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             ruptured becomes forgotten. In practical terms, I can state
             from personal experience that my relationship with Srila
             Prabhupada, although it is to be developed much more, is
             so substantial that I cannot imagine it to be something newly
             established. It is as, or more, essential than my relationship
             with Krsna.
             Keep up your spirits, go on chanting, and be assured that if
             we just stick to this path, Krsna will always help us.

             18 February 1997

             Lord  Krsna  is  certainly  giving  you  an  exciting  time  in
             devotional  service!  All  these  situations  are  educational.
             Your compassionate desire to help others is the essence of
             devotional service—if, that is, it is all directed towards Krsna.
             So the bhaktin program is the ideal engagement for you.
             That involves helping others come to Krsna consciousness
             and  counseling  them  along  the way.  I  don’t  recommend
             getting into specifically working with the seriously mentally
             disturbed. The doctor on the warfield treats the lesser injured
             first. (Please consult Srila Prabhupada’s letter of 7 July 1958 to
             Ved Prakash for this example).

             There is no need to take any special course on counseling.
             Preach and Krsna will give you intelligence how to do so.
             It’s probably too late to arrange it this year, but it would be
             nice for you to go to the Mayapur-Vrindavana festival. That
             would give you a tremendous boost.

             Yes, if the disciple thinks of the guru at the time of death, he
             should go to where the guru is.

             I don’t have the book “Spiritual Master and Disciple” with
             me but presume you are referring to the purport to SB 6.7.35
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