Faith in Guru and Surrender to Krṣṇa
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show us how to apply that knowledge which is found in the books. As far as the science of God is concerned, Śrī Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, advises us to go to a person to whom we can surrender. This means that we have to check to see if a person is capable of giving instructions in  Bhagavad-gītā  and other literatures of God realization. It is not that we are to search out a spiritual master whimsically. We should be very serious to find a person who is actually in knowledge of the subject.
In the beginning of  Bhagavad-gītā  Arjuna was talking to Krṣṇa just like a friend, and Krṣṇa was questioning how he, as a military man, could give up fighting. But when Arjuna saw that friendly talks would not make a solution to his problems, he surrendered unto Krṣṇa, saying,  śiṣyaste 'haṁ śādhi māṁ tvāṁ prapannam : “Now I am Your disciple and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.” (Bg. 2.7) This is the process. It is not that we should blindly surrender, but we should be able to inquire with intelligence.
Without inquiry, we cannot make advancement. In school a student who makes inquiries from the teacher is usually an intelligent student. It is generally a sign of intelligence when a small child inquires from his father, “Oh, what is this? What is that?” We may have a very good spiritual master, but if we have no power to inquire, we cannot make progress. Nor should the inquiry be of the nature of a challenge. One should not think, “Now I will see what kind of spiritual master he is. I will challenge him.” Our inquiries ( paripraśnena ) should be on the