant with the science of the Absolute Truth, but due to bad association, that guru later became a Mayavadi or envious of Vaisnavas, he should be rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><em>(Jaiva Dharma, Chapter 20)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- Widget Shortcode --><div id=\"black-studio-tinymce-6\" class=\"widget-1 widget-first widget widget_black_studio_tinymce widget-shortcode area-arbitrary \"><h2 class=\"widgettitle\">KADACHA BookStore<\/h2><div class=\"textwidget\"><pre style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 20px;color: #ff0000;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\" id=\"kadbtn14\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"kad-btn btn-shortcode kad-btn-primary lg-kad-btn \" style=\"background-color:#3a5744; border: 0 solid; border-color:#000;  color:#ffffff;\" onMouseOver=\"this.style.color=&#039;gold&#039;\" onMouseOut=\"this.style.color=&#039;#ffffff&#039;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to VIEW! <i class='icon-cart2'><\/i><\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div><!-- \/Widget Shortcode -->\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10px;\">#Bhaktivinoda Thakura. \u00a0 #guru tattva \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0#gurutattva<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When accepting a spiritual master, one should test whether he is expert in the science of transcendental sound vibration and Absolute Truth. 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