Gaudiya Gostipatih Sri Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Prabhupada said: “If I seek the path leading to the ultimate goal then I must ignore the countless voices of the popular wisdom and hear only that of the realized souls.
Srila Sarasvati Thakur told that, in the name of Hari Bhajan and Hari Katha, people are being cheated. Those who are running to listen here and there are automatically cheated. Why? They want to be cheated, that’s why they are being cheated. If sufficient sincerity is present inside of our hearts, then it is the duty of Baladev-Nityananda to guide us properly, and in that case there can be no Question of any problem in Bhajan. Bounded souls are travelling around the 14 planetary systems and it is the duty of Nityananda Prabhu to help them if at all they are sincere enough. It is the duty of Nityananda to guide them up to a genuine sharavan-guru. By meeting a genuine Sadhu a bounded soul can feel some reaction and inspiration. And then after that can feel it necessary to take shelter unto the Lotusfeet of a genuine Sat-Guru. Bhaktivinod Thakur said that they must wait with full patience for Sat-Guru to come in their life–who is surly tattva vit Guru. Tattva-vid and tattva-vadi—We know these two terms. Tattva-vadi means those who can speak about tattva nicely but they have no realization. But tattva-vid means that they have direct Realization of tattva. This kind of Gurudev has the power to inculcate the feeling inside the heart of a genuine disciple. It is the duty of a Sad-Guru to inculcate seva-bhava inside the heart of a genuine disciple. Automatically after receiving diksha they can feel power. They can develop sambhanda jnana together with seva mood.
Shyam das Baba