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Que. 7 : How can a Guru be useful in attaining
self-knowledge ? Ans. :(a) First of all, a Realized Guru has
self-knowledge and therefore has personal know-how, regarding the
path of salvation. (b) Being a person with extraordinary
exposition-power and all-round knowledge, he dispells the ignorance of the disciples by his experiential divine teachings, as the sun dispells the darkness, including the minutest
doubts of the disciples. (c) The divine personality of the great
master is sublime and overwhelming indeed. Even when he is not giving the sermons his equanimity-charged facial expression, his spontaneous nature, his affectionate approach, his desirelessness, his natural ever-jolly nature, his incessant helping attitude, his strict self-disipline and ceaseless self-awakening--all these continuously inspire the disciples and the devotees to tread the path divine. Thus, the preceptor is useful and benevolent to all his disciples in several ways. His benevolence is beyond all discription indeed. It is our humble request to the seekers of the truth to have a direct experience of the advantageous divine presence and
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