“In the Bhagavad-gita and the Srimad-Bhagavatam,
conditioned souls are instructed to practice varnasrama-
dharma in order to liberate themselves.
You may be initiated by a bona fide spiritual master,
but you cannot all of a sudden come to the transcendental
stage. First you will act according to your
guna, then, under the guidance of guru, when your heart
is purified, you will come to the suddha-sattva state.”
— Excerpt from the Introduction
by Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami
