The Guru transcends gunas and has no form - Swami

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Poornima refers to the full moon with all of its sixteen aspects being illumined by the sun. In man there are sixteen black spots: the six enemies (lust, anger, greed, infatuation, pride, and envy), the two gunas, Rajas and Tamas, and the eight types of conceit based on lineage and scholarship, wealth, youth, beauty, position, and penance. It is only when man gets rid of these sixteen evil traits that he will be able to realize his Oneness with the Divine. Who is the one who enables man to achieve this state of fullness? It is the Guru.

 

Guru refers to one who has transcended the gunas and has no form. The Gurus today are filled with qualities of all kinds. The disciples seem to be better than the preceptors. The disciples are making sacrifices. The preceptors are acquiring possessions. In this situation it is difficult to say who are gurus and who are disciples.

 

 

- From Swami's 1990 Guru Poornima Discourse

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