Guru - [14]

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Q: It is said in the Srimad Bhagavad Gita:

'Realise the Self with pure intellect and also by

service to the Guru and by enquiry.' How are they to

be reconciled?

A: 'Iswaro Gururatmeti'- Iswara, Guru and Self are

identical. So long as the sense of duality persists in

you, you seek a Guru, thinking that he is different

from you. However, he teaches you the truth and you

gain the insight. He who bestows the supreme knowledge

of Self upon the soul by making it face towards Self

alone is the supreme Guru who is praised by sages as

the form of God, who is Self.

Cling to him. By approaching the Guru and serving him

faithfully, one should learn through his grace the

cause of one's birth and one's suffering. Knowing then

that these are due to one's straying from Self, it is

best to abide firmly as Self.

Although those who have embraced and are steadfastly

following the path to salvation may at times happen

to swerve from the Vedic path either due to

forgetfulness or due to some other reasons, know that

they should not at any time go against the words of

the Guru. The words of sages assure that if one does a

wrong to God, it can be rectified by the Guru, but

that a wrong done to a Guru cannot be rectified even

by God.

For one who, due to rare, intense and abundant love,

has complete faith in the glance of grace bestowed by

the Guru, there will be no suffering and he will live

in this world like Puruhuta - a name of Indra, the

king of the gods.

Peace, the one thing which is desired by everyone,

cannot be attained in any way, by any one, at any time

or in any place, unless stillness of mind is obtained

through the grace of the Sadguru. Therefore, always

seek that grace with a one-pointed mind.

 

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Be As You Are

The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

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