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પ્રત્યક્ષ સદ્ગુરુ સમ નહીં, પરોક્ષ જિન ઉપકાર; એવો લક્ષ થયા વિના, ઊગે ન આત્મવિચાર.
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Pratyaksha Sadguru Sam Nahin, Paroksha Jin Upakär; Evo Laksha Thayä Vinä, Uge Na Ätmavichär.
Contemplation of Self cannot arise without realizing that the benefits flowing from a live Guru are incomparably superior to those from the remote omniscient Lords.
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Explanation & Discussion:
This stanza states the importance of learning from a live Guru. It says that the instructions of such a Guru are more helpful than the teaching of the remote omniscient Lords, who are no longer available to us. This is not meant to belittle the importance of the Lords' teachings. The omniscient Lords were perfectly enlightened, while the present Guru might be at the stage of self-realization striving for such perfection. As such, there is no scope whatsoever for comparing the two in absolute terms.
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What the Lords have said is available to us in the form of scriptures. But those texts have deep underlying meanings, which will not be clear to a person who has not dwelt deep into
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