Guru and Disciple

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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The Guru and the Disciple
The Guru and the Disciple
What is going to become of you? Whatever will become of the guru, let it be, but what will become of you?
Questioner: Does this happen because one has put the guru on a pedestal, and then becomes disappointed in him?
Dadashri: Either you do not make someone your guru or if you do, then even if he starts to act crazy, your view of him should not become tarnished.
A crazy guru is still a guru People will find faults with the guru in just five days, questioning him, 'Why do you do this?' Hey you! Are you pointing out the guru's mistakes? Do people not tend to do this?
Questioner: Yes, one must never point out a guru's mistake!
Dadashri: Yes, but they cannot refrain from doing so. These people belong to time cycle of Kaliyug! That is why they go to a lower life form. At the present time, gurus are not perfect. Where would you find a perfect guru in the present time cycle? These gurus, too, are the gurus of Kaliyug!
If your guru were to make a mistake, you should not leave him. This is because everything is an effect of karma. Can you not understand this? Why are you looking at something else? Just do namaskar (do salutation and revere) his position! You do not have to see what he does. At this time, his karma is unfolding and that is what he is enduring. So how does it concern you? Why do you need to look at what he is doing? Just because he has cramps in his stomach, does it mean that his status as a guru is gone? Moreover, if one day he vomits does that mean he is no longer a guru? Just as you have your unfolding karma, would he not have the same? What do you think?
Questioner: That is right. Dadashri: If he has stomach cramps, should all the
disciples go away? If right now I had stomach cramps, would you all go away? So do not commit such a fault, do not become an opponent. Have you become an opponent of the one you used to worship and follow? Then what sort of a state will you be in? That gurupad (the status of a guru) should not go; do not look at him in any other way. But today so many people look at their gurus from different perspectives, don't they?
Reverence must not break If this (guru making a mistake) happens to your guru of forty years, even then you must not allow any changes to overcome you. You should maintain the same view about him that you always had. If not, then it would be a terrible crime. I am telling you, if you have a guru, then be very careful. If he turns out to be wild and crazy, then you must not look at the wildness and craziness in him. You should look upon him the same way you did the day you made him your guru. If I worship a guru, then no matter what he does, whether he beats me, drinks alcohol, or eats meat, I would not stop worshipping him. This is because when I saw him for the first time, he was different, and today he displays another kind of behavior because he is under the control of his prakruti. What is more, it is all happening to him against his own intent. This is what you must understand immediately. Once you have chosen and certified a diamond, then what? Does it then turn into glass? No, it remains a diamond.
I will give you an example of this. Say I plant a tree myself and then I have to build a railway line. If that tree becomes an obstruction to the railway line, I would not allow that tree to be cut down. I would say that I planted, watered and nurtured it, so turn the course of the railway line. But don't cut down this tree. For the same reason, if I have worshipped one guru, then whatever he does, my vision of him will not change. The reason for this is that he is controlled by his karma. Whatever you see is dependent upon karma. I would understand that his karmas are unfolding.