The Magic of Spiritual master

Some are looking for magic or miracle to happen when one accept a spiritual master .

they think that now they shall get Krishna easily !?

Well thats TRUE !!

but Krishna has his own terms to give himself to YOU that we have satisfy.

So what does the Spiritual master do !?

What is the magic of Guru?

The magic of guru is that He gives a drop of mercy from the spiritual world

He makes us experience that supreme pleasure that we are looking for

in order that we become more & more eager to get it & return back to spiritual world.

Some simply take that happiness & be satisfied & turn back to the illusory pleasures of the material world & then keep thinking what is the use of initiation ? simply a change in name!?

who can understand the mercy of guru ?

well only a grateful person can understand the mercy of guru

He understands that his guru has accepted him as his disciple with all his faults

everywhere in this material world nobody accepts an unqualified person

everyones asks for qualification but GURU who is a Vaishnava he accepts you regardless of your qualification

He accepts simply by seeing your sincerity ,struggles & despair in surrendering to Krishna.

This is the mercy of Guru

a proud or doubtful person cannot understand this!!

what are the symptoms of a grateful person who has experienced that one drop of spiritual bliss ?

what does he do after that ?

It is explained in the song below

he Begs to get purified he cannot tolerate the 6 enemies in his heart which are torturing him & inhibiting him to surrender to Krishna

He begs for that one drop of mercy & faith & he runs after his Guru crying out KRISHNA KRISHNA !!!

He becomes more eager to get KRISHNA --- that is the real symptom of a grateful person.

Song Name: Ohe Vaisnava Thakura

Official Name: Bhajana Lalasa Song 7

Author: Bhaktivinoda Thakura

Book Name: Saranagati

Language: Bengali

LYRICS:

(1)

ohe! vaiṣṇaba ṭhākura, doyāra sāgara,

e dāse koruṇā kori'

diyā pada-chāyā, śodho he āmāya,

tomāra caraṇa dhori

(2)

chaya bega domi', chaya doṣa śodhi',

chaya guṇa deho' dāse

chaya sat-sańga, deho' he āmāre,

bosechi sańgera āśe

(3)

ekākī āmāra, nāhi pāya bala,

hari-nāma-sańkīrtane

tumi kṛpā kori', śraddhā-bindu diyā,

deho' kṛṣṇa-nāma-dhane

(4)

kṛṣṇa se tomāra, kṛṣṇa dīte pāro,

tomāra śakati āche

āmi to' kāńgāla, 'kṛṣṇa' 'kṛṣṇa' boli',

dhāi tava pāche pāche

TRANSLATION

1) O venerable Vaisnava. O ocean of mercy, be merciful unto your servant. Give me the shade of your lotus feet and purify me. I hold on to your lotus feet.

2) Teach me to control my six passions; rectify my six faults, bestow upon me the six qualities, and offer unto me the six kinds of holy association.*

3) I do not find the strength to carry on alone the sankirtana of the holy name of Hari. Please bless me by giving me just one drop of faith with which to obtain the great treasure of the holy name of Krsna.

4) Krsna is yours. You have the power to give Him to me. I am simply your servant running behind you shouting, "Krsna! Krsna!"

REMARKS/EXTRA INFORMATION:

*The six passions are those pertaining to words, the mind, anger, the tongue, the stomach and the genitals. The six faults are overeating, attachment to material things, inability to follow regulative principles, sense gratification, useless idle talk, and impure habits. The six positive qualities are enthusiasm in practicing devotional service, firm faith in devotional processes, a strong desire to attain prema-bhakti, a favorable service attitude, avoidance of non-devotees, and appreciation of the company of devotees. The six methods of association are to go to an assembly of devotees, to invite devotees into one's home, to discuss and hear devotional topics, to take the maha-prasada of devotees and to offer maha-prasada to devotees.

And this shall be my Attitude in spiritual life after getting one drop

mercy from my guru.

I pray to Radha madan mohan that i donot become complacent to this mercy.

I shall beg from guru & cry before him to get KRISHNA.

- Vrajendra kumar das.

I received a very nice quote from HH Bir Krishna Das Goswami Maharaj on the same lines............

To become a disciple means to be disciplined by the words and the desire of the spiritual master. It is a very simple thing. It does not mean that you get your magic spiritual name at the time of initiation and then you are the official member of the organization... but it means basically that one has to internalize that discipline within one's heart.
(from Srila Gurudeva's lecture on 'Good association', New Goloka, Dec.4, 2009)