There is no devotion without guru

Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: Somebody said, "If one without a guru chants the name with devotion".

Prabhupada: There is no devotion without guru. That is the defect in modern society they imagine you can manufacture their own way. Rupa Gosvami said that the first thing is to approach the guru.

Question: Then all is fruitless without the guru? But it is rare to get a genuine guru.

Prabhupada: Lord Caitanya said in answer to this, brahmanda brahmite kona bhagyavan jiva. If you are actually hankering within, He will give you a guru, if you are fortunate. Even Lord Caitanya accepted a guru. Why manufacture that you do not need a guru? Do not do this.