God descends for the people and among the people with love, compassion and affection, and mixes with the Individual Consciousness (Jeeva Prajna) so that Divine Consciousness (Deva Prajna) may be attained. Such rare opportunities are bestowed upon individuals as a result of the good deeds of past several lives. A Guru is truly like God. Guru teaches in order to build the character of the devotee, so he or she can have a good future. A good devotee/student is he or she, who has utmost devotion towards their Guru and surrenders at their Master’s feet. Arjuna personified an ideal devotee who surrendered completely to his Master, Lord and Guru, Sri Krishna. Arjuna said to Krishna, “I will do whatever You tell me to do”. This is a classic act, an example of complete surrender to God. Students today must follow Arjuna as their role model and achieve complete surrender of their lives to service and betterment of the society.

- Divine Discourse, 25 Dec 1980.