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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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Bhāgavata says, na mocayed yaḥ samupeta . . . gurur na sa syāj jananī na sā syāt pitā na sa syāt (SB 5.5.18). There are some negative definition, that there are so-called gurus, so-called svāmīs, but Bhāgavata says that "You should not become a svāmī or guru—kindly don't become—if you cannot save your disciple from the imminent danger of birth and death.".
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[[Vanisource:720615 - Lecture SB 02.03.19 - Los Angeles|720615 - Lecture SB 02.03.19 - Los Angeles]]
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So bahūnāṁ janmanām ante ([[Vanisource:BG 7.19 (1972)|BG 7.19]]). We get this chance, and if we are not educated by our teachers, by our fathers, by our leaders, by our government men, by our gurus, by our relatives how to accept the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, who is canvassing, sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ([[Vanisource:BG 18.66 (1972)|BG 18.66]]): "Give up all this nonsense engagement, trying to become Kṛṣṇa, or God. Give up this. Surrender unto Me . . ." This is education. This is education. The father should give education at home. The leaders should give education in institution. The politicians should give education in their assemblies, Congress. The guru should give education how to surrender to Kṛṣṇa. The father should educate, the mother should educate.

Therefore Bhāgavata says, na mocayed yaḥ samupeta . . . gurur na sa syāj jananī na sā syāt pitā na sa syāt ([[Vanisource:SB 5.5.18|SB 5.5.18]]). There are some negative definition, that there are so-called gurus, so-called svāmīs, but Bhāgavata says that "You should not become a svāmī or guru—kindly don't become—if you cannot save your disciple from the imminent danger of birth and death." Gurur na sa syāt. This is the injunction. "No rascal should become a guru unless he can save his disciple from the cycle of birth and death."
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