In the battlefield, the commander asks, ‘march forward!’, The soldier starts. He may die. Surely he may die. Some become scared, some don’t care, some become cautious. But one who goes and faces the enemy and carries out the order, he will get the ‘Gold Medal’. You can or cannot, you like or don’t like, you must got to do it! If you want to be successful, you must follow the orders of Guru.
Without sadhana, without having unflinching faith in the words of sad-guru, without being disciplined, without being trained one cannot carry out the orders of the Guru.
Rupa Goswami wrote a book called Upadeshamrita to instruct us. I request you to take this book and follow its instructions very seriously.
Initiation is a kind of registration.The main thing is how sincere, serious, dedicated and honest you are. If you are committed to Sri Guru & Vaishnavas, then you will surely progress in spiritual life.
1. It is useless to take diksha and not following rules & regulations properly. Then there is no meaning of diksha and Guru also has to suffer.
2. If a disciple doesn’t follow sincerely, then Guru has to suffer physically & mentally also. So if a disciple has some love for his Guru, he will follow rules & regulations strictly.
Guru is like an axe who cuts the attachments deep within one’s heart. Real diksha means that he has no attachment to anything of this material world.
Guru means Sad-guru, otherwise he cannot take you back to godhead.
Brahma muhurta is the best time to chant. As the day increases, it becomes difficult to concentrate. Prabhupada says that 99% spiritual advancement depends on chanting only. So chant offenseless and attentively. Even a fraction of second should not be wasted.
Only by chanting hari-nama, one can go back to godhead. No need to do big-big things. Big posts can’t help.
Don’t talk while chanting. Hari-nama can answer all your questions.