WHOEVER HELPS YOU SPIRITUALLY IS THE GREATEST GURU
by His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Vaibhava Puri Goswami Maharaja
"If you repeat Nama (God's names), you will get the answers to your questions. Nama will give it to you. If you are sincerely uttering Nama, but you don’t understand some questions and answers, then somebody may come to you and help you, and not necessarily must be your Guru. Who is Guru? Whoever helps you is a Guru. The world is full of Gurus! Why should you say only 'X' and 'W' [are my Gurus]? Whoever helps you spiritually is a Guru. From whom you learn an art is a Guru. Who gave you birth or medicine and saved you, he is also a Guru. But who is the greatest Guru? Whoever can give me relief from this world. He is the greatest. But everybody is a Guru, you are indebted to all. You are indebted to the sun, to the moon, to the fruits, the vegetables, to the grains, rice, foods, to the water…without water you cannot survive. You are indebted to all of them. So everybody is your Guru. Everywhere you must see Gurus:
Sarva-bhutesu yah pasyed bhagavad-bhavam atmanah/bhutani bhagavaty atmany, esa bhagavatottamah (Srimad bhagavatam 11-2-45).
Everywhere you must see the Lord. He is omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, everywhere He is. See Him always. Then you will realize. Do Nama and you will realize."
(Vrindavana 10-10-1992)
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