The Guru, it is declared in unmistakable terms, is the very Lord Himself. To approach the Guru, to worship the Guru, is to approach the Lord, worship the Lord. Why should the Lord choose to manifest through the Guru, why should He not act directly? Shiva is really all-pervading, subtle, above the mind, without features, imperishable, of the form of ether, eternal, infinite; how can such a one be worshipped? That is why, out of compassion for his creatures, He takes the form of the Guru and when so worshipped in devotion, grants liberation and fulfilment. Shiva has no binding form, Shiva is not perceivable by the human eye; therefore He protects the disciple conforming to Dharma in the form of the Guru. The Guru is none other than the supreme Shiva enclosed in human skin; he walks the earth, concealed, for bestowing grace on the good disciples. Though formless, Shiva, the store of compassion, takes form for the protection of the good devotees and 92 KULARNAVA TANTRA acts in the world as though he were a householder. He conceals his eye on the forehead, his crescent of moon and two of his hands and functions in the form of the Guru on the earth. The Guru is none other than Shiva without His three eyes, Vishnu without His four arms, Brahma without His four faces. To him who is loaded with sinful karma, the Guru appears to be human ; but to him whose karma is auspicious, meritful, the Guru appears as Shiva. The less fortunate do not recognise the Guru, embodiment of the supreme Truth, even when face to face with him, like the blind before the arisen sun. Verily, the Guru is none else but Sadashiva; that is the truth, there is no doubt about it. Shiva himself is the Guru; otherwise who is it that gives fulfilment and liberation? There is no difference between God Sadashiva and the Guru; it is sinful to make a distinction. Kularnava Tantra
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:26:01 +0000
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