When you encounter an enlightened master, the master’s spiritual level may vary. If the master makes you reincarnate for four more lifetimes, it will be a great trouble for you because you may not be reborn in four consecutives lifetimes. Once you die, you may not be able to turn around and reincarnate into this world immediately, because for a soul to reincarnate there must be cause and retribution, and this cause and retribution or karma will dictate how and when you can reincarnate. For example, if your soul is destined to go to Heaven, you will enjoy Heaven for a period of time, and if your soul is destined to come back to this world and stay for a period of time, you will come back. But at least you won’t have to suffer in Hell or turn into an animal. However, you might be reborn after an interval of hundreds or even thousands of years. Then when you finally gain a new life, you may or may not meet an enlightened master during that lifetime. If not, you will have to go through reincarnation again and continue your search.

When you read holyscriptures you need wisdom to understand their meaning. Otherwise, the ancient teachings will be just wasted on you, and youwill remain ignorant. When you don’t understand the scriptures, not only do you get confused, but you go ahead and mislead others. This will lead to very serious consequences. If you’re learning English, your teacher should be one who knows English well. If the teacher doesn’t know it well and he or she teaches badly, what bad consequenceshe or she will create! This teacher will be teaching hundreds of students, and they will all speak English as poorly as he or she does!