Although my Gurudeva (Nitya-līlā praviṣṭa oṁ Viṣṇupāda Śrīla Bhakti-prajñāna Keśava Gosvāmī Mahārāja) has unlimited transcendental qualities, his wonderful specialty, his best quality, was his unprecedented guru-niṣṭhā—his faith and loyalty to his guru. Such faith and loyalty is the backbone of bhakti. Unless one has faith in one’s own spiritual master, one cannot come even close to having bhakti.
October 17, 2005 Vṛndāvana