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'science', from zero to one hundred. It takes you all the way, in relation to the past and the future.
Religion is something that carries you from one end to the other. But that never happens now, does it? And if it does, then your work is certainly done. But if you do not find anything, then it is better to have the companionship of relative' religion. There Must Not Be Any Business in Religion
The one who becomes a disciple of the whole world is worthy of being a guru. If you do not have awareness, even for a moment of, 'He is my disciple,' then you can make disciples. I have given Gnan to five thousand people, but I have never felt for even a moment, that they are my disciples.
The Lord has said that it is fine if you do everything else wrong, but when you choose a guru, make sure that he is straightforward. For infinite lifetimes you have been wandering, because you have come across the wrong gurus. People in India have made a business out of religion and that is wrong. There should be religion in business. But you cannot have business in religion. Even if the guru is not a Gnani, if you feel at peace just by seeing him, then you should stay there. But do not stay with someone that makes a business out of religion. If you cannot find honest men, then it is worth following Bhima's example. When Bhima (character from the epic Mahabharata) could not find any honest person to make his guru, he took a pot, painted it and wrote on it ‘Namo Neminathaya' (I bow down to Lord Neminath) and there he did his worship. It really is nobody's fault. This current time cycle is very peculiar and what we find today is typical of this time cycle. What can that poor man (the guru) do? He is trapped in it too.
Questioner: If we go and bow down to an ascetic (sadhu), does that mean that we have made him our guru?
Dadashri: No, you have to talk to him; you have to
