The cor purposes of Bhakti yoga, described by Srila Rupa Goswami, Srila Sanatana Gosvami, and Srila Ragganatha dss Goswami can be achieved by anyone , their karmic condition are not considered, rather abandoned.
However, if one has opulences of good karma, one can and should use them in devotion to Krishna, but they alone are not the qualification to enter spiritual understandings or enter by meditation and remembrances Krishna lila ..
Thus, smarta Brahminism in all its various forms and snobbery have been totally rejected by Mahāprabhu and Nityananda prabhu and the pure love from any souls , even the most fallen has been immediately accepted by them . The real bone fide Gurus immediately recognises this type of love and accepts such a person as a disciple. If a Guru makes material considerations about disciples, he or she is not an advanced Guru ..
The astrological angle ….
People who overly rate the power of the reading’s of astrological calculations in a modern age should consider wisdom of how to read the stars are not part-time armchair sidelines . Rather astrologers must have certain purity and be directed by the demigods themselves so as to clarify matters and read properly the ever-changing karmic synchronicities that are moving in different directions according to a particular persons life style and sacrifices , particularly of those directed towards Divinity. We are not dead stones , or set in stone ..generally astrological matters are used by materially ambitious persons who are overly anxious for successs and happiness , happiness and distress comes and go like the winter and summer season , says Krishna , importantly one should conduct trancendental sacrifice, without any expectations of personal benefits, that’s Krishna’s recommendation .Bhagavad Gita tells us why ..
Which great astrologer predicted the two massive events of covid or the changes from a unipolar world to a multipolar one ?
The answer, I believe, is none..
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