# The Spiritual Master and the Disciple Compiled and edited by Śubhānanda Dāsa. A systematic collection of Śrīla Prabhupāda's instructions on the spiritual master, the disciple, disciplic succession, and initiation. --- ## Contents - [[wiki/compile/spiritual-master-disciple/preface|Preface]] - [[wiki/compile/spiritual-master-disciple/prayers|Prayers in Honor of the Spiritual Master]] - [[wiki/compile/spiritual-master-disciple/key-verses|Key Verses from Vedic and Vaiṣṇava Literature]] ### [[wiki/compile/spiritual-master-disciple/1|Chapter 1: The Absolute Necessity for Accepting a Spiritual Master]] Why one must approach a bona fide spiritual master: to receive perfect knowledge, understand Vedic literature, achieve liberation, and attain Kṛṣṇa consciousness. ### [[wiki/compile/spiritual-master-disciple/2|Chapter 2: The Spiritual Master]] The definition, identity, qualifications, characteristics, and duties of the bona fide spiritual master. ### [[wiki/compile/spiritual-master-disciple/3|Chapter 3: The Principle of Disciplic Succession (Paramparā)]] The importance of receiving knowledge through the unbroken chain of spiritual masters, and the Brahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya-sampradāya. ### [[wiki/compile/spiritual-master-disciple/4|Chapter 4: The Disciple: Qualifications, Characteristics and Duties]] How to approach, serve, and follow the spiritual master; the duties of brahmacārīs and householders; dealings with godbrothers. ### [[wiki/compile/spiritual-master-disciple/5|Chapter 5: Spiritual Initiation (Dīkṣā)]] The definition, purpose, qualifications, and process of initiation; brahminical initiation and the gāyatrī mantra. --- *See also: [[wiki/compile/siksamrita|Śikṣāmṛta]] · [[wiki/compile/namamrita|Śrī Nāmāmṛta]]*