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The Yogshikhopanishad declares:
The Guru is [equal to] the Creator (Brahma), the Sustainer (Vishnu) and the Destroyer (Siva). No one is greater than the preceptor in all the three worlds.
Gynasankalani Tantra says:
In this body all Knowledge resides, in this body all the gods dwell; and in this body are located all pilgrimages. Only by the teaching of the Guru can all this be found.
In the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna does not use the word guru, but he alludes to the giver of knowledge, when he says:
Learn this through humble submission, through inquiry, and through service, then the knowing ones, the perceivers of truth will teach you the true knowledge.
From this review of these accounts, we see that emphasis for the need of a teacher for the spiritual journey as well as praise for the sadguru is quite pervasive through out the teachings of the saints as well as the sacred literature.
Moral Integrity
Whether we call it our true nature [form], or the nature of God, or the nature of the soul, all are pointing to the same thing. In order to realize one's true form (nature], it is essential to practice the path of Ultimate Reality. For this purpose, it is necessary to
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