trust to the guru would be enough

[Guest guest]

Once a visitor said:

"I have been coming to you, Swami, many times,

hoping that something would happen and I shall

be changed. So far I do not see any change in me.

I am as I was, a weakling of a man, an investerate

sinner."

And he started weeping piteously.

 

"On this road there are no milestones",

replied Bhagavan.

"How can you know which direction you are going?

Why don't you do what the first-class railway

passenger does? He tells the guard his destination,

locks the doors and goes to sleep. The rest is done by

the guard. If you could trust your guru as much as

you trust the railway guard, it would be quite enough

to make you reach your destination.

Your business is to shut the door and windows and

sleep. The guard will wake you up at your destination."

 

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this encouraging story is from Ramana Smrti, 1st ed.

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