| "The purpose of guru is described in the Bhāgavatam, that tasmād guruṁ prapadyeta (SB 11.3.21). Guru to go, to surrender. Just like Arjuna, he surrendered, śiṣyas te 'ham śādhi māṁ prapannam (BG 2.7). Prapadye, tasmād guruṁ prapadye. You must find out guru where you can surrender. Not that keep your guru your order supply, "Give me some āśīrvād and I may be benefited." He is not guru; he is your order-supplier, your servant. Guru means he must order it, "You must do this." If you agree, then he is a guru. Not that "I shall order my guru, and he will execute my order." No that. That will do the dog, not the guru. Then the . . . As you have got a dog, and if you ask him, "Sit down here," a dog will sit. That kind of guru-keeping has no value. But here is the responsibility of guru, first that he must save the disciple from the cycle of birth and death."
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