Guru-Devatatma

Accepting Sri Guru as One's Life and Soul Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja speaks on the importance of accepting a bona fide guru, who is more dear than life itself, the absolute necessity of second initiation, and other topics of guru-tattva. tasmad gurum prapadyeta jijnasu sreya uttamam säbde pare ca nisnata brahmany upasamasrayam (Srimad-Bhagavatam 11.3.21) "Any person who is seriously desirous of achieving real happiness must seek out a bona fide spiritual master and take shelter of him by initiation. The qualification of a spiritual master is that he must have realised the conclusion of the scriptures by deliberation and arguments and thus be able to convince others of these conclusions. Such great personalities, who have taken complete shelter of the Supreme Godhead, leaving aside all material considerations, are to be understood as bona fide spiritual masters."