Obedience
If you follow exactly what Guru says, Guru will protect you from maya.
Attitude of a Disciple
Remain a fool before Guru. Do what he says. Then see the result.
Chastisement by Guru
Guru sometimes chastises his disciples left and right, uses harsh words. Then again takes him near like a father. One should use everything to become Krishna Conscious.
Last Stage of The Spiritual Master
In the last stage of the spiritual master's life, the devotees of the spiritual master should take preaching activities into their own hands. In this way the spiritual master can sit down in a solitary place and render nirjana-bhajana.
Importance of Spiritual Master and Lord Krishna
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.
Beginning of A Real Life
First birth is from your parents, but real birth, real life, begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master and renders service unto him. Then the path is open for going back to home, back to Godhead, to live eternally in full knowledge and full bliss and in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Lord Krishna.