no devotion unless you go to a guru

[Guest guest]

(Indian man): ...without taking diksa from the guru also utters the name of

Lord Krsna with devotion and...

 

Prabhupada: There is no devotion unless you go to a guru. Forget it. Adau

gurvasrayam. First thing is, first business, is to accept a bona fide guru.

Otherwise there is no devotion. It is simply false imitation. This is the

injunction of Rupa Gosvami in Bhakti-rasamrta sindhu. Adau gurvasrayam:

"Your first business is to approach bona fide guru and take his asraya."

Otherwise there is no devotion. That has been the defect in the modern

society. They imagine. This business should be given up. He must follow.

Sadhu-marganugamanam, which is prescribed by the sadhu, guru, you have to

accept that. You cannot manufacture your own way.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Evening Lecture -- Bhuvanesvara, January 23, 1977