Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada Says - [Regarding how in the beginning stage of Krsna consciousness one must follow specific instructions given by the spiritual master - as given here by our spiritual master]
It is essential for a neophyte devotee who is beginning to follow the path of devotional service to observe these ten principles. One should also try to avoid offenses in serving the Lord and in chanting His holy names. There are ten kinds of offenses which one can commit while chanting the holy name, and they should be avoided.
These offenses are:
(1) blaspheming a devotee of the Lord,
(2) considering the Lord and the demigods on the same level or thinking that there are many gods,
(3) neglecting the orders of the spiritual master,
(4) minimizing the authority of the scriptures (the Vedas),
(5) interpreting the holy names of God,
(6) committing sins on the strength of chanting,
(7) instructing the glories of the Lord's names to the unfaithful,
(8) comparing the holy name with material piety,
(9) being inattentive while chanting the holy name,
(10) remaining attached to material things in spite of chanting the holy names.
Ten additional regulations are as follows:
(1) one should try to avoid offenses in the service of the Lord and in chanting the holy names of the Lord;
(2) one should avoid the association of unholy nondevotees;
(3) one should not attempt to have many disciples;
(4) one should not take the trouble to understand many books or to understand partially any particular book, and one should avoid discussing different doctrines;
(5) one should be composed both in gain and in loss;
(6) one should not be subject to any kind of lamentation;
(7) one should not disrespect the demigods or other scriptures;
(8) one should not tolerate blasphemy against the Supreme Lord and His devotees;
(9) one should avoid ordinary topics of novels and fiction, but there is no injunction that one should avoid hearing ordinary news;
(10) one should not give any trouble to any living creature, including a small bug.
[Book: TLC - Teachings of Lord Caitanya]
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