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why do we need a spiritual master?

Posted by Mousumi Sinha on April 16, 2015 at 1:48pm in Guru

Dandavat pranam to all devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. Harekrishna!!

I have a few questions,for my knowledge and better understanding.
1. When its said that one can simply attain the lotus feet of the supreme personality of God head through pure bhakti and devotion, why do we then need a spiritual master?
2. What is the role and importance of a spiritual master?

3. Is it true that lord will not accept anything that is offered to him directly, if yes then what about the offerings done by a devotee who does not have a gurudev?
4. How will i know who's my Gurudev and how can i approach?

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      • 3f21ivo10p1mx > Mousumi Sinha April 16, 2015 at 5:49pm
        SB 10.23.40 — [The brāhmaṇas said:] To hell with our threefold birth, our vow of celibacy and our extensive learning! To hell with our aristocratic background and our expertise in the rituals of sacrifice! These are all condemned because we were inimical to the transcendental Personality of Godhead.
        SB 10.23.41 — The illusory potency of the Supreme Lord certainly bewilders even the great mystics, what to speak of us. As brāhmaṇas we are supposed to be the spiritual masters of all classes of men, yet we have been bewildered about our own real interest.
        SB 10.23.42 — Just see the unlimited love these women have developed for Lord Kṛṣṇa, the spiritual master of the entire universe! This love has broken for them the very bonds of death — their attachment to family life.
        SB 10.23.43-44 — These women have never undergone the purificatory rites of the twice-born classes, nor have they lived as brahmacārīs in the āśrama of a spiritual master, nor have they executed austerities, speculated on the nature of the self, followed the formalities of cleanliness or engaged in pious rituals. Nevertheless, they have firm devotion for Lord Kṛṣṇa, whose glories are chanted by the exalted hymns of the Vedas and who is the supreme master of all masters of mystic power. We, on the other hand, have no such devotion for the Lord, although we have executed all these processes.

        • 3f21ivo10p1mx > 3f21ivo10p1mx April 16, 2015 at 5:55pm
          SB 11.14.22 — Neither religious activities endowed with honesty and mercy nor knowledge obtained with great penance can completely purify one’s consciousness if they are bereft of loving service to Me.
          SB 11.14.23 — If one’s hairs do not stand on end, how can the heart melt? And if the heart does not melt, how can tears of love flow from the eyes? If one does not cry in spiritual happiness, how can one render loving service to the Lord? And without such service, how can the consciousness be purified?
          SB 11.14.24 — A devotee whose speech is sometimes choked up, whose heart melts, who cries continually and sometimes laughs, who feels ashamed and cries out loudly and then dances — a devotee thus fixed in loving service to Me purifies the entire universe.
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