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The Prabhupada 11
Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta always used to say, that we Gaudiyas have some kind of specialty, what kind of specialty? Specialty regarding seva and specialty regarding Siddhanta. Because seva and Siddhanta are almost same. When you can find Siddhanta in applied form than it is called seva, and when you find seva in the form of a words, then it becomes Siddhanta. It is same, it’s a compensating factor, and if you have many mistakes in Siddhanta then actual seva cannot be done.
Edited Books & Articles of Srila Maharaja
Vyāsa-pūjā or Guru-pūjā is not a time bound program, rather it must go on uninterrupted way inside the heart of a sat -śiṣya
All glories to Śrī Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga By Śrīla Shyam Das...
Upadesha by Gaudiya Acharyas
Pañca Saṁskāra (The Five Purificatory Processes)
I have explained the literal meaning and the fundamental explanation of pañca-saṁskāra. At this point a question may arise as to why nowadays disciples do not see this sort of teaching from their gurus. The answer is that due to the defects found at this present time, people’s discernment regarding gurus has become extremely corrupted. Today people accept instructions from kula-gurus (family gurus) or other such persons, thus they are unable to take refuge in a worshipable Gurudeva. Śāstra states that inquisitive persons seeking the ultimate good of the ātmā should approach and surrender to a Gurudeva who is devoted to and has taken shelter of śabda-brahma (transcendental sound) and the Supreme.
Quote by Shyam Das Baba
Without tattva-vit Maha-purusa (suddha Guru-Vaishnava) nobody can give us tattva jnana
Tattva vadi means those who can speak about tattva siddhanta nicely without having direct realization about that. But those tattva vit puruṣas—they can speak about all those tattva vijñāna topics out of their direct realization power. This kind of tattva vit realized...