Guru and Disciple

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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The Guru and the Disciple
Every human being has beggary for fame and respect. When you ask anyone, 'Do you have knowledge of how much beggary you have in you? Do you have any kind of beggary?' He will reply that he has none. Oh ho ho! If someone were to insult you right now, we would find out how strong the beggary for respect lies within!
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One may be abrahmachari (one who practices celibacy) with reference to interaction with females, he may not have any beggary for money, but there will be all other kinds of beggary for fame. He will have beggary for disciples, for fame, and countless other things. There is even beggary for disciples! He will say, 'I do not have any disciples. Now, what do the scriptures say? The scriptures say that the one, who comes naturally, without your searching, is a disciple.
God moves away from beggary
That is why I use the word bheekh-beggary. Others do not use this word; they use trushna. Use the word 'bheekh'! That way, at least people's beggary will go away. What does trushna mean? It means thirst. Whether a person feels thirsty or not, is not important. But this is your bheekh. How can God exist where there is beggary? This word 'bheekh' is such that one will hang without being hanged!
You can see the world as it is, only after your beggary goes away completely. As long as there is any beggary in me, I will not see others as being beggars. When your own beggary goes away, then everyone will appear as beggars.
One attains the state of Gnani when bheekh (beggary) of every kind goes away. When does one attain the state of Gnani? When his every bheekh goes away-bheekh for money, bheekh for sex, any kind of bheekh!
If a person has no bheekh, then he is a God or a Gnani, or whatever you want to call him. It is because of bheekh that the
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common human being has become this way. That is why he is begging, is he not? Where do you need to keep bheekh? With the Gnani! You have to go to the Gnani and ask for the gift of love. The Gnani gives it anyway, but if you ask for it, what you receive will be extra love. Is there not a difference between filtered and unfiltered tea? It will make this much of a difference. Filtered tea will not have any residue in it.
Where there is impurity nothing is gained
All these problems remain because of the presence of bheekh (beggary). There is no purity there. Everywhere one looks; it has become a business. Wherever there is any exchange of money, it becomes a business. In these situations, one is always ready to take worldly benefits. Worldly benefits are all businesses. Even if the guru does not take anything but has a desire for respect, it is still a worldly benefit, and until then it is nothing but a business.
India is such a country that everyone's (every guru's) business carries on, but there is danger in all such businesses. You should tell them, "you are doing this, but there is a liability in it.' Questioner: Why are there so many shams in the name of
religion?
Dadashri: Then under what other name, if not religion, will they carry on the charade? They will be beaten up if they tried it under any other name. "Bapji took ten rupees from me but if I question him, what will I do if he puts a curse on me?" Therefore, there is no outlet other than religion; there is no escape.
But we cannot say that everyone is like that. Five to ten percent of the gurus are good people, but no one goes to them because they do not have the power of speech (vachanbud), whereas other guru's speech is mesmerizing and so everyone gathers there. However, his intention is negative (beggary) whereby one way or another he extracts money out of you. What do you gain from such deceptive shops? On the other hand, what