About the role of a Guru, Sage Vashishtha says,
"O noble minded one (Rama), the teaching that the guru gives to his disciple is spiritual knowledge. The teaching is the gist of the scriptures (Vedantasara)." The preliminary requisite for this spiritual knowledge is total 'faith' and 'subordination', earnestness of the disciple to learn at the feet of the guru. Unless the disciple has reached the stage of mature thinking and gets 'vairagya', renunciation, the guru's teachings will not be effective. One cannot indulge in the sensuous world, as also, look for emancipation from worldly bondage.
The Sage also says, "Studying the scriptures or just having a guru does not enable one to see (get the vision/darshan), or experience (svanubhava/anubhuti) divine presence, Ishvara (in oneself)."
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