not fashion

To accept one guru is not a fashion. Nowadays it has become a fashion that accept some guru, Guru Maharaja. Whether he knows or does not know, it doesn't matter, and whether one is inquisitive or not. It is a fashion. No. Guru is required for a person who is very inquisitive to know about the transcendental subject matter. Tasmad gurum prapadyeta jijnasuh sreya uttamam [SB 11.3.21]. It is not a fashion; it is necessary, because human life is meant for understanding the real position of his identity: athato brahma-jijnasa. This is necessary.    (More...)