Pure Love for Krishna
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whatever You are causing me to say I am saying. I know You are Krishna Himself, but still You are relishing hearing about Krishna from me. Therefore, You will excuse me for my faulty expression. I am just trying to express whatever You are causing me to express.”
Lord Chaitanya said, “I am a Mayavadi Sannyasi. I have no knowledge of the transcendental features of devotional service. By the grace of Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya My mind is now clear and I am trying to understand the nature of devotional service to Lord Krishna. He recommended that I see you for understanding Krishna, and he said that Ramananda Roy is the only person who knows something about love of Krishna. I have come to you recommended by Sarbabhouma Bhattacharya, so you should not hesitate to relate to Me all the confidential affairs of Radha and Krishna.”
The example Lord Chaitanya set, before Ramananda Roy, was actually to take the subordinate position. And this has a very great significance. The purport is that, if anyone is serious about understanding the transcendental nature of Krishna, he should approach a person who is actually enriched with Krishna Consciousness. One should not be proud of his material birth, material opulence, material education, and material beauty and thereby try to conquer the mind of an advanced student of Krishna Consciousness. Somebody who goes thus to such an advanced Krishna conscious person, so that he will be induced favorably toward him, is under a misconception regarding this science.
One should approach a Krishna conscious person with all humility, and put relevant questions to him, and not challenge him. If anyone goes to challenge him, such a highly elevated Krishna conscious person will not be available for any tangible service. A challenging, puffed-up person will not be able to gain from a Krishna conscious man, and will continue to remain in the material conception of life. Although Lord Chaitanya was born of a high Brahmin family, and was situated in the highest perfectional stage of Sannyas, still He showed by His behavior that even an elevated person did not hesitate to take lessons from Ramananda Roy, although he appeared to be a householder, and situated in social status beneath that of a Brahmin.
Lord Chaitanya clearly showed that a sincere student never minds whether his spiritual master may be born of a very high grade Brahmin family, or of a Kshatriya family; or he may be a high grade Sannyasi, or a Brahmachary, or whatever status of life. Whoever can teach him about Krishna Science is his  Guru .