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I never say I am a guru.

I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently.

I had a Guru. He was a great saint and most merciful. I served him long - very, very long; still, he would not blow any mantra in my ears. I had a keen desire never to leave him but to stay with him and serve him and at all cost receive some instruction from him.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

One does not become a guru by accident.

I was a typical teen growing up in the 1960s, when everybody was into gurus and meditation.

I hang out with my guru in my heart. And I love every thing in the universe. That's all I do all day.

My parents' selfless affection and dedication nourished and prepared me to receive the love of my guru or spiritual father, Swami Prabhupada. My parents prepared the soil in which my guru sowed the seeds of his compassion.

I remember my first visit with my guru. He had shown that he read my mind. So I looked at the grass and I thought, 'My god, he's going to know all the things I don't want people to know.' I was really embarrassed. Then I looked up and he was looking directly at me with unconditional love.