Guru and Disciple

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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peak that I am on, I sit there as being the smallest (laghutam) in worldly life (vyavahar). In the worldly life interactions, people try to be gurutam, whereas I have become laghutam there. What did those who try to be gurutam get in return? They went lower in nischay (the realm of the Self). In the worldly life, I became laghutam and therefore, I became gurutam in nischay (the realm of the Self).
that the policeman' has arrived! If you see a policeman-like nature in me, then realize that my worldly superiority is there and if you do not see that in me, then it shows that I am laghutam.
So if someone insults me, I will tell him that his insults have no effect on me. I am even smaller than his insult. Therefore, find something that would affect me when you insult me. If you call me a donkey, I am much lower than the donkey. Your mouth will get tired instead. Find a place where I am at, where your insults will have an effect on me. My place is called laghutam.
Who will do the work, after the Gnani Purush?
no effect
There is no one lower than I am, in the world; that is how laghutam I am. One can be elevated to the status of God if he becomes laghutam. Still, I feel it is very bothersome to become a God; on the contrary, I feel ashamed. I do not want that status. Why would I want it? And can that state be attained in this time cycle? All kinds of people have claimed the status of God in this time cycle. On the contrary, that status can be abused. Why do I need that status? I am a Gnani, is this status of a Gnani Purush any lesser? And I am a Gnani in the form of a disciple of the whole world. I am a Laghutam Purush - the smallest and the lowest of men. What status can be greater than this? There is no chance of falling from alaghutam state, which is how great this state is.
Anyone who becomes a disciple of the world will become gurutam. This is the only way. This sentence is telling you to change your direction. The effort you make in wanting to go higher and become gurutam, is really a gurutam ego that you walk around with. Instead, if you have alaghutamego of, "How can I become lower? then your Gnan will blossom tremendously. A gurutam ego will always bring veils of ignorance over your Gnan and a laghutamego will make it blossom.
So 'who' is this 'one' in front of you? It is a Laghutam Purush. How rare is this darshan (live viewing) of a Laghutam Purush? You cannot have such a darshan. Find me a person who is laghutam. I am the disciple of all these fifty thousand people. Do you understand? I do not make disciples at all. I have not made them disciples.
Questioner: What will happen after you leave? What will happen if you do not have any disciples after you?
Dadashri: There is no need for it. I do not have any disciples but there are many who will cry and mourn; there are at least fifty thousand people who will mourn.
Questioner: But who will be there after you are gone?
Dadashri: Time will tell you who that person is. I do not know anything and I do not have the time to think about it.
Questioner: You say that there will be forty to fifty thousand who will mourn after you but no disciples. So what are you trying to convey?
Dadashri: I do not have any disciples. This is not a throne. If it were a throne, then there would be an heir to it. People would come here to become heirs, would they not? Here, only the one
Someone said, "Sir, you are great man.' I told him, 'You do not know me. You do not know my real greatness. You will realize how great I am if you were to insult me.' Would you not see a police-like, authoritarian response if you were to use abusive language with me? If I say, "Who do you think you are?' realize