Guru is he who can take all the moods of the disciple, change them, and offer them unto the lotus feet of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. He’ll take away all worldly attachments and transform them into attachment for Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. A bona fide guru does not think, “I’m the enjoyer.” He thinks, “Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are the enjoyers.” A guru can change the disciples’ material moods into the moods of service of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, and he himself has no enjoying mood.
August 21, 2001 Mathurā