Kṛṣṇa-prema is not a thing of this world. It is of Goloka Vṛndāvana. It comes from Kṛṣṇa to Brahmā, from Brahmā to Nārada to Vyāsadeva, and from Vyāsadeva to Śukadeva Gosvāmī. In this way, it comes like a current that is flowing even today.
If this current’s path is blocked at any one point, the flow will not come. Therefore, we have to accept all our gurus. If you accept one but not another, that is like accepting the half-hen logic. “I will only accept what my Gurudeva has spoken and written. I don’t believe in any other ācārya. I only depend on my Gurudeva—on what he has written and on what he has done. I believe in him, not the Guru-paramparā.” In this case what will happen? Everything will be spoiled. There will be no link from Kṛṣṇa to this realm. Such a person will not have the real thing.
February 27, 1994 Mathurā