Maharshi's Gospel: Guru and His Grace 3

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Disciple: How is the Guru found?

 

Maharshi: God, Who is immanent, in His grace takes pity on the loving

devotee and manifests Himself according to the devotee's development. The

devotee thinks that He is a man and expects a relationship as between two

physical bodies. But the Guru, who is God or the Self incarnate, works from

within, helps the man to see the error of his ways, and guides him in the

right path until he realizes the Self within.

 

Disciple: What should the devotee do then?

 

Maharshi: He has only to live up to the words of the Master and work within.

The Master is both 'within' and 'without', so he creates conditions to drive

you inward and at the same time prepares the 'interior' to drag you to the

Centre. Thus he gives a push from 'without' and exerts a pull from 'within',

so that you may be fixed at the Centre.

You think that the world can be conquered by your own efforts. When you

are frustrated externally and are driven inward, you feel, "Oh! There is a

Power Higher than man!"

The ego is like a very powerful elephant which cannot be brought under

brought under control by any less powerful than a lion, which, in this

instance, is no other than the Guru, whose very look makes the elephant like

ego tremble and die.

You will know in due course that your glory lies where you cease to

exist. In order to gain that state you should surrender yourself. Then the

Master sees that you are in a fit state to receive guidance, and he guides

you.

 

(From Maharshi's Gospel, published by Sri Ramanasramam and available for

download from http://www.ramana- maharshi. org/)

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My Dear Friend,

Our master seldom recommends a Guru without and would advise us to search for the Guru within. Self is the Guru and if at all one craves for a guru, yez, as you reproduced Bhagavan sends some one with a name and form.

Bhagavan would say more than once unless the questioner is found no questions or doubts can be set at rest.

So.. as and when possible, my dear friend, we must pursue the path of self enquiry.

That is the one and only wonderful and effective way to avoid entanglement into the materialistic life.

Keep posting your mails pelase.

UNTO RAMANA SATHGURU's LOTUS FEET !!

Ganesh Ramachandran

 

Peter <not_2 (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote:

Disciple: How is the Guru found?

Maharshi: God, Who is immanent, in His grace takes pity on the loving devotee and manifests Himself according to the devotee's development. The devotee thinks that He is a man and expects a relationship as between two physical bodies. But the Guru, who is God or the Self incarnate, works from within, helps the man to see the error of his ways, and guides him in the right path until he realizes the Self within.

Disciple: What should the devotee do then?

Maharshi: He has only to live up to the words of the Master and work within. The Master is both 'within' and 'without', so he creates conditions to drive you inward and at the same time prepares the 'interior' to drag you to the Centre. Thus he gives a push from 'without' and exerts a pull from 'within', so that you may be fixed at the Centre.

You think that the world can be conquered by your own efforts. When you are frustrated externally and are driven inward, you feel, "Oh! There is a Power Higher than man!"

The ego is like a very powerful elephant which cannot be brought under brought under control by any less powerful than a lion, which, in this instance, is no other than the Guru, whose very look makes the elephant like ego tremble and die.

You will know in due course that your glory lies where you cease to exist. In order to gain that state you should surrender yourself. Then the Master sees that you are in a fit state to receive guidance, and he guides you.

(From Maharshi's Gospel, published by Sri Ramanasramam and available for download from http://www.ramana- maharshi. org/)

 

 

 

 

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