1. Don’t hear from any rascal

    There is a big Mayavadi sannyasi in India. His name is Akhandananda Swami. Perhaps you know.  Did you know? No. Anyone? Anyway, he is a Mayavadi sannyasi. So Acyutananda Swami went to sell some books in their camp. So his disciple requested him, “Why don’t you ask some question from Swamiji?” So he said, “What I have to ask from him?” He was so convinced that “What this rascal can say to me? I know. I have heard from Krsna.” This is knowledge. So if you stick to Krsna and hear from Him, you haven’t got to hear from any rascal, any rascal. Then you will waste time. Don’t hear from any rascal.

    From Srila Prabhupada’s lecture on Bhagavad-gita 16.1-3 — January 29, 1975, Honolulu