The Uttama-adhikari as taught in Purport to NOI 5

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> My answer is to this question is a qualified yes. So long as the guru of a

> lesser status doesn't cheat us by pretending that he is more advanced then

> he actually is, then Krsna can use him to help us on our journey back home

> back to Godhead.

 

Exactly. That's the point, Maharaj. When the madhyama or kanishtha guru not

on the highest platform artificially assumes the position of an uttama in

name of preaching, then he becomes degraded. And an organization which

promotes such false glorification at any point of time will have a lot of

problems like we are facing now. Because such false glorification can go to

the head of a madhyama or kanistha guru not on the highest platform, he may

really start feeling that he is an uttama. This is because he is still not

completely purified from all anarthas. We have seen this many times.

 

Oherwise if the guru is genuine and not pretending and avoids false

glorification then even though he is not on the highest platform, he is

progressing towards that platform so the disciples will follow him Back to

Godhead. Ofcourse it is best to have a guru who is already in the spiritual

world.

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana Dasa