Guru - [6]

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Q: How is one to decide upon a proper Guru? What is

the swarupa (nature or real form) of a Guru?

 

A: He is the proper Guru to whom your mind is attuned.

If you ask, 'How to decide who is the Guru and what

is his swarupa?', he should be endowed with

tranquillity, patience, forgiveness and other virtues;

he should be capable of attracting others even with

his eyes just as a magnet attracts iron; he should

have a feeling of equality towards all. He who has

these virtues is the true Guru, but one wants to know

the swarupa of the Guru, one must know one's own

swarupa first. How can one know the real nature of the

Guru if one does not know one's own real nature first?

If you want to perceive the real nature or form of the

Guru you must first learn to look upon the whole

universe as Guru rupam (the form of the Guru). One

must see the Guru in all living beings. It is the same

with God. You must look upon all objects as God's rupa

(form). How can he who does not know his own Self

perceive the real form of God or the real form of the

Guru? How can he determine them? Therefore, first of

all know your own real form and nature.

 

Q: Isn't a Guru necessary to know even that?

 

A : That is true. The world contains many great men.

Look upon him as your Guru with whom your mind gets

attuned. The one in whom you have faith is your Guru.

 

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ from ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Be As You Are

The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

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