Guru and His Swarupa

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

swarupa (nature or real form) of a Guru?

 

Sri Ramana Maharshi: 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.

 

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

 

Sri Ramana Maharshi: 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.

 

Hari Aum !!!