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the same are all students. If both the teacher and the students are renouncing or turning the beads on a rosary, then can we not conclude that they are in a 'standard' i.e. they are both in the process of studying? If you ask them, "Sir, have you finished studying?" they will say, "We have finished studying but we still have to do our rosary." No! If you want to attain moksha, then realize that moksha and the wooden rosary beads are foes. You have to dwell (ramanata) in the realm of the Self for moksha. These people are dwelling in the wooden beads and therefore they will not attain moksha. This is just a type of a business they have started. 'We' have to make this statement in order to alert and caution them.
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There should not be any business in religion but religion should definitely be present in all business. Wherever there are transactions of money in any religion, understand that it is not a true religion.
A person can still attain moksha if he asks for guidance but he does not do this either. He guides himself according to his own misguided intellect (dahapan) only. That is why people have been advised to have a guru, but what can one do if the gurus themselves are worthless. What can anyone do when the guru himself is 'market material' (commercialized, involved in money transactions for his own gain)? It is good that people do not sign long term contracts with such gurus, otherwise they will demand, "Why are you leaving after two years when we have a contract for five years?" The vitarag path is not like this. How can one be a guru without the gurukilli - master key?
It is difficult to find a real guru in this world. A mutual selfserving relationship between a guru and his disciple will always prevail and that relationship will sink them both. In other words, the disciple has some desires and needs from the guru, apart from pure spiritual progress, and vice versa, and this will
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'drown' both of them. What is the meaning of guru? Guru means heavy, therefore he will sink and will sink others with him. Those who have taken the responsibility of being a guru are in the process of sinking and they also pull others down along with them. It is not possible to become a guru without having a gurukilli (master key).
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Questioner: What is a gurukilli? Is it the awareness of the pure Self?
Dadashri : No, if it were, then one would attain moksha. Gurukilli used to be given out in the days of Lord Mahavir. Anyone can be a guru provided he is free from all desires of indulging in sensual pleasures (vishays). This world is full of people afflicted with such diseases (caught in sensual pleasures). In order to be a guru one needs to have a gurukilli in his hands. Here some become gurus with a handful of disciples and when their disciples start worshipping them, they become intoxicated with the ego (keyf) of respect. But with a gurukilli they would maintain normality.
Why on earth do people become gurus without a gurukilli? How can you become a guru without the Gnani Purush giving you a gurukilli? Gnani Purush is gurutam (the highest of all; the supreme amongst gurus; there is no one greater than him) and He is also laghutam (the lowliest of the low, the most humble one and there is no one lower than him). If you call 'us' Acharya, 'we' would tell you that 'our' state is even higher than that. And if you call 'us' a donkey, 'we' will tell you that 'we' are even lower than a donkey. Now how can you recognize such a gurutam-laghutam Purush? And if you do happen to recognize such a Purush, then your work is done.
Moksha halted by Self-guided whim (swachhand)
One will have to get rid of the disease called swachhand that has accompanied one from countless past lives. This disease
