WHO IS THE REAL GURU?

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WHO IS THE REAL GURU?

Who is a true Guru?

Is he the one that teaches worldly education? Is he one that that explores

properties of matter? No, they are only teachers. Is one who teaches a manthra or Vedanata a Guru?

No, we may call them Acharyas,

not Gurus. People consider a

person who imparts knowledge as a preceptor. But most of them are mere

teachers, not preceptors (Gurus).

A teacher who teaches others has had a teacher himself. The one who has no Guru above him is the true Guru.

The true meaning of Guru is " one who dispels darkness of ignorance " .

" Gu " means

" darkness of ignorance " and " Ru "

means " one who removes " . Another meaning for Guru is " One who reveals the Guri (target) to the disciple " . He

does this by removing the darkness of ignorance. Guri here refers to the Atmic

principle present in every human being. The real Guru who can reveal the Atmic

principle is a Jnaanamurthy

(embodiment of wisdom); He is the very embodiment of Divine principles; and He

is one who takes upon Himself a form to teach the same to the disciple; he is

God Himself.

Another meaning of the word Guru is " one who is beyond attributes

and forms " . Gu stands for Gunaatheetha - one who transcends the

three Gunas (Satva, Rajas

and Thamas); Ru stands for Rupavarjitha - one who is formless. The One who is beyond

all attributes and forms is none other than the Supreme Self (the Brahmam) who is resident within each of

us. Only God can be regarded as One who is beyond attributes and forms.

Guru is Brahma,

who is the Creator of the universe. Guru

is Vishnu who is all pervasive and is also the Doer in the universe. Guru is Maheshvara who commands and ordains

everything in the universe in the right manner. Guru is not one who merely teaches. A real Guru is Omnipotent, Omniscient and

Omnipresent, He is God Himself.

There is only one Guru, that is God and there is no other Guru. We have to recognize Him as our only

preceptor. He is the preceptor of preceptors. Realizing that God dwells within

us, we must treat God as the universal Guru

and the preceptor for mankind and contemplate on Him.

Let us purify our hearts to let the Divine dwell

in it. Let us install God, our Sadguru,

in our hearts. The vibrations that emanate from from the heart will elevate us

and confer Divine Wisdom on us.

Bhagavan

Baba