Only and only after perfect dīkṣā we can grow the power to catch and digest hari-kathā perfectly. Sometimes we can find some exceptional cases like Śrīla Bhakti Vedanta Vaman Gosvāmī Mahārāja. When he came to the maṭha, then already in young age he could understood perfectly what he was hearing. That is a special case. So one reason can be there that some devotee already took shelter unto the Lotus feet of a Sad Guru in his previous life, but maybe somehow he was not successful, that’s why again in this life he got the chance to take birth in such a special situation to continue his bhajan from the point where he stopped before in his previous life. In this condition that devotee can understand siddhānta vichar of authentic śāstra. But the usual rule is that only after taking shelter unto the Lotus feet of a Sad Guru, one can realize and digest perfect siddhānta vichar of śāstra and all those material activities can come to a flop end. Perfect sevā mood of Śrī Guru-Vaiṣṇava-Bhagavan can help us to cut material bondage very easily and to reach our goal of śuddha-bhakti. This kind of result of Guru-Vaiṣṇava-Bhagavan sevā can never leave us, even after we leave our body we can get the result of that sevā. At least one is sure to have a chance in the next life of being born again as a human being, either in the family of a great cultured brahmaṇa or in a rich aristocratic family that will give one a further chance for the elevation of consciousness. That is the excellent facility one can get by being engaged in the sevā of the Lord. In Bhagavad–gītā we can find the following śloka—
nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti
pratyavāyo na vidyate
sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya
trāyate mahato bhayāt (Bg. 2.40)
In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear.
So the procedure of dīkṣā is related to our atma not to the body and mind. It is only and only by the help of caitya-guru that we can realise hari-kathā, and also feel it necessary to take shelter at the Lotus feet of Sad-Guru. Without Guru kṛpā it is impossible to realise bhagavat-tattva-vijñāna . So we must remember always that–“guru-kṛpā hi kevalam.”
Gaura Hari Hari Bol