Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada
Question: What is the mentality of a sincere disciple?
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta: Sincere disciples should be completely devoted to their guru. They should know their spiritual master to be as good as God and the only object of their love and devotion. "The spiritual master is my eternal master and I am his eternal servant." This is how a disciple thinks. Service to the spiritual master is a disciple's life, ornament, and means of survival. Disciples do not know anything except their spiritual master. They always think of their spiritual master while eating, sleeping, dreaming and serving. They are fully convinced that the spiritual master is the fully independent personality of godhead.
A sincere disciple has the following mentality: "Even if my spiritual master does not accept service from such an unqualified person as myself, I will always be prepared to render unalloyed service at his feet with body, mind, and words. If he kicks me, I will think it is because of my incompetence; his kick will come because of my faults. He is always right. May temporary sense desires not distract me from his service for even a moment. My only prayer is that my spiritual master mercifully accepts my service. I pray never to fall into bad association or to fall away from his lotus feet. My only solace is that my spiritual master is more merciful to unqualified persons like me. With a desire to achieve his causeless mercy, I will become greedier for his service".
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