Pujya Ramsukhdasji Maharaj

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It is Not Essential to Engage in Guru-Disciple Relationship for Spir

 

Arjun used to be with Krishna at all times; he used to eat-drink, sit-

rise, sleep-awake with Lord Krishna; but Lord Krishna gave him the

message of the Gita, when within Arjun was awakened the desire for

salvation, for upliftment, for realization - " yacchreyah

syaanniscintam bruhi tanme " (Gita 2:7). I entreat you, tell me what

is decidely good for me. (Gita 2:7). It was only when this desire was

awakened within Arjun, that he considered himself to be a disciple, a

student of Lord Krishna seeking guidance (sishya). It was then that

he took refuge in God and prayed for instructions and

guidance " Shishyasteham shaadhi maam tvaam prapannam. " (Gita 2:7) " I

am your disciple. Do instruct me, who has taken refuge in You. " (Gita

2:7). In this way it was after the desire for upliftment, salvation

was awakened, that Arjun considered him self as God's disciple, and

prayed for instructions and guidance. It was not due to the age-old

established Guru-Disciple customs and observances (paramapara) that

he considered God as his Guru.

 

Also it is not that according to the scriptural injunctions God made

Arjun a disciple, and after giving him Guru mantra, after placing His

hand on Arjun's head, that Lord Krishna gave Arjun instructions. It

was not at all like this. From this it clarified that in spiritual

upliftment it is not essential to engage in Guru-disciple

relationship, but one's intense quest, one's intense longing for

one's own salvation is absolutely essential. When one has intense

longing for one's own salvation, by God's grace, by the words of

saints and great souls, through the scriptures, through sacred and

holy books, through certain incidents and circumstance, through some

divine aura / intervention, on it's own divine messages leading to

divinity and spiritual upliftment and related techniques for

spiritual practices become available and the seeker is able to absorb

them.