Introduction

Are all three stages—kanistha, madhyama and uttama—necessary to go thru. Are any of these stages more dangerous more than others?

Is it natural to let go of previous ways of doing things in order to make one’s practice more personalized and meaningful? Do we leave those practices behind or go back to them from a different place? Is it necessarily deviation to not return to common practices?

How can we recognize the inner guru? How to harmonize differing instructions we may receive from our diksa and siksa gurus?

Regarding the offense of crying before the deity, how are we to understand this when it seems natural if we are vulnerable before the deity?

What does maha-prasade govinde / nama-brahmani vaisnave / svalpa-punya-vatam rajan / visvaso naiva jayate mean?