sri guru

There are many spiritual teachers in this world. Most are impersonalists or only so-called spiritual teachers, who are really materialists, who do not think about how to help anyone else. How can the conditioned souls progress and get the nectar of pure love and devotion for God?
This is the desire of a bona fide guru. Many people give charity to the poor and destitute. And many philosophers advocate this charity for maintenance of the body. Although they may give food to the poor for a day or two, the next day people will again be hungry. How long can they give shelter to the hungry? If the poor and destitute want to take shelter of the donor and stay with him continuously, the donor will not give any chance. He will give cloth, medicine, and food, and then send them away.
This is one manifestation of pride.If anyone comes near God’s associates in this world, they will take responsibility to help that person cross over the ocean of material existence and attain the shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord. A so-called spiritual teacher does not help take care of other souls, but only maintains the physical dress of the embodied souls. This is only cruelty and pushes them deeper into illusion.Śrī Guru is not an ordinary mortal.
If someone who does not know how to swim goes to help another drowning person, then they will only drown together. If one is not qualified to help, then one will be pulled down and defeated by the soul drowning in material life. Śrī Guru means he who brings others out of the darkness of illusion into the light of truth. If one acts as guru without qualification, he will be pulled into darkness as well, this is not helping anyone. This is also cruelty. If you do not help others, or if you are pulled down by them, both are problems. If you do everything for God’s pleasure, this will be real help for all souls.
If we go for any personal help, then people will steal and enjoy us.Śrīla Gurudeva guides the soul into a pure loving relation with Kṛṣṇa. Any personal help is not good; no one is our relative if we are not related to Kṛṣṇa. If one is related to Kṛṣṇa then all souls are one’s relatives. A guru will thus have neutrality. He is the servant of Kṛṣṇa, and comes to this world to help the conditioned souls. Gurudeva is internally engaged in service to Kṛṣṇa, but those with no transcendental vision will not be able to see this.
Therefore, guru practically shows by example and teaches others how to serve Kṛṣṇa. Such a guru is called ācārya, or a spiritual preceptor.ācinoti yaḥ śāstrārtham ācāre sthāpayaty apisvayam ācarate yasmād ācāryas tena kīrttitaḥVāyu Purāṇa An ācārya is one who fully understands the conclusions of the revealed scriptures and whose behavior reflects his deep realization. He is a living example because he teaches the meaning of the scriptures both by word and deed.Śrī Guru is present with his disciples through his speech and instructions.
If anyone hears or reads his discourses or books, than Śrī Guru is directly with them. Śrī Guru’s speech is not ordinary words and sentences. It is spiritual. Śrī Guru is eternally present with his instructions. Śrī Guru is always with one who is connected to his message and instructions. (Click on the title to read full article)