Guru Gita verse 174 - The attitude of the Guru is the highest place of pilgrimage

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LOVE

 

JAI MAA

, Kali Kali

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> 174. The attitude of the Guru is the highest place of pilgrimage,

and all other places of pilgrimage are without meaning in

comparison. All the places of pilgrimage reside, oh Goddess, in the

big toe of the Guru's foot, oh Giver of Boons.

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> What would you say is the attitude of the Guru? Is it devotion;

obedience; truth? Please share your thoughts.

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namaste kali and everybody!

 

the attitude of the guru is not devotion or obedience, it is truth

only. my interpretation only! do not take without permission from

your doctor! or ask

swamiji!

 

the mature devotee may have the attitude of devotion or obedience.

 

the less mature devotee may have the attitude of obedience. obedience

implies he/she

must be told what to do. in theory one attitude can lead to the

other, but obedience ...

just make sure your guru is completely trustworthy! that requires

discrimination. so,

obedience as a PRACTICE requires you to be able to discriminate. if

you can discriminate,

you can move faster to truth. if all you can do is obey, you are

vulnerable to a lot of

possible woe.

 

avoid the woe! go for devotion and truth! merge the mind in self!

 

on top of all that, what if the guru asks you to do something? i

would do it, for no other

reason than that is the right thing to do, and he is good to me, so i

wish to be good to

him. SERVE GOD IN ALL FORMS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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iananda_saraswati> wrote:

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> 174. The attitude of the Guru is the highest place of pilgrimage,

and all other places of

pilgrimage are without meaning in comparison. All the places of

pilgrimage reside, oh

Goddess, in the big toe of the Guru's foot, oh Giver of Boons.

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> What would you say is the attitude of the Guru? Is it devotion;

obedience; truth? Please

share your thoughts.

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> Kalia

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Dear Kalia and all,

 

as I see it, the attitude of the Guru is the Consciousness of Infinite

Goodness, and loving kindness to all beings is the manifestation of

this consciousness; to give more than you get (it is interesting that

Parvati, of whom Shiva has said that She is His own form, is

explicitly addressed as Giver of Boons in this verse).

As we are all on a pilgrimage towards perfection, towards the best we

can possibly be, the Consciousness of Infinite Goodness is our goal

and the highest place of pilgrimage; in fact, it is 'no place',

because there is no end to infinity. The way to travel there is to

start giving.

 

with love,

Henny

 

 

 

 

, Kali Kali <kaliananda_saraswati@y.

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> 174. The attitude of the Guru is the highest place of pilgrimage,

and all other places of pilgrimage are without meaning in comparison.

All the places of pilgrimage reside, oh Goddess, in the big toe of the

Guru's foot, oh Giver of Boons.

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> What would you say is the attitude of the Guru? Is it devotion;

obedience; truth? Please share your thoughts.

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> Kalia

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Dear All esp Chris, Henny and Steve;

The attitude of the Guru brings to mind selflessness. The

selflessness that comes from surrender - no attachment, no ego, no

self.

In the book "Before Becoming This" conversations with Shree Maa and

Swami Satyanada Saraswati, when the author asked Swamiji ". Does

everything have a different state of perfection" Swamiji responded :

"Yes. The perfection of the atoms of a tree is different from the

perfection of the atoms of a human being. If you look at the attitude

of a tree, it gives its shade to everyone. It gives its wood for fuel.

It gives its flowers for people who like to smell them. It gives its

fruit for people to eat. It takes the minimum it needs and grants

refuge to everyone.

So the Guru, like the tree, offers to everybody. Come and take what

you want. You see a person like Shree Maa, who offers so much to so

many."

(Kalia's add in) ...... and asks so little in return.

All of the pilgrimage places reside within, but this knowledge is only

realized when we have reached the point of oneness with our intrinsic

Divinity.

Kaliahenny_v_i <HvI (AT) SoftHome (DOT) net> wrote:

Dear Kalia and all,as I see it, the attitude of the Guru is the

Consciousness of Infinite Goodness, and loving kindness to all beings

is the manifestation of this consciousness; to give more than you get

(it is interesting that Parvati, of whom Shiva has said that She is

His own form, is explicitly addressed as Giver of Boons in this

verse). As we are all on a pilgrimage towards perfection, towards the

best we can possibly be, the Consciousness of Infinite Goodness is our

goal and the highest place of pilgrimage; in fact, it is 'no place',

because there is no end to infinity. The way to travel there is to

start giving.with love,Henny, Kali

Kali <kaliananda_saraswati> wrote:> > 174. The attitude of the

Guru is the highest place of pilgrimage,

and all other places of pilgrimage are without meaning in comparison.

All the places of pilgrimage reside, oh Goddess, in the big toe of

the Guru's foot, oh Giver of Boons. > > > > What would you say is

the attitude of the Guru? Is it devotion; obedience; truth? Please

share your thoughts.> > > > Kalia> > > >

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