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The Supreme Perfection
Whatever he may be, whatever position he may have, if a person is fully
conversant with the science of Krishna, Krishna Consciousness, he can become
a bona fide Spiritual Master, initiator, or teacher of the science. In other words,
the capability of becoming a bona fide Spiritual Master depends on his suffi-
cient knowledge of the science of Krishna, Krishna Consciousness; it does not
depend on a particular position in society or of birth. This conclusion of Lord
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is not against the Vedic injunction. On the strength
of this conclusion, Lord Chaitanya, previously known as Viswambhar, accepted
a Spiritual Master, Iswara Puri, who was a sannyasi. Similarly, Lord Nitya-
nanda Prabhu also accepted as his Spiritual Master Madavendra Puri, another
sannyasi. This Madhavendra Puri is also known as Laksmipati Tirtha. Sri Adwaita
Acharya also accepted this Madhavendra Purias his Spiritual Master. Similarly,
another great Acharya, Sri Rasikananda, accepted as his Spiritual Master Sri
Shymananda, who was not born of a Brahmin family. So also Ganganarayana-
chakravarty accepted as his Spiritual Master Das Gadadhar. In ancient days
there was a hunter whose name was Dharma. He also became the Spiritual
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