Guest guest Posted August 2, 2007 Report Share Posted August 2, 2007 Inner Quest is Key to Knowledge In attaining salvation, our own ardent desire, aim and yearning is needed. If the longing and aspiration is not within us, what can a Guru do? What can the scriptures do? Seeing the guru as human and seeing a human as a guru is a grave offense, because the Guru essence (tattva) is beyond this body. Guru is not the body. A disciple is a rarity, not the Guru. The one who serves is rare, not the one being served. A true contemplative and inquiring spiritual aspirant is rare, but not the knowledge itself. A true devotee of God is rare, but not God. The one who desires money, wealth, pleasure, comforts, respect, honor, worship, and homage or anything from us, he cannot lead us to our salvation. The one who desires anything from us, how can he become our Guru? A true Guru makes one a Guru, not a disciple. One who wants to make a disciple, he becomes a servant of the disciple. God, even though being a Universal Guru, does not make anyone his disciple (chela). He only makes them his comrade and friend. Until there isn't a deep quest for spiritual knowledge from within (swayam), even on accepting a Master †" Disciple relation, knowledge (jnana) is not attained. Whereas those having an intense quest for spiritual knowledge, even without a Master †" Disciple relation, they can attain knowledge from anyone. When there is intense quest, even in their dreams, God will grant a mantra from great saints and sages, such as Sukhdev, who once lived. The point is that knowledge is attained through one's own internal quest (swayam), intense pursuit, inquiry, faith and belief. Not by making someone a Guru. " Shraddhavaan labhate jyaanam " (Gita 4:39). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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