Śraddha and adhikara

Transcendental faith and qualification

One`s qualification for Bhakti depends on one`s transcendental faith

In Sri Caitanya-caritamrita (Madhya-līla 22.64) were recorded these words of Sri Caitanya:

śraddhāvān jana haya bhakti-adhikārī
uttama madhyama kaniṣṭha śraddhā-anusārī

A living being who have transcendental faith is qualified for bhakti
śraddhāvān jana haya- bhakti-adhikārī
according his transcendental faith: as 'superior', 'intermediate' and 'lowest'(practitioner)
śraddhā-anusārī uttama madhyama kaniṣṭha

See some qualities of these types of devotees according to the orthodox Gaudiya Vaishnavism (Bhāgavata) and the Sahajīya Gaudiya Tradition as given in the table below by Jagadananda das.