Guru and Disciple

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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your intellect. In spite of that, if you still do not feel comfortable, then without aggravating him you should find another 'shop'. With this approach, some day you will find the real one.
Questioner: But without our own progress, how can we recognize the satguru?
Dadashri: You should tell him from the beginning, 'Sir, I have no desire for a business relationship with you. I want liberation. So if you are liberated, can I come and sit by you and serve you?' Is there anything wrong in saying this? But does anyone say, 'I will give you liberation?" Then there is no need for a witness. You should immediately clarify with him, 'I will stay with you for six months and I will do as you tell me to. If by then I have not gained any benefits, I will leave.' But no one says anything like this. In this world, not one person will utter such a thing. What is wrong in asking. "Sahib, if you are liberated, please tell me so? I want liberation too. I cannot afford any other 'stations'. I have no need for the 'middle station'." You should be up front and clear. Then he will say, 'Son, I am myself at the middle station." Then you would understand that you do not need the middle station. You will only find the right place if you search in this way, otherwise you will not find it. You should ask him respectfully. It is because we have sat in places without asking that we have wandered for countless lives until now. If that sahib lives in the middle station, and we too live there, what good does it do?
Questioner: So how can knowledge from books help us find a satguru?
Dadashri: It would not be useful. That is the reason for all this wandering. For infinite lives, we have followed the knowledge in books, and even then we have wandered and wandered. To find a satguru is a big deal. However, the one that desires liberation will get everything. The desire to become free must be there. Those who desire fame and want to be worshipped by people take longer; they have to wander for many lives. Do you understand what
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their desire is? It is the desire for recognition, fame and importance. People call out to them, 'Come in sir, please come in, come in!' When people address them in this way, they taste the sweetness of getting respect. That is called garvaras (the sweet juice of doer ship), people feed them, and they keep tasting it! The pleasure of tasting that sweetness is incomparable!
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The fact that you find a Satguru means you qualify!
Questioner: Once we find a satguru, do we not have to continue our spiritual seeking (sadhana) under his instructions?
Dadashri: There is an end to spiritual seeking. Your efforts to seek should be for six to twelve months. It should not take forty-fifty years!
Questioner: That depends on the seeker's qualifications.
Dadashri: There is no need for qualification. If you find a satguru, then there is no need for qualifications. And if you have not found a satguru, then you need to qualify! If the satguru has a B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), then that is the level of his qualification, and if he has a B.A., B.T. (Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor in Teaching) then that would be the level of his qualification. Your qualification is not needed in this.
Questioner: No, I am not talking about worldly qualifications. But are there not qualifications for one's spiritual advancement?
Dadashri: No, once you meet the satguru there is no need for any qualification. The fact that you meet a satguru is in itself, your highest punya (merit karma effect).
Questioner: But after meeting the satguru, is there no need for any spiritual effort? Is everything done solely through the satguru?
Dadashri: No, you only need to carry out the instructions