The Bad Desire to be Guru -- SBSTP

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THE BAD DESIRE TO BE GURU

SRILA BHAKTISIDDHANTA SARASWATI

THAKUR PRABHUPADA

It is my Gurudeva who is graciously present

in all different forms. If he were not graciously

present in all of these different forms then who

would preserve me? Those whom my

Gurudeva made his own are my saviors. But

may I never have occasion to see the face of

that wicked person, who is a source of evil, who

maligns the lotus feet of my Sri Gurudeva or

who countenances in any way such a slanderer.

The moment I fall away from the lotus feet of

Sri Guru or forget them, I certainly fall away

from the truth. As soon as I fall away from the

lotus feet of Sri Guru I find myself encompassed

by innumerable wants. I run in a hurry for my

bath. I become busy for preventing a cold. I run

after other occupations different from the service

of Sri Gurudeva. It is the lotus feet of Sri

Gurudeva that alone protect me constantly from

all this attachment for objects other than the

truth. If I do not remember the lotus feet of Sri

Guru at the beginning of every new year, every

new month, every new day, and every new moment,

then I am sure to fall into far greater inconveniences.

If I do not remember his lotus feet

then the desire will come to dress myself in the

garb of the guru. I will become liable to the bad

desire of seeking to be worshipped by other

people as guru. It is this which constitutes addiction

to things other than the truth.·

ó Sri Chaitanyaís Teachings page 262-263 www.gopaljiu.org

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We make a distinction between being guru and being disiple. But actually perfect disciple means perfect guru. The last shall be first, the lowest servant is really the master.

 

We fall into trouble when we try to superimpose our upsidedown view of reality onto Reality. They say the best view of the whole is from the bottom.