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**Conclusion:** The form of the benevolent Guru, the form of God
(697) Such a saintly Guru is self-knowing, impartial, wandering due to the force of past karma, radiating unparalleled speech, and possessing supreme scriptural knowledge. They have the supreme, wondrous state of "Jnani-dasha" where attachment has been destroyed or is tranquil, and the entire world appears like a dream or a mirage. And such a Jnani, even though in a body, appears as if they are not in a body, existing in the supreme, wondrous state of "Dehatit-Videh-dasha" (beyond the body). (See Atmasiddhi Gatha, p. 129, 394). How can a seeker not have unique love for such a supreme treasure of virtues, an ocean of compassion without any impurities, supremely benevolent, supremely merciful, Shrimad Sadgurudev?
"The compassionate, merciful, the support of the devotees, the Lord; Red, O Red!
Serving the Devchandra, the Jina, is the cause of supreme blissful nectar. Red, O Red!" Shri Devchandraji. Just as a seeker has affection for a directly present Guru in a body, they also have the same unique affection for an indirect God who is beyond the body, because that
The form of the inner God becomes the form of the supremely benevolent God for the soul to attain its own nature. The one whose "form" has manifested is God, the one who is "established" in the pure form of the soul is the pure, conscious form of God, the one who has known the soul as the soul and nothing else, that imperishable, infinite form of knowledge is the God, the liberated soul. Because they have shown the path of liberation, they are the law-giver. Because they have shown the path of supreme peace, the path of liberation, the path of Shiva, and have done the "Shankarpana" of the three worlds, they are Shiva-Shankar. Because they are established in their form, yet know the entire universe through knowledge, they are Vishnu. Because they have attained the supreme state of liberation, they are Sugata. And because they have conquered attachment, aversion, etc., and manifested the pure, natural form of the soul, they are the supremely detached, the true Jinadev. (See p. 363-364 and 400-401). Such a pure, natural, innate form of Jinaprabhu is God in practice, and in certainty, that soul is the same God. The worship of Jinadev is, in certainty, the worship of one's own soul, because the state of the Jina and one's own state are one, there is no difference, no difference in form. (See Kavya, p. 112-113).
Without true devotion to this Jinadev, suffering will never cease; therefore, to escape from the fire of suffering in this life, devotion to this supreme Lord is like a supreme nectar
It becomes cool and blissful, like a dense treasure; therefore, how can a seeker not have a supreme love, a unique love, for this supremely benevolent Lord? Moreover, this supreme Lord is in the place of the established form of the soul, which is the goal.