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<h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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Before selecting guru one has to convince himself that "The person whom I am going to accept as guru, whether he actually can give me the knowledge?" That is wanted. Therefore before making guru, the system is, for one year the prospective disciple should hear from the person and then decide. And similarly, the guru also see a person who is actually submissive or not.
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[[Vanisource:760510 - Lecture SB 06.01.09 - Honolulu|760510 - Lecture SB 06.01.09 - Honolulu]]
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Surrender means you first of all be convinced that "Here is a person who can give me actual knowledge." Therefore before selecting ''guru'' one has to convince himself that "The person whom I am going to accept as ''guru'', whether he actually can give me the knowledge?" That is wanted. Therefore before making ''guru'', the system is, for one year the prospective disciple should hear from the person and then decide. And similarly, the ''guru'' also see a person who is actually submissive or not. That is Vaiṣṇava injunction, ''Hari-bhakti-vilāsa'', not that to make a ''guru ''as a fashion. No. Not ''guru''. Don't keep a ''guru'', order-supplying ''guru''. No. Just like if somebody keeps a dog, and the master orders him, "Do this," and he does, fashion. No. It is not fashion. You must approach ''guru'' who . . . where you can surrender. Otherwise don't make ''guru''. And the ''guru'' also should not accept such rascal as ''guru''. First of all, the thing is surrender. ''Tad viddhi praṇipātena ''([[vanisource:BG 4.34 (1972)|BG 4.34]]). The first necessity is that you surrender. So here you have seen, Parīkṣit Mahārāja, although the emperor of the world, he is taking lesson from Śukadeva Gosvāmī. Śukadeva Gosvāmī is seated on the throne, and he is seated on the ground, submissive.
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