Early History of the Vaishnava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s1.45
Early History of the Vaiṣṇava Faith and Movement in Bengal, from Sanskrit and Bengali Sources c10.s1.45
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The devotee should worship his spiritual preceptor (Guru) first, because the Śāstras ordain that the worship of a preceptor should precede that of the gods, inasmuch as the preceptor is the representative of all the gods, and calamity is bound to befall one who does not observe this duty. The chapter ends with the eulogy of the spiritual preceptor; but it is laid down in this connexion that the Mantra should be taken preferably from a Vaiṣṇava preceptor, although a preceptor once accepted, even if he is a non-Vaiṣṇava, should not be given up.