What is the difference between celestial beings and ordinary beings?
Celestial beings, like all other living beings, are integral parts of the Supreme Lord, Krishna, distinct from Him. When ordinary beings enrich themselves with acts of piety through the practice of devotional service to the Lord and their desire to dominate material energy vanishes, they are promoted to the position of celestial being and entrusted by the Lord to participate in the administration of the universal order. This, then, is what distinguishes celestial beings from ordinary beings.
What are the bounties that the Lord bestows?
To those who practice austerity, meditation, or God consciousness, Lord Krishna bestows bounties.
Freedom from all fears.
When one obtains the Lord's bounties, all suffering disappears. One who establishes himself on the spiritual plane is indeed freed from the two sources of material suffering: desires and affliction.
When one truly begins one's devotional life, one can obtain the perfect fruit of love for Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and love for Krishna is the highest perfection of divine mercy. This spiritual blessing is of such value that no form of material happiness can be compared to it. Indeed, there is no comparison between material enjoyment and spiritual happiness, which is incessant and eternal.
What is the secret of success?
The simplest path to attaining spiritual perfection.
The simplest path to attaining spiritual perfection is to seek refuge with a true spiritual master and serve him with all your heart and soul, for he knows God and has seen the truth.
The Lord says to this effect: Seek to know the truth by approaching a spiritual master. Inquire of him submissively and while serving him. The realized soul will reveal knowledge to you, for he has seen the truth.
This is the secret of success.


