(Click to enlarge photo of Srila Prabhupada holding tulasi-manjaris)
"Academic knowledge, scholarship, high position, etc., are all useless in solving the problems of life; help can be given only by a spiritual master like Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, the conclusion is that a spiritual master who is one hundred percent Kṛṣṇa conscious is the bona fide spiritual master, for he can solve the problems of life."
(Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 2.8, Purport)
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