STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION

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STUDY GROUP on SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION

 

Chapter 1

INSTRUCTION

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V7

Q. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SAYING THAT THE NATURE OF THE

REAL GURU IS THAT OF THE SUPREME LORD (SARVESVARA) ?

 

M. In the case of the individual soul which desires to attain the

state of true knowledge or the state of

Godhood (Isvara) and with that object always practises devotion, when

the individual's devotion

has reached a mature stage, the Lord who is the witness of that

individual soul and identical with

it, comes forth in human form with the help of sat-chit-ananda, His

three natural features, and

form and name which he also graciously assumes, and in the guise of

blessing the disciple, absorbs

him in Himself. According to this doctrine the Guru can truly be

called the Lord.

 

V8

Q. HOW THEN DID SOME GREAT PERSONS ATTAIN KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT A GURU ?

 

M. To a few mature persons the Lord shines as the light of knowledge

and imparts awareness of the

truth.

 

 

 

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