Vedic injunction is, gurum eva abhigacchet: "You must go to a bona fide spiritual master if you want to make your life perfect." There is no question whether I shall go or not. You must! That is the beginning of human life. Otherwise animal life. He has no spiritual master. He's not going to obey anyone. He's working in his own whims. That is animal life. Real life here begins.
- tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet
- samit-pāṇiḥ śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham
- (MU 1.2.12)
This is the Vedic injunction. You cannot do anything without abiding the orders of spiritual master. That is surrender. How nice water it is. (break) And there are many thousands, you'll find. And we are thinking, "Oh, if I go away, who will feed my son? Who will feed my daughter?" He'll never think that, "If so many animals are fed by the Supreme," eko yo bahūnāṁ vidadhāti kāmān (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13), "He's supplying all the necessity. Why not for me or for my other children?" It is māyā that one thinks that, "Without me . . ." Just like Gandhi was thinking. Unless he was killed . . . he was always thinking, "Without me, India will be spoiled. India will be spoiled." It was spoiled. Therefore you wanted sva-rājya. And after his death, it is also spoiled. So India's karma will have to suffer, either Gandhi's there or not there.