Re Acharya

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Our PoorvAchAryas keep telling us that it is the

AchArya who brings together the devotee and God.

we see this happening all the time.But they also

say that it is God who brings together the devotee

and his AchArya in the first place and also throughout

his life.This aspect we rarely think about.

 

This point was brought home to me forcibly today by

a certain incident: Yesterday there was a function

connected with my AchArya which I did not attend due

to laukika reasons.And the guilt feelings were there

through the night and continued when early this morning

I went for my usual walk.Suddenly on the way I saw

my AchArya sitting in a car waiting for someone -

me perhaps.I rushed to him,he blessed me and my mind

became clear and light again.

 

This is possible only because essentially there is no

difference between the two.My friend T.P.Mani who is

a great devotee used to say,"Don't you see ? It is the

same person.He puts on a blue cap and says I'm the

AchArya.Then he takes it off,puts on a red cap and

says,See,I'm God."

 

Sri Krishna does exactly the same to Arjuna.He first

tells him - <ISwarah sarva bhUtAnAm hrddESE-rjuna

tishTati..tamEva SaraNam gachha.." and a little

later,"mAmEkam SaraNam vraja"

 

EmberumAnAr TiruvaDigaLE SaraNam!

aDiyEn

BHARAT