# Become Spiritual Master *On the instruction to preach and become guru* --- ### Everyone Become Spiritual Master > One hasn't got to manufacture some idea, some philosophy. No. Everything is there, and if you preach what Kṛṣṇa has said, then you are spiritual master. It is not a very big job. Simply you have to become sincere to Kṛṣṇa, and you learn Kṛṣṇa through His representative, you become sincere to the representative of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa, *yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau* [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.23], then you are spiritual master. It is not very difficult. And become, every one of you, become spiritual master and preach this gospel of *Bhagavad-gītā* as it is, then the world will be saved. Otherwise they are already in trouble, and they will go more and more into the depths of the trouble, dangerous position, and they will never become happy. So Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is very, very important movement for saving the human civilization, the human society. — [[spoken/1974/740212le.vrn|Lecture [Partially Recorded], Vrindavan, February 12, 1974]] --- ### Representative Means Same Thing > Kṛṣṇa also asked Arjuna to surrender fully, so he has already surrendered. When Arjuna saw that there were so many perplexities, and this cannot be solved except by Kṛṣṇa, so he surrendered: *śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam.* So in this way if we surrender to Kṛṣṇa through His representative... Representative means one who says exactly what Kṛṣṇa says; he does not change anything. Kṛṣṇa says, *sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja,* and His representative says that "You give up everything and surrender unto Kṛṣṇa." The same thing. And there is no difficulty. — [[spoken/1974/740212le.vrn|Lecture [Partially Recorded], Vrindavan, February 12, 1974]] --- ### Remain a Fool Before Guru > So that is the representation of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He says that "My Guru Mahārāja found Me..." It is better if you remain a fool always before your spiritual master. Then you'll make advance. And if you think yourself, even for a moment, that "I know something more than my spiritual master," you are fallen. This is called *vyavasāyātmikā buddhir ekeha kuru nandana*. That one vow, that "I have to follow the order of my spiritual...," that will make you advanced. — [[spoken/1967/670209cc.sf|Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.77–81, San Francisco, February 9, 1967]] --- ### Devotion to Guru and Kṛṣṇa > These things are accepted out of love for the spiritual master. Just like you are working; I am not paying you, but why are you working? Out of your love for me. This is the basic principle. *Gurau sudṛḍha-sauhṛdaḥ. Sudṛḍha*... firm. One should be convinced that my spiritual master is my best friend, and therefore, I must render service to him on this basis... *Yasya deve parā bhaktir yathā deve tathā gurau* [Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 6.23]. *Bhakti...* when one is fixed up in devotion to Kṛṣṇa and His representative *guru,* then everything becomes revealed automatically. — [[spoken/1975/750730r1.dal|Room Conversation, Dallas, July 30, 1975]] --- ### Don't Manufacture Ideas > You should always remember: don't manufacture ideas. As you do... — [[spoken/1977/770210mw.may|Morning Walk [Partially Recorded], Māyāpur, February 10, 1977]] --- *5 verified verbatim quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda on becoming spiritual master*