Devotee (2): One Māyāvādī sannyāsī, he wrote a book, Be Your Own Guru, and he said you can. . .
Prabhupāda: So why do you write book?
Devotee (2): Yes, he is being guru. He is teaching them to do without a guru.
Prabhupāda: Let everyone become his guru. Why you write books?
Indian devotee: . . . one book that one should not write a book without the permission of a spiritual master.
Prabhupāda: Yes. You'll find in today's tape that Prahlāda Mahārāja recommending that "Spiritual life begins by guru-śuśruṣaḥ, by serving guru." (break) . . . Gosvāmi said, ādau gurvāśrayam: "The first beginning is to take shelter of the bona fide spiritual master." Sad-dharma-pracchāt: "Then inquire from him about the spiritual path." Sādhu-mārgānugamanam: "Follow the previous ācāryas." These are the steps. Bhagavad-gītā, Arjuna said, śiṣyas te 'ham śādhi mām: "Now I become Your disciple. Teach me." And these rascals are more than Arjuna—"There is no need of guru." Huh? He says, śiṣyas te 'ham (BG 2.7). Why? He was already friend. Why he should submit himself as disciple? That is the beginning of spiritual life.
Indian devotee: Somebody put a question to Bhagavan Rajneesh that, "You claim that you are God. Can you show us your universal form?" He said: "Well, I can show you. First you come like an Arjuna. First you become Arjuna. Then I can show you a universal form."
Prabhupāda: So he admits that much.
Akṣayānanda: That he cannot.
Indian devotee: No, he admits that he can, but he has put. . .
Prabhupāda: "So that's all right. Have you shown anyone your universal form amongst so many your disciples? Have you shown?" The next question should be like that.