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There is a common Indian belief--picked up by and transferred to some Western cults--that without submission to a leader, master, guru whose guidance is to lead them and whose power is to lift them into Nirvana, they can never win access to this goal. It is an exaggerated belief when it refers to authentically enlightened men and a false one when it refers to all others. Blind acceptance of it has precipitated a nervous breakdown in some cases, and much feeling of morbid frustration in most cases where seekers have failed to find a guru or, finding, have become disappointed or disillusioned afterwards.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 6 : Student-Teacher > # 326