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
Questioner: Then does a disciple not have to do anything there?
Dadashri: What can the poor disciple do? There would be no need for a guru if he could do it himself, would there? The disciple cannot do anything on his own. It is only through the grace of the guru that everything moves ahead. Man cannot do anything on his own.
Questioner: You need the grace of the guru, but surely, the disciple must also make some contribution!
Dadashri: He does not have to do anything except show humility (vinay). What is there to do in this world anyway? Just show humility. What else can he do? It is not as if you have to play with toys or bathe idols of God, or anything like that.
Questioner: One does not have to do anything at all? The guru has to do everything?
Dadashri: The guru does it for you. What do you have to do yourself?
Questioner: So how does the guru make the disciple reach his goal?
Dadashri: The guru has brought it from his guru and then he gives it to the disciple. Everything has been handed down. So whatever the guru gives, the disciple should take.
Questioner: Many gurus say that you must study and practice and then you will receive it.
Dadashri: Yes, so many people say that very same thing! What else do they say? 'Do this, do that, do that.' Can illusion (bhranti - ignorance about the Self) ever be removed by doing? If you have to do things exactly per the guru's instructions, it is not possible, is it? They say, "Always tell the truth," but you cannot tell the truth can you? Even the books tell you to do that. Do
books not speak also? Nothing can come out of that can it? The books tell you to be honest. But has anyone remained honest? For hundreds of thousands of years they have done just this, they have not done anything else. Destruction, destruction, destruction is all they have done.
Only the words of a sincere guru are effective
When you go to a guru, you should not have to do anything If you have to, then simply tell him, 'You go ahead and do all that. How am I going do it? Why would I have come to you if I could do it myself?' Now why is it that a disciple is not able to do anything? It is because the one telling him to do it does not do it himself. Whenever the guru himself abides by something, his disciple too will do it without fail. Otherwise, everything is just a farce. Then the guru says, 'You do not have the shakti (any energy). You are not doing it.' Why does the guru look for energy in the disciple when he should be looking for it in himself? I have told everyone that that they need my energy and that there was no need for their own energy. Everywhere else, it is just the opposite! Wherever one establishes himself as a guru, he needs his own independent energy. Instead, they goad each other by saying, 'You are not doing anything! Look here you! If I could do it, why would I bother coming here? Why would I take a beating in your place? This kind of nonsense continues everywhere because people of this Kaliyug time cycle do not have any understanding, otherwise, why do the gurus not give answers as I do? If the guru were clean, without doubt the disciple too would be clean. However, the fact that this does not happen means that there is something lacking in the guru. Yes, the gurus do not have any substance; they havepol (lack sincerity), this I tell you very candidly.
What do I mean when I say without substance and sincerity (pol)'? If a guru smokes secretly, you, as a disciple, will not be able to stop smoking either. Otherwise, why is it not possible? It must happen exactly as you want. This used to be the custom of