Krishna will give you a guru

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Prabhupäda: No, it is not possible. Kåñëa accepted Himself a guru. Lord

Caitanya Mahäprabhu accepted a guru. They are God Himself. So how you can

accept: "I can approach Kåñëa without guru"? Guru-kåñëa-kåpä. Kåñëa... When

actually you want Kåñëa seriously-you do not know who is guru-then Kåñëa

will give you a guru. Just like Dhruva Mahäräja. He was advised by his

mother that "If you go to the forest you can see God." So he went there. But

when he was very serious, then Kåñëa sent him Närada Muni. So if you are

actually serious about Kåñëa, then Kåñëa will send you some of His

representative and he will take charge of you. That is the process. If you

do not find a guru, that means Kåñëa is not yet pleased, either you are not

serious. Just like when you become serious of studying any subject matter,

you find out some college, some institution. You cannot purchase the books

and read at home and become expert engineer, expert, no. That is not the

process. Therefore the Vedic knowledge is called çruti. Çrotriyaà

brahma-niñöham. Tad-vijïänärthaà sa gurum eväbhigacchet, çrotriyaà

brahma-niñöham [MU 1.2.12]. So we have to hear by paramparä system. You

attend the lectures of a professor because he has heard. He has listened the

same instruction from his professor. You don't go to a professor who has

never gone to school and college. Do you go there? So this knowledge... As

material knowledge is received by paramparä, similarly, spiritual knowledge

is received also by paramparä. Kåñëa says in the Fourth Chapter, evaà

paramparä-präptam imaà räjarñayo viduù [bg. 4.2]. By paramparä system. Sa

käleneha mahatä yogo nañöaù parantapa: "Because the paramparä was lost,

therefore the science was lost. Therefore I shall again say the same system

to you." Bhakto 'si priyo 'si me rahasyaà hy etad uttamam: [bg. 4.3] "I am

trying to speak to you because you are My devotee. You are very dear

friend." So similarly, one has to become a dear friend of Kåñëa and devotee

of Kåñëa before he can understand what Kåñëa says.