Guru and Disciple

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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The Guru and the Disciple
The Guru and the Disciple
your matbhed will lessen, and you will not experience worries or clashes at all. If you experience clashes then he cannot be a guru; he is a phony!
Do not waste your life stuck with one guru
People get stuck after having just one guru; you should not. If you are not satisfied, then change your guru. Where you feel a pleasing quiescence of the mind, where you do not experience dissatisfaction, where the mind rests, that is where you should stay. But do not get stuck believing as others have done. Many lifetimes have been ruined in this way. The human birth does not come very often and you are wasting it if you sit and stagnate. By Searching in this way, one day you will find the right guru, will you not? You want to find the main thing. He who searches will find it. Where a person does not want to look and takes the approach, "Oh well! We will go where our friends go,' everything is ruined.
Guru and Gnani
you the understanding to help you advance in the worldly life. If there are any difficulties, he will advise you. He will free you from negative deeds and guide you towards good deeds. The Gnani, on the other hand, takes you above bad deeds or good deeds; he makes you transcend them both and leads you towards liberation. Do you understand? The gurus of worldly life teach worldly religion and duties, to do what is right and discard all that is bad. They make you understand matters of good and bad. The worldly life will always be there so you must keep that guru, and if you want moksha, then that is what the Gnani Purush is for. The two are separate. The Gnani Purush takes the side of the Lord within.
You cannot forget the obligation to your guru
Questioner: If we have a guru before meeting you, what should we do?
Dadashri: Then you should go to him; however, it is not mandatory that you go. Go if you want to and if you don't want to, then don't. You should go so that he does not feel hurt. You should have respect for him. Here, before taking Gnan, if someone asks me whether or not he should let go of his guru, I would tell him no because it was his guru's grace that has brought him this far. Because of the guru, people can live with some boundaries. If the guru is not there, then there is no boundary. You can tell the guru, 'I have found a Gnani Purush. I go to do his darshan. Some people even bring their gurus to me. The guru too wants moksha, does he not?
Questioner: What happens once we have a guru and then we leave him?
Dadashri: But it is not necessary to leave your guru. What can you accomplish by leaving him? And why would I tell you to leave him? Why would I involve myself in such a mess? I would be liable if something wrong were to happen. Now you have to appease the guru and work with him. It is possible to do so. If
Questioner: The person we have accepted to be our guru is not a Gnani. You are a Gnani. So do we keep both the guru and the Gnani or do we forget the guru?
Dadashri: Keep your guru. You need a guru for everything. If he is a guru involved in worldly interactions, then he would be considered beneficial because he looks out for you. If you face any difficulties in your worldly life, you have to go to him. You need a worldly guru. You should not push him aside. The Gnani Purush shows you the instruments for your liberation; he does not meddle with vyavahar(worldly life interactions). Therefore, the Gnani Purush is for moksha. Your guru and the Gnani have nothing to do with each other.
You are not to let go of that guru. You must keep that guru. How would you conduct your worldly affairs without a guru? From the Gnani Purush you can learn about nischay (Self), if you want to. The other guru will help you in your worldly life. He will give