Guru and Disciple

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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The Guru and the Disciple
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The Guru and the Disciple
the doodhpaak but I developed an aversion for it. From that moment onwards, I would get nervous at the sight of doodhpaak. After that whenever they made doodhpaak at home, I would tell my mother, 'I do not like this sweet dish, so what will you give me instead? My mother would reply, *Dear son, there is a millet paste and if you eat ghee and molasses I will give you that,' to which I said, 'I don't want any ghee or molasses.' I would not eat until she gave me honey. Then my mother would explain to me, "When you go to your in-laws, they will make comments like, 'Has his mother never fed him doodhpaak?' If they serve doodhpaak and you do not eat it, it will look bad. So why not start eating a little at a time? She tried to coax me in many ways, but nothing changed. The aversion that I developed took hold within. That is how this aversion towards the guru has taken hold.
someone a guru, just based on my own experience alone. You should keep your prior opinions to yourself. You should not tell people this. You cannot give instructions to others about what they should and should not do. This is because the whole world cannot do without a guru. Did you ever need to ask someone for a solution?
Questioner: Yes.
Questioner: But why is there repulsion for the guru?
Dadashri: It is because he had some dispute with the guru in the past life and that results in repulsion in this life. So many different kinds of repulsions are involved. Many people do not have repulsion for gurus but have repulsion for God. Therefore, this is how people reject gurus. Just as I developed an aversion to doodhpaak due to an unrelated cause of vomiting, people develop an aversion to gurus.
Those who claim that one can do without a guru, are contradicting the entire world. This is because they are trying to perpetuate their mistake onto others. What do you think of this discussion?
Dadashri: There has not been a single man in this world who has truly been averse to the idea of a guru. No person should say, 'I do not need a guru. Such a statement is a contradiction. If someone should say such a thing, know that it is simply a viewpoint and he is attached to his viewpoint.
So all you need to understand is that you need a guru in this world. There is no need to have any repulsion towards the guru. The very word guru has scared people nowadays! Now what does the main element, the Self, have to do with it?
You need a guru until the very end The one who says, 'A guru is not needed,' is merely expressing his viewpoint and nothing else. Certain experiences are such that after a lot of wandering between many gurus; and in doing this over and over again, he gradually started getting answers from within and thus he feels in his mind that having a guru is a useless load.
Questioner: The one who says, "Guru is not needed," has reached a certain stage where the guru is no longer needed. Then everything is dependent upon himself.
Dadashri: Even Kabir has said,
"Kabir hud ka guru hai, behud ka guru nahi!" "Kabir is a guru as far as the boundary reaches; he is not the
ultimate boundless guru."
Questioner: It is true.
Dadashri: If you have a clash with your guru, you may feel it is not worth having a guru. Now if the guru has hurt you, then you may not want to take a new guru. You cannot force your experience on others. If I had a bitter experience with a guru, I should not go around telling everyone that they should not make