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If you displease the acharya, you are finished

"A conditioned soul should not imitate the activities of liberated souls." Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.53 "One who imitates the symptoms of an uttama-adhikari may serve another's outward body for the…

If you displease the acharya, you are finished

"A conditioned soul should not imitate the activities of liberated souls." Srimad Bhagavatam 2.7.53 "One who imitates the symptoms of an uttama-adhikari may serve another's outward body for the purpose of fame or material reward, but he does not serve the spirit soul. Such an imitator can have no information of the spiritual world." Isopanishad – 6 "One’s longevity, opulence, beauty, education and whatever else one may possess as a result of pious activities cannot protect one if one commits an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaishnava.

Despite whatever one possesses, if one offends the lotus feet of a Vaishnava he will be vanquished." Srimad Bhagavatam 7.4.28 "Ravaṇa was raised to an exalted position as the king of a great kingdom with all material opulences, but because of his sinful act of kidnapping mother Sita, all the results of his pious activities were destroyed. If one offends an exalted personality, especially the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one certainly becomes most abominable; bereft of the results of pious activities, one must fall down like Ravaṇa and other demons." Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.23 "If one offends a great personality. the Supreme Personality of Godhead does not excuse one, although the great personalities themselves might not take offense." Srimad Bhagavatam 5.13.23 "So if you insult your acarya, then you are finished. Yasya prasadad bhagavat-prasado yasya aprasadat na gatih kuto pi — finished. If you displease your acarya, then you are finished." Sri Chaitanya-charitamrita, Adi-lila 1.13

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