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: Does that mean that the disciple should not take on any effort and that the guru should be the one making all the efforts?
Dadashri: Yes, the guru should be the one doing everything. If you have to do it, then you should ask him, "So Sahib, tell me what you are going to do? If you don't have to do anything except give orders then, I would rather obey the orders of my wife. Even she is capable of reading a book and giving orders, just like you. Your telling me to do this', will not work. You help me do something. You do what I cannot do and what you cannot do, I will do." Divide the work in this manner. And if the guru responds, "Why should I do it?' then you can ask him, "How will I progress from doing all this?' Should you not question the guru this way?
Questioner: But what if the seeker is inadequate, then what?
Dadashri: You do not have to look at the other person. The guru must be good. People are like that anyway, people are not capable. They will say exactly this: 'Sahib, I am not capable, which is why I have come to you. Is it for me to even do anything? And if he says, "You will have to do it,' then he is not a guru. They should reason with the guru by saying, 'Look, if I had to do it, why would I come to you? Why would I have sought out a (Samarth) completely capable person like you? Why don't you at least think about that! You are completely capable, and I am weak. I cannot do it, and that is why I have come to you. If I have to do anything, then what does that make you? It makes you weak! How can one call you samarth? A samarth person can do anything.
The gurus have no substance whatsoever and that is why their disciples have problems and burden. The gurus have no substance and that is why they find faults with the disciples. If a husband has no substance, he will find faults with his wife. There is a popular worldly saying that a weak husband dominates his
wife. Similarly, these weak gurus control their disciples. They make their disciples' lives miserable with their rebukes of You cannot do anything.' If this is what you do as a guru, why do you declare yourself as a 'great guru'? Why do you needlessly rebuke your disciples? The poor man has come to you because he is unhappy and, on top of that, you are telling him off! At home, his wife tells him off and here you tell him off. When does all this come to an end?
A guru is someone who does not chastise his disciple. He protects and supports his disciple. How can you call these gurus of the Kaliyug, 'gurus'? All day long, they keep pushing their disciples around. That is not the way!
During the time of the Lord Mahavir, no one would have said, 'You will have to do this much,' but today these gurus say exactly that. And the disciples keep pleading, 'Sahib, I can't do it, I can't do anything.' Hey you! You will turn into a stone if you keep saying, 'I can't do anything.' This is because you become what you envision and say. You will become whatever you project yourself to be. If you believe that you cannot do anything, then will you not become like that? This is something people do not understand that is why everything continues without substance (pol). Any guru who does not do anything for you is a burdensome guru. For that matter, even when you go to a doctor, would you not have to tell him, I am ill and I don't know what is wrong. You make me well again.' Should you not say this to even a doctor?
Questioner: Yes, I should.
Dadashri: That is why the guru must do it for you. He will teach you everything. Then he will tell you to read, but he will teach you everything. When can these poor working people with wives, children and jobs get anything done? The guru, on the other hand, has a lot of energy; he has infinite energy that lets him accomplish everything. The guru should say, "You may lack the understanding, but I am here. I am present here. Do not be afraid.