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<div class="heading">"I have got some seed of bhakti, and I keep it in the iron chest." No. You must make cultivation of bhakti-bīja: mali hañā sei bia koro āropana. And how to nourish the bīja? Śravaṇa-kīrtana-jale karaye śecana: (CC Madhya 19.152) by śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam. Water is this. Then bhakti-latā will come out a tree, and you will get the fruits and enjoy.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Morning Walk -- December 20, 1975, Bombay|Morning Walk -- December 20, 1975, Bombay]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Prabhupāda: A guru.... Guru must be there. There are many they say like that—"There is no need of guru."</p>
<p>Indian man: But do you have to make an effort to get a, to achieve a sad-guru?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says, tad viddhi praṇipātena ([[Vanisource:BG 4.34|BG 4.34]]). Praṇipāta means you have to surrender there. So you are not a fool. When you submit somewhere, you must test, and then submit. That is sad-guru.</p>
<p>Dr. Patel: They say, sir, that if you are very sincere, then the sad-guru comes automatically to you.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Dr. Patel: As you have come to us.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Because Kṛṣṇa is there, if He sees somebody is actually serious to understand Him—just like Dhruva Mahārāja. Dhruva Mahārāja, did not..., he did not make any guru, but with fervent desire he went, "Yes, I shall find out Kṛṣṇa." Mother said "Kṛṣṇa can be found in the forest," so he went to the forest, and he began according to his own way. Then Kṛṣṇa sent Nārada Muni, that "This boy is very serious. Go and give him real mantra." That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu, guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.151|CC Madhya 19.151]]). Two things required: guru and Kṛṣṇa. Guru-kṛṣṇa-kṛpāya pāya bhakti-latā-bīja. Mālī hañā kare sei bīja koro āropana. "I have got some seed of bhakti, and I keep it in the iron chest." No. You must make cultivation of bhakti-bīja: mali hañā sei bia koro āropana. And how to nourish the bīja? Śravaṇa-kīrtana-jale karaye śecana: ([[Vanisource:CC Madhya 19.152|CC Madhya 19.152]]) by śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam. Water is this. Then bhakti-latā will come out a tree, and you will get the fruits and enjoy.</p>
<p>Dr. Patel: Smaraṇam kīrtanam.... pada pūjānam. Yes.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Kīrtanam, arcanam, vandanam, dāsyam...</p>
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