reject him!

That is mahatma. Mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakrtim asritaḥ, bhajanty ananya-manasaḥ [Bg 9.13]. Sadhur... Api cet suduracaro bhajate mam ananya-bhak [Bg 9.30]. He's mahatma. He's sadhu. We shall go to him. Why shall we go to a rascal? Simple directions. So if you are misled, if you are cheated, whose fault it is? But if you want to be cheated, who can check? Even though somebody by mistake has gone to a rascal, the book is there. As soon as you find out, "Here is a rascal who does not know anything about Krsna, and I have come to him," reject him. That is stated in the sastra. Gurur apy avaliptasya karyakaryam ajanantaḥ parityago vidhiyate [Mahabharata 12.57.7].    (More...)