(Click to enlarge photo of Srila Prabhupada)
Reporter: I wondered how many people you think might have been taken in by fake gurus?
Srila Prabhupada: Practically everyone. There is no question of counting. Everyone.
Reporter: This would mean thousands of people, wouldn’t it?
Srila Prabhupada: Millions. Millions have been cheated, because they want to be cheated. God is omniscient. He can understand your desires. He is within your heart, and if you want to be cheated, God sends you a cheater.
(Science of Self-Realization, Chapter 2)
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