Prabhupada: To know about Krsna. It is not also difficult. Science of Krsna is there, Bhagavad-gita. Krsna speaks Himself. So to know the science of Krsna is also not difficult. But because we are unfortunate, we go to rascal, and they interpret Bhagavad-gita in a rascaldom way, and we are missing. So you should be very careful not to go to a rascal. Then your mission will be successful. If you want to purchase gold, you must go to a shop where actually gold is purchased, gold. If you do not know, then you'll be cheated. That is not also very difficult. That I have repeatedly said. Those who are interpreting in their own way, Bhagavad-gita, he's a rascal; he's not guru. (loud kirtana in background) As soon as he says an interpretation, "I think like this," you reject that. Why should we think like that? You should preach what Krsna says. Then you are right. Why should you say something which Krsna does not say? Then you are misguided. He does not know Krsna. He's not krsna-tattva-vetta. So he's cheating. That is going on. Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66], and these rascals say, "It is not to Krsna person." So he's a rascal. He's taking Krsna's book and preaching against it. So what will be benefit if you go to such a rascal? Therefore there is no difference between siksa-guru and diksa-guru because if he's actually guru, he'll not say anything which Krsna has not spoken. Yare dekha tare kaha 'krsna'-upadesa. So guru is that. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, amara ajnaya guru hana tara' ei desa: [Cc. Madhya 7.128] "You become a guru." And what is the function of the guru? Yare dekha tare kaha 'krsna'-upadesa. That is there. You haven't got to manufacture any instruction. Whatever is said in the Bhagavad-gita, you say. You try to convince him with logic, with philosophy, with your knowledge, same thing, not philosophy. That is intelligence. And suppose Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. Before that, Krsna has described everything, why you should surrender to Krsna. At last He says, "You surrender to Me." So there is no difficulty. Immediately Krsna does not say, "You surrender to Me." But after describing everythingkarma-yoga, jnana-yoga, dhyana-yoga, so many things, politics, sociology, religion, everythingat last He says that "This is the most confidential part. You surrender unto Me." So one who has not surrendered to Krsna, how he can become guru? He's a cheater. Yei krsna-tattva-vetta sei guru haya [Cc. Madhya 8.128]. Bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate [Bg. 7.19]. One who has surrendered to Krsna, he's actually jnanavan. And this jnanavan is possible after many, many births; not so easily, to surrender to Krsna. But if he's there, such a personvasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma sudurlabhah [Bg. 7.19]he is mahatma. That is mahatma, not by stamping, anyone, a person, can become mahatma. This is the symptom of mahatma, one who has surrendered to Krsna fully. Sa mahatma sudurlabhah. So that is guru, mahatma, who knows vasudevah sarvam iti [Bg. 7.19]. Such mahatma is guru. Mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakrtim asritah, bhajanty ananya-manasah [Bg. 9.13]. The guru has no other business than krsna-bhajana. So that you have to see. You have to learn. You have to appreciate with persons who are actually engaged in krsna-bhajana. Then you'll understand. Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sangah [Cc. Madhya 23.14-15]. Sadhu means bhajate mam ananya-bhak sadhur eva sa mantavyah [Bg. 9.30]. He's sadhu. Who? Who has no other business than Krsna. Mix with such sadhu who are actually executing krsna-bhajana. Adau sraddha tatah sadhu-sangah. This is the description of the sadhu. Bhajate mam ananya-bhak sadhur eva sa mantavyah [Bg. 9.30]. These things are there. There is no question of being misled. But if you purposefully mislead yourself, who can check? In the beginning you may commit some mistake, but when you study Bhagavad-gitawho is sadhu, who is mahatma, who is guruthen why shall we make, commit mistake again? If you have done mistakeyou have gone to a rascal who is not Krsna consciousthen when you read Bhagavad-gita, you can understand. Why you are misled? Why you should be misled? If it is written on the road, "Keep to the left," why should you be misled and go to the right? Go to the left. Then you are not misled. So here it is said, mahatmanas tu mam partha daivim prakrtim asritah [Bg. 9.13]. A mahatma means who is always engaged in Krsna consciousness. Why do you accept somebody as mahatma who does not speak about Krsna? Then you are misleading yourself. Sa mahatma sudurlabhah. Vasudevah sarvam iti [Bg. 7.19]. Everything, direction, is there. Why you create your own mahatma? If you want to be cheated, who can check you? That is your fault. In Bhagavad-gita, it is clearly said,   (More...)