The Gurudom has nothing to do with Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.+

Normally people will not understand what I am driving at because they are seeking something which they can enjoy.

People's ambition is to acquire wealth and enjoy practical life within the practical world. They are looking for an advantage in the world, to take care of their daily life. Thus, to get what they want in practical life they indulge in the numerous paths of dogmas and rituals prescribed by the Gurudom expecting their daily life to go on comfortably. The so-called Gurus and yogis focus their ambition on acquiring wealth by making the masses more and more dogmatic-oriented.

No one inquires why they are in this hell. This begging to God and Guru goes on and on. If their wish is fulfilled, they indulge more and more, if the wish is not fulfilled, they indulge again and again because of fear of getting curses from God and Gurus. Thus, to get rid of this path of begging, one has to know the truth of his true existence.

That is why Swami Vivekananda: - The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods? Knowing this, stand up and fight! Not one step back, that is the idea. ... Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the whole world stand against us! Death means only a change of garment. What of it? Thus fight! You gain nothing by becoming cowards. ... Taking a step backward, you do not avoid any misfortune. You have cried to all Gods in the world. Has misery ceased? The masses in India cry to sixty million Gods and still die like dogs. Where are these Gods? ... The Gods come to help you when you have succeeded. So what is the use? Die game. ... This bending the knee to superstitions, this selling yourself to your own mind, does not befit you, my Soul. You are infinite, deathless, and birthless. Because you are the infinite spirit, it does not befit you to be a slave. ... Arise! Awake! Stand up and fight! Die if you must. There is none to help you. You are the entire world. Who can help you? - Swami Vivekananda (Delivered in San Francisco, on May 28, 1900) -The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 1/Lectures And Discourses/The Gita II

Yoga Vasistha says:~ ‘Self’-knowledge or knowledge of truth is not had by resorting to a Guru (preceptor) nor by the study of scripture, nor by good works: it is attained only through inquiry inspired by the company of wise (Gnani). One’s inner light alone is the means, naught else. When this inner light is kept alive, it is not affected by the darkness of inertia.

There is no need to condemn Gurus, but there is a need to highlight how they become an obstacle to realizing the ultimate truth or Brahman.

Remember:~

Some Gurus and Self-declared Godmen say: "I am God." This presupposes that they have the same miraculous and creative powers of God. They do not, however, display possession of such power. Such is the fallacy of their logic.

The Gurus who declare “I am God or “I am Brahman" are merely repeating like a parrot word that they have read in the scriptures or heard. It does not prove that they have realized the ultimate truth or Brahman. 

With bookish or hearsay knowledge it is unable to prove that everything is the Soul, which is present in the form of the consciousness. One has to do lots of homework to realize the Soul, the innermost Self.

A Guru who speaks of knowing Brahman within the body is thinking only of his head or heart, i.e. of his body. He is hallucinating.

Some religious Gurus give medicinal herbs and cure people, the latter then fall into the fallacy of attributing their cure to Swami's spiritual power, status, or greatness. Those Gurus may have expert knowledge of herbs but that does not prove they are Gnanis.

The stories of nonbelievers coming to a Guru denouncing him as a deceiver, and then suddenly being converted to faith in him are easily explicable. Both attitudes are merely emotional. One emotion succeeded another; it is in the nature of emotion to change. People are emotionally carried off their feet when they first visit a famous Guru.

Gurus who propagate Samadhi through sexual intercourse are not Gnanis. Sexual intercourse has nothing to do with the Soul, which is ever formless, timeless, and spaceless existence. 

Those who indulge in sexual activities to get enlightenment will permanently remain in the prison of the dualistic illusion. They are unfit to acquire Self-knowledge.

Those Gurus who glorify themselves as God and collect money by promising people instant realization are frauds. 

Whoever speaks of knowing Brahman within us is thinking only of his body. He is hallucinating about getting instant realization because he is an intellectual. He thinks he has read and understood everything. 

The Gurudom has nothing to do with Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana

Religious Gurus are concerned with the welfare of humanity to propagate love, peace, harmony, and compassion to the populace. Humanity belongs to the dualistic illusion. Spirituality is beyond the dualistic illusion.

Mixing religion and spirituality is like mixing oil and water. Religion has nothing to do with spirituality. Religion has nothing to do with the ultimate truth or Brahman. :~Santthosh Kumaar