Guru and Disciple

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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If you cannot understand, take it all from me.' I myself have said to everyone, 'None of you have to do anything. I have to do it. I have to get rid of whatever weaknesses you may have.'
Dada has given a profound Gnan
What am I saying? When I tell everyone to walk alongside of me, they say, 'No, Dada, you are a step ahead.' I tell them that they are correct when they say that, but I insist that they walk beside me. I tell them, "I do not mean to make you my disciple. I mean to make you God. You truly are bhagwan and I mean to give you your seat. I am telling you to become exactly like me! Become brilliant. Become what I wish you to be!"
I have not kept anything with me; I have given it all to you. I have not kept anything in my pocket. Whatever I have, I have given to you. I have not held anything back. Everything I have given out is the state of the Absolute. I want nothing from you. I have come to give my whole Gnan to you. That is why I have made everything open here. That is why it is written, "Dada is very naïve and simple; he has given away a profound and deep Gnan."
No one would give away this Gnan, would they? Hey you! Let me give away this Gnan so people can find peace and calm. What will I gain by keeping it all to myself? Should I conceal it and go to sleep?
The general rule is that anything in the world that is given away will decrease, but only gnan (knowledge) will increase! This is natural. Only Gnan! Nothing else! Everything else will decrease. One person asked me why I disclose everything I know instead of holding some knowledge back. I told him that this Gnan increases by giving. Both mine, and his, will increase so what am I losing? I do not want to hold back the Gnan and be a guru and have people massage my legs. Such a situation would be like that of the British who kept all knowledge concealed. They
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even used to charge a consultation fee for their expert advice. That is why all this knowledge will drown away. Our people had the custom of giving. They would give generously. They would give the knowledge of Ayurveda. They gave the knowledge of Astrology. They also gave spiritual knowledge. They gave everything freely.
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This Gnan has not been kept a secret. Here, in the worldly life, the gurus hold a little back. They say, "The disciple is crooked so what will I do when he turns on me and opposes me?" This is because the guru wants worldly happiness. Food, water, he wants everything else. When his legs hurt, the disciple will massage them. If his disciple was to become just like him and then the guru's legs were hurting, and if the disciple did not massage them for him, what would happen? Therefore, the gurus would hold back certain knowledge.
That is why the gurus believe that they should keep ten percent for themselves and give out the rest. They have acquired seventy percent of knowledge, out of which they keep ten percent, while I give away the whole ninety-five percent that I have attained. If it agrees with you, i.e., if you are able to accept it, then so be it. Otherwise, you will get diarrhea (you will not be able to digest it) but at least you will gain some benefit from it.
Nowadays some gurus hold back what they know and give out little at a time to the disciples. And the disciples in return think 'We are not getting anything yet, but we will receive it eventually.' The guru will give them the knowledge gradually but why not give it all away so that the disciples can benefit? But no one gives, do they? Are greedy people likely to give? Anyone that has any greed for worldly things will never completely and openly be able to give out the total knowledge that he has. Out of greed, he will keep it for himself.
Questioner: But the disciple he finds is also greedy. He wants to grab everything, does he not?