Guru and Disciple

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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The Guru and the Disciple
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there has been a change in the way one sees things? Samkit means a change in vision! There is always a rare exception. Some people are an exception to this rule, but we are not talking about exceptions here. We are talking about that which is applicable to all.
Questioner: Can a person attain the ultimate, using the words of the satguru as a support?
Dadashri: He will gain nothing out of that! Then you might as well get rid of Krupadudev's statement, "Without your exclusive focus on the living Gnani, whatever you do will bind you. These words represent my heart." What a phenomenal statement! Still, there is nothing wrong in what people are doing. If you tell someone what he is doing is wrong, and that he will not attain moksha by what he is doing, then he is likely to get on the wrong path, and start gambling. So he is better off doing what he is doing now. But follow the directions of Krupadudev. Look for a living Gnani!
Krupadudev keeps reiterating the cardinal statement that one should not do anything without a living guru or a Gnani. To do so, is nothing but swachhand! The person that moves ahead on his own will and understanding will never attain moksha because there is no one above him to point out his mistakes. What is it called, when there is no guru or a Gnani above you? It is called swachhand (actions and interpretations guided by one's intellect and ego)! Whosever's swachhand has ceased, will attain moksha. Otherwise, moksha cannot be attained.
The best thing to do is to ask the guru, but where can you find such a guru in these times? Instead of that, it will also work if you make anyone else your guru. If he is wiser than you are and he takes care of you, and you have faith in him and you feel at peace there and your heart accepts him, then establish him as your guru and stay with him. If he has a few shortcomings, tolerate them. When you yourself are full of so many faults and he has just a few, why do you judge him? He is higher than you are and therefore, he will take you higher. It is a huge mistake to judge him.
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Until you attain samyak darshan - the enlightened view, right vision - your swachhand will not leave. Alternatively, there is a way out if you act according to the directions of the guru, however, you have to act completely and wholly according to the guru's instructions. It is a different matter altogether if a person conducts himself with total surrender to his guru. Even if the guru is not Self-realized, there is nothing wrong in that. And if the disciple lives completely according to the guru, then his swachhand will go. Krupadudev had written a lot of truth but even that is difficult to explain! How is it possible to understand as long as one's swachhand prevails? And is it an easy thing for swachhand to depart?
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Questioner: So until one meets a Gnani, his swachhand will not leave?
Dadashri: No. However, even if one makes a crazy, happy-go-lucky person his guru, and always maintains humility as a disciple and never falters in his duties as a disciple, then his swachhand will leave. Yet people have opposed their gurus and yelled abuses at them. Man does not have the capacity to maintain such continuous respect, because when he sees something amiss in the guru, his intellect begins to act up!
If you do not find a Gnani, then you will need a guru. If not, then you are likely to walk around with swachhand. If you let go of the string of the kite, what will become of that kite?
Questioner: It will stumble and not fly.
Dadashri: Yes, so this is similar to letting go of the string of
a kite. As long as you do not have the Soul in your hand i.e. Selfrealization, you do not have the string of the kite in your hands. Do you understand?
Your head bows naturally to the One who dissolves all egos
Questioner: Yes, I should make someone my guru. Without a guru, Gnan cannot be attained. This principle is correct.