Lord Krishna in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees.

[Govindaram]

 

<font color="red"> guru krsna-rupa hana sastrera pramane </font color>

<font color="red"> guru-rupe Krishna krpa karena bhakta-gane </font color>

 

"According to the deliberate opinion of all revealed scriptures, the spiritual master is nondifferent from Krishna. Lord Krishna in the form of the spiritual master delivers His devotees."

- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Adi-lila 1.45

 

 

 

<font color="red"> krishna yadi krpa kare kona bhagyavane </font color>

<font color="red"> guru-antaryami-rupe sikhaya apane </font color>

 

"Krishna is situated in everyone's heart as caitya-guru, the spiritual master within. When He is kind to some fortunate conditioned soul, He personally gives one lessons to progress in devotional service, instructing the person as the Supersoul within and the spiritual master without."

- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila 22.47

 

 

 

Although formally Srila Narada Rsi is his spiritual master, Srila Vyasadeva is not at all dependent on a spiritual master because in essence he is the spiritual master of everyone else. But because he is doing the work of an acarya, he has taught us by his own conduct that one must have a spiritual master, even though he be God Himself. Lord Sri Krishna, Lord Sri Rama and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, all incarnations of Godhead, accepted formal spiritual masters, although by Their transcendental nature They were cognizant of all knowledge.

-Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.5.21

 

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