From the Garland of Guru's Sayings-Prof. Swaminathan's translation

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  From the Garland of Guru's Sayings - Prof. Swaminathan's translation

 

52. THE TRUE GURU

 

P.53

 

V. 271

 

The guru who tells his disciple

" Do this or that "

becomes for him

Yama, Lord of Death

or Brahma,

Lord of birth.

He who declares

" you have done enough "

is the true guru

Bringing grace divine.

 

[the true Guru prescribes no discipline, but the enquiry 'Who Am I?'] Prof.

Swaminathan's note.

 

Bhagavan made suggestions in answer to questions but never told devotees what to

do directly. Telling devotees what they must do casts a shadow between them and

the inner Guru within, the Self. AJ

 

The Garland of Guru's Sayings or Guru Vachaka Kovai is by Sri Muruganar, who

before and after his Self Realisation, through Sri Bhagavan's Grace, recorded

Sri Ramana's utterances and set them into Tamil verse. This poetic translation

by Prof. Swaminathan is in free verse form, and is published by Ramanasramam.

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Dr.Raju wrote,

A master shares his being,not philosophy.He is not a doer.He never

does anything to desciple.Master is a mirror and relationship with him is one

sided and it is not a static relationship like father,son etc because as

desciple changes the

master just mirrors it.Master is a silent,serene pool of pure energy

available and desciple is receptive.Where as teachers who are

self-ignorant themselves try to enforce descipline through greed,

persuasion,fear.There is subtle bondage of expectations,demands in

this relationship which is followed by complaints,frustrations.

A master basically shares his being where as teacher shares his

philosophy only.

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How very true .. especially in these days of Modern Gurus who have commercialised

their brand of " spirituality " and charge by the hour , much like the psychiatrists of the U.S !

Masters like Ramana Maharishi never " taught " in the conventional sense. They simply

shared their ocean of knowledge out of compassion to fellow beings !

They never expected anything in return .. The door was always open .. people used

to come , people used to go .. They continued to be ever in the state of Bliss !!

 

Pranams

 

Ramesh

--- On Tue, 3/17/09, drrajunsp <drrajunsp wrote:

drrajunsp <drrajunsp Re: From the Garland of Guru's Sayings-Prof. Swaminathan's translation Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 10:30 AM

 

 

>Dr.Raju wrote,A master shares his being,not philosophy.He is not a doer.He never does anything to desciple.Master is a mirror and relationship with him is one sided and it is not a static relationship like father,son etc because as desciple changes themaster just mirrors it.Master is a silent,serene pool of pure energyavailable and desciple is receptive.Where as teachers who areself-ignorant themselves try to enforce descipline through greed,persuasion,fear. There is subtle bondage of expectations, demands inthis relationship which is followed by complaints,frustrat ions.A master basically shares his being where as teacher shares hisphilosophy only.