Amarendra Dasa: #§öùł~Føòđ# Srimad Bhagavatam 5.5.18

Tuesday, 4 October 2016

#§öùł~Føòđ# Srimad Bhagavatam 5.5.18

GURU TATWA

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Srimad Bhagavatam 5.5.18
Oct 4 2016 Tuesday

1. Who is a spiritual master?

- A Perfect representative of the lord

2. What is the qualification of a perfect spiritual master?

- He must know Krsna in truth

3. Could he be of any Caste creed or nationality?

- Material conditions are irrelevant. Guru Tattwa is transcendental

4. What are some external qualifications of a perfect Guru?

- Complete control over 6 urges

1. Unnecessary Gossip/Speech
2. Mind
3. Anger
4. Tongue(To taste different foodstuffs)
5. Belly(Quantity of Foodstuffs)
6. Lust

5. What are some other Qualities?

-Spiritual Masters may possess some/all of these Prominent Scriptural Qualities

1. Tolerance
2. Compassion
3. Friendly
4. No enemity
5. Peaceful
6. Never wastes Time
7. Materially renounced
8. Doesn't desire respect
9. Offers all respect to otthers
10. Always hopeful
11. Hankers for Krsna
12. Intense taste for Chanting and hearing
13. Can speak/Sing for hours for Krsna
14. Attachment to the holy Dhama of the lord
15. Perfect servant of his Guru Maharaj

6. What is his only duty?

- To save others by spreading the holy name

-Amarendra Dasa

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His Grace Amarendra Dasa is a diksha disciple of His Holiness Radha Govinda Dasa Goswami Maharaj, who is a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada, very well known world over for his Classes on the Srimad Bhagavatam. As a disciple, Amarendra Dasa aspires to practice and preach the message of the scriptures far and wide as much as possible and in this endeavour has travelled to many cities around the world spreading Krsna consciousness in Universities, temple Congregations and social platforms such as Youtube, Whatsapp and Facebook. As part of his student preaching endeavours, he has also been part of many student conferences and has contributed in areas such as Interfaith harmony and Science & spiritual synthesis. Academically, Amarendra Dasa is a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and spiritually holds a Bhakti Shastri degree from Mayapur. With a sincere heart, he expresses his heartfelt gratitude to His Holiness Bhakti Swarup Damodar Swami for being a very strong pillar in his life motivating and guiding him as a well wisher, to his family for selflessly sacrificing their personal interests for making him a devotee of the Lord and to all the devotees worldover who have lovingly nourished and nurtured him with their priceless care, intense prayers and sincere blessings. Amarendra Dasa can be contacted at amarendradasa.rgs@gmail.com for scheduling lectures and seminars.