Guru and Disciple

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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guru, gurumaharaj, do you have a master key that will prevent me from drowning? You are heavy so you will definitely drown and you will take me down with you too. Do you have a master key (gurukilli)? If you are not the type that will drown then I shall sit with you.' If he says, 'yes' then you should sit.
Questioner: No one would admit that he is the kind of guru who would drown, would he?
Dadashri: Yes, but if you tell him 'Sir it appears that you lack intelligence,' if you say only this much to him, you will find out immediately whether he is someone who will sink you or not.
Otherwise, all gurus without the master key have sunk. They sank themselves and their disciples along with them. There is no telling where it will lead. If the guru has the master key, then he will not sink. In the past, the gurus of the gurus would pass down this key; they would pass this key on to each succeeding guru. What would these gurus tell their disciples? They told them they could become gurus but they should keep 'this' master key with them. Only then will they not drown themselves and others. So now I am asking these gurus whether they have the key or not. And they ask me, 'What kind of a key? That is it! You can tell right away that they do not have the master key. That is why they are still wandering! Do not let just anyone be your guru. They have forgotten the master key. There is no master key to begin with. This is Kaliyug and so people will drown for sure. This was not the case in the past time cycle of Satyug.
Questioner: But the guru is a savior; he will not drown us.
Dadashri: No, but only if he has the master key can he stay afloat and help others do the same. If the guru does not have a master key, then you are in trouble. People will praise him and flatter him and it will go to his head. Then his mind will explode and he will become inflated with ego. Don't you think people praise me? Therefore, it is only useful when you have a master
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key. A master key is a tool the guru has that will not allow him to sink. It is a key, an understanding, which their gurus give them confidentially. The great gurus, the Gnani Purush, give this key confidentially; they give this key in the form of understanding, which tells them, 'If you work with your disciples in this way, you will not sink and neither will anyone else.'
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Questioner: In order to become a guru you need a master key, so what is that master key?
Dadashri: The Gnani Purush gives him an understanding and an assessment of what he is. The Gnani tells him, 'You are not a guru. You are a guru only by name. You are nameless (anami). Remain laghutam (smallest of the small) and then be a guruthen you will stay afloat and keep others afloat.' These people don't even have a master key and yet they proclaim themselves as gurus. One should attain the understanding; one should attain the master key from the Gnani Purush then there will be a safe side for him and his followers.
People ask me, 'What are you?" So I tell them, "I am a Laghutam Purush. There is no other living being smaller than me in this world." Now, can such a laghutam person sink in any way?
Questioner: No, he cannot.
Dadashri: Laghutam! It means one may feel the lightweight of the guru, but he will not sink. And if others sit with me, they will not sink because the Gnani Purush himself is laghutam, and is experienced and therefore he can take everyone to the other side. He has swum across the ocean of the worldly life and is completely capable of helping others do the same.
The Difference between a guru and a Gnani
Questioner: Please explain the difference between a guru and a Gnani Purush?