Contd from 10-07-14........ E- Satsang members missed out all our previous postings can read them in my timeline.... SATURDAY 12-07-14 IS GURU PURNIMA....AN AUSPICIOUS OCCASION FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND THE GLORY OF OUR GURU, THE NEED AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GURU PURNIMA...PART -2..... Glory and need of a Guru - Sri Sri Muralidhara swamiji.... “It is only through a Guru that we learn even a matter (vidhya) that can be perceived with our physical eyes. From making a mud pot to matters relating to Science we need a Teacher. Making a mud pot seems a trivial affair to us. But, unless we approach a Potter who is adept in making mud pots and learn the trick of the trade from him we cannot produce a mud pot. If, even to learn worldly matters such as these, which can be perceived with our eyes, one has to spend some time, as in a Gurukula, with an expert in the field then what to speak of spiritual matters (God,/Paramatma Swaroopa) that cannot be perceived with our eyes? No one can learn a matter that is beyond the realm of this world (amanushya, alaukeeka, adhyartmika) on his own. One has to definitely approach a Master and only through Him can he gain such spiritual knowledge. In this world a child who has no parents is termed an orphan (anath) and we sympathise with this child. Likewise, in spiritual matters (adhyatmika) he indeed is an orphan who has no Guru! One who has no Guru is also an orphan! No one can learn this Brahma Vidya (knowledge of the Self) without the guidance of a Guru. How should this Guru be? If one says, I have a Guru and we question him, How do you call him a Guru? he explains, My Guru knows my past and can also read my future! But one cannot attain the status of a Guru just because he is able to foretell your future or recount the past events in your life. This is because an expert astrologer has the capacity to read your future and recount the past events in your life. A person does not become a Guru for the mere reason of sporting a beard or adorning a garb of the dispassionate. Performance of miracles also does not confer the status of a Sadguru as even a magician is capable of performing miracles! Then what is the sign (lakshana) of a true Guru? What kind of physical attributes does he possess? How does he speak? How are we to recognize the Master? We can neither recognize nor understand the Sadguru through our intellect. This is because our intellect is a physical attribute (parichinamana vasthu). It is subject to limitations. With the intellect that is subject to limitations it is absolutely impossible to comprehend the limitless, i.e. understand the Mahans who are verily the form of Bliss (ananda swaroopa). Well! It is said that one can learn atma vidhya (knowledge of the Self) only through the guidance of a Guru. But at the same time it is also said that one cannot recognize a (Sad) Guru. Then what is the way to recognize the Guru? If we truly pine for God, if we truly recognise the blessing of having acquired the human birth - janthunam nara janma durlabhah - says Adi Sankara- in Viveka Choodamani and the Mahans have said (in Tamizh), aridhu aridhu manidarai pirathal aridhu (rare indeed is it to be born as a human) the Sadguru will Himself come to us! !!! More Glories about Guru to follow ...Stay with us and Be blessed !!! -------------------- Regards & Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan: Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Pl visit namadwaar.org/home.php or listen and chant along with the tune... Sri Sri Muralidhara swamijis Maha Mantra Keerthanam... youtube/watch?v=TsAWsd-XVOI
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 02:18:22 +0000
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