After many of his Godbrothers fell from their positions as sanny?s?s and gurus, ?r?la Gour Govinda Mah?r?ja presented this paper to the GBC members (of ISKCON) in 1989 for the sole purpose of establishing the absolute conception of (sad-) guru and to console ?r?la Prabhup?da�s grand-disciples so that they would not lose faith in devotional service and K???a consciousness.