Srila Bhakti Pramode Puri Goswami Maharaja
"Those who identify themselves as disciples cannot defend their identity as “disciple” or guru-dasa if they live whimsically in transgression of the standards of discipline established by sad-guru and the Vaishnavas, or if they abandon fulfilling the heart’s desire (mano’bhista-seva) of Sri Gurudeva and thereafter seek shelter in personal sense-gratification on the pretext of doing seva and puja (ceremonial worship). Their style of living can never be considered pursuant of paramartha, or transcendence. If one does not precisely follow the orders and instructions of Sri Gurudeva, without changing them, one can never do true good to oneself or others."
The Real Disciple
"Those who identify themselves as disciples cannot defend their identity as “disciple” or guru-dasa if they live whimsically in transgression of the standards of discipline established by sad-guru and the Vaishnavas, or if they abandon…