The Uttama-adhikari guru as taught in Cc & Purport to NOI 1 & 5

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> What we will do here is to quote and analyze the Caitanya Caritamrta

> Madhya-lila 24.330 purport

 

Other extracts of this purport not quoted by you are also interesting:

 

The maha-bhagavata is one who decorates his body with tilaka and whose name

indicates him to be a servant of Krsna by the word dasa. He is also

initiated by a bona fide spiritual master and is expert in worshiping the

Deity, chanting mantras correctly, performing sacrifices, offering prayers

to the Lord and performing sankirtana. He knows how to serve the Supreme

Personality of Godhead and how to respect a Vaisnava. When one has attained

the topmost position of maha-bhagavata, he is to be accepted as a guru and

worshiped exactly like Hari, the Personality of Godhead. Only such a person

is eligible to occupy the post of a guru.

 

The guru is a qualified brahmana; therefore he knows Brahman and

Parabrahman. He thus devotes his life for the service of Parabrahman. The

bona fide spiritual master who accepts disciples from all over the world is

also worshiped all over the world because of his qualities. Lokanam asau

pujyo yatha harih: the people of the world worship him just as they worship

the Supreme Personality of Godhead. All these honors are offered to him

because he strictly follows the brahminical principles and teaches these

principles to his disciples. Such a person is called an acarya because he

knows the principles of devotional service, he behaves in that way himself,

and he teaches his disciples to follow in his footsteps. Thus he is an

acarya or jagad-guru.

 

There is no mention of his being a completely pure or unalloyed devotee or

entered Radha Krishna Lila or something like that. I think it fits in with

the uttama adhikari guru definition give by Prabhupada in NOI in verses 1 &

5.

 

Your servant,

Nayana-ranjana Dasa