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The Lord is the Supersoul seated in everyone's heart, and He acts asthe caitya-guru, the spiritual master within. However, He gives directinstructions only to the advanced, pure devotees. In the beginning,when a devotee is serious and sincere, the Lord gives him directionsfrom within to approach a bona fide spirit- ual master. When one istrained by the spiritual master according to the regulative principles ofdevotional service and is situated on the platform of spontaneousattachment for the Lord (raga-bhakti), the Lord also gives instructionsfrom within. Tesam satata-yuktanam bhajatam priti-purvakam. Thisdistinct advantage is obtained by a liberated soul.Quotation from SB 7.15.76, Purport:The Lord sends the spiritual master to train a devotee, and when thedevotee is advanced, the Lord acts as the spiritual master within hisheart.tesam satata-yuktanambhajatam priti-purvakamdadami buddhi-yogam tamyena mam upayanti teTo those who are constantly devoted and worship Mewith love, I give the understanding by which they cancome to Me.Krsna does not become the direct spiritual master unless one is fullytrained by His representative spiritual master.3. There is no contradiction. The essence of following the order of the spiritual masteris always love and sincerity, even if the disciple does not have the intelligence tounderstand the order fully. An example would be the illiterate brahmana of SriRangam who still tried to read the Bhagavad-gita daily on the order of his guru. Hecarried out this order with great enthusiasm and deep feelings of spiritual love. Thushe could see the form of Partha-sarathi within his heart, and got the shelter of SriCaitanya Mahaprabhu.Quotation from Srila Prabhupada:If he's sincere, it cannot be imperfect. Because... We are alwaysimperfect, but Krsna will help us. Tesam satata-yuktanam bhajatampriti-purvakam, buddhi-yogam dadami tam. How he can be imperfect?Krsna will give him intelligence. Imperfect means whose intelligenceis not perfect. But when Krsna is giving intelligence, how he can beimperfect? He may be imperfect, but he's being helped by Krsna.Therefore he's not imperfect.Quotation from SB 4.28.51, Purport: