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If I simply declare –O Gurudeva, everything belongs to you alone!” but I “keep the keys to my safe with me”, then I am revealing that I do not trust him, which is not at all indicative of the most elevated stage of genuine service to Śrī Guru (guru-sevā). When the disciple surrenders from within and keeps nothing as his own, then Śrīla Gurudeva considers that intimate and loving disciple (viśrambha-snigdha śiṣya) as his own.

Persons who make a show of mauna do so out of deceit and desire for glorification, yet at any moment such persons can suddenly tumble into sin. Remaining silent and meditating for nourishing their own misconceived self-interest, they commit violence against others. If there is no chanting about Kṛṣṇa, foolish religions will become strong in this world. Due to lack of compassion, those who do not distribute the mercy of Kṛṣṇa according to time, place, and circumstance commit violence against the soul.

Lotus flower is the symbol of topmost purity where we can get the scope to take complete shelter unto the Lotus Feet of Srimati Rādhārāṇi already residing there and who is the predominated Absolute personality of the Supreme Lord, which is the safest place for a jīvātmā who is seeking the absolute shelter.

Without testing Kṛṣṇa never gives kṛpā so easily to anyone. Testing is a must. Like sometimes we go to the market and buy some earthen pot, but before buying one has to make a test if the mud pot has any cracks or not. This can be done by knocking on the pot on different places. Similarly, Kṛṣṇa in the form of guru-Vaiṣṇava can test us to see whether there is any germ of pratiṣṭhā asha inside our heart or not. When we can prove that we are free from any smell of pratiṣṭhā, then and only then Śrī Kṛṣṇa can fill up our heart with divine nectar. In this way one sincere and honest disciple can go on singing the glories of Śrī Śrī guru-Vaiṣṇava-Bhagavan forever. Tṛṇād api sunīcena is a must.

Śrīla Bhakti Rakshak Śrīdhar Dev Gosvāmī said that— “Sevā must originate from above. If we thrust something on the higher authority then that is karma-kāṇḍa. The origin of our motivation must not be within. That must come from Hari, guru and Vaiṣṇava. And we must carry it out. We should not be creators of the wave of command. We must carry out the news that comes through the wave from above, from Hari, guru or Vaiṣṇava. We are only to carry out orders and not to make any such order.”

To be a disciple means to be disciplined, or controlled. If a person outwardly accepts the shelter of Sree Guru but arrogantly maintains the attitude that he knows best about his spiritual life, then he is but a cheater, deceiving both himself and others. Pure Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas are most magnanimous and bestow the highest auspiciousness. If we can become eligible to understand even a single aspect of their exemplary lives, we will become delightfully dedicated to sādhana-bhajana.”

What use of using those costly items like rajasik Sandalwood and aguru cent. On the basis of yukta vairagya suddha bhajan is established. Only the natural gift like ordinary earth clay can be used to decorate the forehead with tilaka for the satisfaction of the Lord. What use of very costly necklace which can invite Kali. Only the tulasī mālā can decorate your neck to purify you to avoid your arrest by Yama. In this way in your dedicated life, you can avoid your attachment for material things to satisfy your renunciation in true sense. 

The following quotation was given by Śrīla Bhakti Prajñana Keshava Gosvāmī Mahārāj in Gauḍīya that— “With a strong hope to get pratiṣṭhā by exhibiting our personal talent, if we never hesitate to identify our most favourable benefactor (or true well-wisher) previous ācāryas as ignorant and foolish, then in that case our children (our next generations) they also can call us ignorant, foolish or uncivilized (or brute) etc., what strange or surprise can be there in it?”