enlightening devotees, Krishna likes it

Krsna says, "Anyone who is preaching this confidential cult..." Mad-bhaktesu abhidhasyati. Bhaktesu means "amongst the devotee." Who will understand Krsna, and who will surrender to Krsna, unless he is bhakta? Therefore, guru's business is first of all to make him bhakta. Then he will be able to understand what is Krsna and surrender to Him. He has got very double business. Krsna says, mad-bhaktesu abhidhasyati: "This cult, who preaches, anyone who preaches this cult of bhakti-yoga amongst My devotees..." He is selecting, "devotees." He never says the jnanis, yogis. The jnanis, yogis will not be able to understand what is Krsna. From the very beginning they think they have become Krsna. Vimukta-maninaḥ. They think like that. Actually, it is not. Krsna is not so cheap thing that one can become Krsna. One can become Krsna's most confidential servant-that is possible. But one cannot become Krsna. That is another illusion, maya.    (More...)

Therefore Krsna said that sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg 18.66]. This cult, who will understand unless he is devotee? A jnani, yogi cannot understand. It is not possible. Because they are not bhakta, they cannot understand Krsna. Bhaktya mam abhijanati [Bg 18.55]. Krsna never says, "By jnana or by yoga, by karma one can understand Me." No, that is not possible. Therefore jnani, yogi, karmi, they cannot understand. Therefore they are misled. Maya-mohita. Nabhijanati mam ebhyaḥ param avyayam [Bg 7.13]. Tribhir gunamayair bhavaiḥ. Nabhijanati: they cannot understand. Mam ebhyaḥ param avyayam. So Krsna says, therefore, "Preach this cult amongst the devotees." He never said that "Preach this cult amongst the karmis, amongst the jnanis, amongst the yogis." Because they are very unfortunate; they cannot understand Krsna. Mayavadi-bhasya sunile haya sarva-nasa [Cc Madhya 6.169]. One who comes in touch with the Mayavadi... Mayavadi means one who thinks Krsna is also in maya. That is called Mayavadi. "Krsna's body is also maya." They are called Mayavadi. So Caitanya Mahaprabhu warns that mayavadi-bhasya sunile haya sarva-nasa: anyone who listens to the commentary of the Mayavadi philosopher, then his fate is doomed. He is finished. He will never be able to understand bhakti philosophy. It is so poisonous.    (More...)