GururupAyah ["Mary Ann"]

[Guest guest]

I take this to mean that the word "guru" is used even to mean Grace which

assists

someone to higher understanding, whether that Grace be embodied in human form or

not. Is this correct, Nora?

 

, "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...>

wrote:

>

> Siva SutrA [ III, 6 ]

> GururupAyah : The Guru who has attained Self-realization can alone

> help the aspirant in acquiring it.

>

> Commentary :

> Guru alone is one who teaches the essential Truth. So he is the

> means for leading one to the attainment of the potency of mantra and

> mudrA.

>

> In MAlinivijaya, it has been said [ Siva addressing PArvati says]

> "One, who knows all the principles in their essentials, being able

> to throw light on the virility or efficiency of mantra, is a guru

> like myself." [iI, 10]

>

> In SpandakArika, such matters being well known have not been

> treated. But in a way this matter has also been treated there in the

> last verse which is as follows:"

> "I offer my homage to that wonderful teaching of my guru, serving as

> a boat in crossing the fathomless ocean of doubts and full of such

> words as express wonderful, uncommon ideas"[iV i]

>

> OR Guru may be said to be the power of divine grace. As has been

> said in MAlinivijaya "That [the power of grace] has been said to be

> the collective whole of saktis, that has been said to be the mouth

> of the guru, ie the guru's power of grace"

>

> In Mantrisirobhairava also, the same idea has been expressed in the

> following way.

> "guru's power of grace inherent in the mouth of the guru is greater

> than the guru himself" That power of grace affording a favourable

> opportunity to the aspirant if the means [ to the unravelling of the

> secret of the mantra].

>

> Extraction from Siva Sutras, The Yoga of Supreme Identity.

> Text of the Sutras adn the commentary Vimarsini of KsemarAja.

> Translataed into English by Jaideva Singh.