Without a guru, you cannot taste spiritual knowledge; surrender to a true master is the only gateway.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Morning Walk — December 20, 1975, Bombay 751220MW-BOMBAY [18:31 Minutes] Walk_751220MW-BOMBAY Prabhupāda: Suppose if you come from other side and you land on Arabian desert, does it mean that you have gone... Indian man: They have gone on earth, some other part of the place...
Prabhupāda: And I say they have not gone to moon. That is my point. [laughter] Dr. Patel: They have become "moonies." Prabhupāda: They might have gone to some hell, that is, I have no objection.
Prabhupāda: Huh? [laughing] This is a little revolu..., revolting. But I am speaking from the very beginning. Yes, I wrote that Easy Journey to Other Planets in 1958, and you'll find this statement in my book.
This is all childish. Dr. Patel: You have to be yogī for that.
Prabhupāda: I am yogī because I am taking lessons from the yogīs... Dr. Patel: Yoga dhāraṇā.
Prabhupāda: Yes. Yogī..., I am taking lesson from Śukadeva Gosvāmī. I may be fool, but I am taking lesson from the yogī. Yes.
So yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ tatra śrīr bhūtir [Bg. 18.78]. I don't require to be a yogī. I take shelter of the yogeśvara. Dr.