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
Dadashri: That is fine; there is nothing wrong with that. But if you have taken his medicine for twelve years and have not been cured of your sickness, then let the doctor and his medicine stay at his home! For infinite lifetimes one has done nothing but this, hence one has to keep wandering!
Questioner: But in all this is the guru at fault or am I at fault?
Dadashri: It is the guru's fault! Right now, I have with me some sixty thousand people and should any one of them get hurt, it would be my fault. Why would it be the fault of these poor people? They are unhappy, which is why they have come to me in the first place, and if they do not get happiness then it is my fault.
Because the gurus cannot make others happy they say, "You are crooked and that is why all this is happening. The lawyer says to his client, 'Your karma is bad and that is why things did not work out.
What should a guru be like? A guru should be someone that takes away all your suffering! How can you call any other a gunu?
Questioner:But I feel as though it is the fault of my prakruti (the non-Self complex of thoughts, speech and acts).
Dadashri: There is no problem with the prakruti. No matter what your prakruti is like, the guru will embrace it. These gurus that proclaim themselves as gurus, are they doing so without a selfish intent? People go to any guru and make helpless requests to them. People disregard the vibrations of the guru's anger, pride, deceit and greed. What good are such gurus? But our people have this bad habit of remaining in whatever shop they visit. They do not look to see whether their anger, pride, deceit and greed have diminished or not. They do not check whether their weaknesses have gone, or whether their separation due to differences of opinion (matbhed) has decreased their worries
have decreased, or their anxieties and reactions to external problems have decreased. If you ask them, they will tell you that nothing has decreased. Then let it go, forget about it, just get out of that shop! Can you not understand this much?
These are all mistakes on the part of the gurus themselves. None of them will admit to it. I have come to expose the truth. I do not have divisive differences with anyone nor do I have any problems with anyone! Nevertheless, no guru will admit to having such faults. They proclaim themselves as gurus and dominate the public!
Clashes end with real guru A guru is someone who would give us such an understanding that clash will not occur, not even during an entire month. And if you experience clashes, then you should understand that you have not found the right guru. What is the purpose of having a guru when you still have mental torment (kadhapo) and restlessness (ajampo)? You have to say to the guru, 'Sahib, it seems that your mental torment and restlessness have not gone, otherwise why would my mental torment and restlessness not go? If it is possible for mine to go then I will come back to you. If not then you should say, "Ram, Ram, Jai sat chit anand." You have wandered around for endless lifetimes going in and out of such shops. And if nothing is being done, then you should tell your guru, "Sahib, you are a great man, but nothing is happening to me. So if you have a solution, please help me. If not, then I will be on my way.' Should you not speak frankly? Similarly, when you go to a shop say, 'If you do not have any silk goods, then I will go elsewhere. Don't give me linen instead.'
A guru can only be called a guru when you have worshipped him with an understanding and you have surrendered all your ownership. Otherwise, how can you call him a guru? He should remove your darkness (ignorance) and if you walk the road, he shows you, then your anger, pride, deceit and greed will decrease,