It is natural saying that is made-up, but there is nothing wrong in saying. Just like, guru is not a guru if he is not teaching spiritual knowledge, so acarya is acarya if he is not teaching us Veda.

"You should go to a guru who has complete knowledge from the sruti. Sruti means Vedas. Acarya am purusah veda. Veda means you have to approach acarya. He knows everything. Unless he is not followers of the Vedas, sruti, he's a rascal. What is the use of going there? What you'll get by approaching a so-called rascal guru? One who does not know sruti. Therefore Srila Rupa Gosvami has forbidden. Sanatana Gosvami has forbidden. Avaisnava puto hari kathamrtam sravanam na kartavyam. Because sravanam, sruti...To
go to guru means to hear from him, to inquire from him.

Yours, Yashoda devi dasi

Bapa Rao wrote:

>P.S. Who is the real Veda Acharya?
I would guess that Veda Acharya is a made-up name.
Regards,
Bapa Rao
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