It is the duty of the disciples to take charge of the mission of the spiritual master and execute it properly. Otherwise the disciple should decide to die along with the spiritual master. SB 4.28.50 – Purport
There are different stages of devotional service and God realization. Strictly speaking, anyone who accepts the existence of God is situated in devotional service.
TRANSLATION Rudra, who is an expansion of Sadāśiva and who appears in unlimited universes, is also a guṇāvatāra [qualitative incarnation] and is the ornament
TRANSLATION There are offenses to be considered while chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Therefore simply by chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa one does not become ecstatic.
TRANSLATION “Because a devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa is desireless, he is peaceful. Fruitive workers desire material enjoyment, jñānīs desire liberation, and yogīs desire material
The following injunction is given in the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa (1.194): tāntrikeṣu ca mantreṣudīkṣāyāṁ yoṣitām apisādhvīnām adhikāro ‘stiśūdrādīnāṁ ca sad-dhiyām “Śūdras and women who are chaste