One has to approach an expert spiritual, bona fide spiritual master

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video: Dependent On Krishna’s Mercy – Lecture by Srila Prabhupada

Prabhupada, New Vrindaban, June 16, 1969: […] So here is the expert physician, Narada Muni. And he is advising his disciple to make him expert. This is called parampara system.

In the same way, we are coming from the same disciplic succession. As Narada Muni was expert physician for curing this material disease, similarly, he made Vyasadeva expert physician; Vyasadeva made Madhvacarya expert physician.

So one has to come down in that disciplic succession and become expert physician, or bona fide spiritual master. Here, as we require to go to a physician, to a medical man, for curing our material, I mean, bodily diseases, similarly, to cure our material disease, one has to approach an expert spiritual, bona fide spiritual master.

Otherwise it is not possible. Tad-vijnanartham sa gurum eva abhigacchet [MU 1.2.12]. That is the injunction of the Vedas. Tad-vijnanartham. If you want to know what is your healthy life, normal life, spiritual life….Spiritual life means normal life, and material life means diseased life. Full Lecture