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even the alphabet can be learned. So then, how can one worship God without a guru? Even if a person wants to go to a railway station, and is lost, he will need a 'guru'. A guru is needed, every step of the way. But for moksha, only a Gnani is needed!
Where there is no 'doership' left, there is the grace of the Gnani. The one who bestows liberation (mukti) is a Gnani.
A true worldly guru is the one who points you to the right path, just like a 'point man'. Those who change the course of the path and lead you in the wrong direction are the gurus of today's world. 'Guru' means heavy. And ‘heavy' means that not only does he drown himself, but he also drowns others who sit in the same boat with him. If a guru has a 'guru-key' (gurukilli); he does not let his disciples drown. "I am the disciple of the whole world," is the gurukilli! The one who does not have the awareness of, 'this is my disciple', even for a second, has the authority to make disciples.
Once the guru's place is established in the heart, the true disciple will not refute any adverse developments in the guru's behavior, speech or even his delirious or crazed state. Only one's uninterrupted sincerity will take one to moksha! It is very treacherous to refute the guru after accepting him as your guru. The guru is the fifth ghati (destroyer) karma. No one should see anything negative in his guru; otherwise, it is better not to accept the guru in the first place. It is acceptable for one to not be devoted to one's guru, but one must not refute him. Human beings nowadays, have this affliction from their previous lives: they cannot remain quiet, they cannot refrain from finding faults in the guru, or even criticizing him!
You do not make someone a guru; the guru happens to you. The one who settles and pleases your heart, as soon as you cast your eyes on him, is the one that should establish the 'guru's
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