Rajgeeta English Translation and Comentry on Atmasiddhi Shastra

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, Manu Doshi
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Mission

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Räjgeetä
Considering the direct access to a true Guru as supremely beneficial one would act on his precepts with the united energy of all the three faculties (Body, speech, and mind). (35)
Explanation & Discussion: When we look at the characteristics of a true Guru as specified in stanza 10, it would be obvious that it is hard to have access to such a Guru. If one therefore gets such access, he should consider it supremely beneficial. In spiritual pursuit there is no other means that could be as helpful as a live Guru. The benefits that can be derived from such a Guru are not comparable to those derived from any other source.
The worldly soul has been wandering mainly on account of inaccessibility to a true Guru. If one had gained the access, his wandering would have come to the end. The worldly soul has stayed ignorant of the path of liberation since the infinity. That ignorance cannot be removed by one's own efforts. Shrimad has therefore said (Vachanämrut # 198):
“The worldly soul can in no way get to the truth on his own accord. Only on getting access to a live Guide one can get to the truth. From the time he makes it out, he gets on the path of truth and his attention stays towards it. Whatever is done without the direction from an enlightened person leads to the bondage.”
Much emphasis has thus been laid on importance of enlightened Guru in spiritual pursuit, because the problems that one cannot solve by reading scriptures, etc. can be easily resolved by such a Guru. In this connection Shrimad has said (Vachanämrut # 200), “The instructions given in the scriptures are indiscernible and are meant for making
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