Video and Parampara / Poem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA3fnQUCxeA
http://www.hknet.org.nz/guru-parampara-contents-page.htm
http://www.harekrsna.com/practice/sadhana/morning/guru-puja/guru-puja.htm

Spiritual Master and Lord

The spiritual master and Krishna are two parallel lines. The train, on two tracks, moves forward. The spiritual Master and Krishna are like these two tracks -- They must be served simultaneously.

Krishna helps one to find bona fide Spiritual Master, and bona fide Spiritual Master helps one to understand Krishna. If one does not get bona fide Spiritual Master, then how he can ever understand Krishna ? You cannot serve Krishna without Spiritual Master, or serve just Spiritual Master without serving Krishna. They must be served simultaneously.

Srila Prabhupada in his letter to Mahapurusa, 12th February, 1968.

Quote

"The relationship of a disciple with his spiritual master is as good
as his relationship with the Supreme Lord. A spiritual master always
represents himself as the humblest servitor of the Personality of
Godhead, but the disciple must look upon him as the manifested
representation of Godhead."

(Sri Chaitanya Charithaamrutha, Aadi Leela, Chapter – 1, Text – 45)

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