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Guru Guru Guru

Which knowledge requires Propagation?

Some people desire to become Guru (Preacher) when they fail in every business. They want to succeed in the spiritual business. Some other people have the itch to become the Guru to get the disciples around them. But, for preaching and to become a real Guru in this world there are three requirements.

1) You should discover a better truth in the scriptures.

2) Due to lack of knowledge of your discovery, people must be suffering already.

3) People should get benefit on knowing your discovery.

If these three points are satisfied preaching is meaningful and such a preacher is useful Guru (Sadguru). If you can say “here is a new method to get rid of the headache without a tablet,” you can be a Sadguru and your discovery needs propagation. Such real preachers are Shankara, Ramanuja, Madhva, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Mahavir, Vivekananda, Saibaba etc.

The second type of Guru is useless Guru who preaches “headache disappears if you take the medicine”. Everyone knows this. He preaches whatever is already present in books. He is wasting his time and energy. He is only a teacher but not a preacher.

The third type of Guru is harmful Guru who preaches “if you swallow the poison headache will disappear”. He harms the people. He does not know even the bookish knowledge. He spreads his ignorance.

A harmful Guru will be punished by God. A useless Guru is not punished by God, but he is wasting his time and energy just to satisfy his itch to become the Guru. Instead of wasting his lifetime like this, let him join the service to propagate the knowledge of the Lord, who came in human form (Sadguru). But, jealousy and egoism hinder him to do so. He wants to become Shankaracharya and get His fame. He does not want to become a disciple of Shankaracharya who is a human being like him. He did not discover any theory like Shankaracharya but he wants to get the fame of Shankaracharya. His egoism does not allow him to become the disciple of Shankaracharya. He is very jealous at the fame of Shankaracharya. He wears the dress of Shankaracharya, and shaves his head similarly. He teaches the same theory of Shankaracharya. Then he is only a disciple of Shankaracharya but not the original Shankaracharya.

No one is greater than Hanuman in any aspect like knowledge, devotion, power, etc. Such Hanuman participated in the service of the Lord in human form. He did not start His own new work to uplift the world by killing some other demon and did not want to become a hero like Rama. The reason is, He does not have even a trace of jealousy and egoism. So He recognized the Lord in human form and became His servant to participate in His work. Rama became Vishnu. Hanuman became the future Brahma. Vishnu is Brahma as the Veda says ‘Brahm ca Nārāyaṇaḥ’. This means Hanuman got the same position of Rama. So, if you participate in the service of the Sadguru you will get the same position of Sadguru.

So never be a harmful Guru. Don’t waste time and energy by becoming a useless Guru. Participate in the service of the useful Guru (Sadguru) as a disciple and get the same position of that Sadguru. Let every Guru and everyone who has the itch to become Guru think about My advice and do self-examination sitting alone with peaceful mind.

Then you will understand the truth.

Guru And God

The right half of Datta is Guru and the left half of Datta is God. Rama is God and Hanuman is Guru. The same Datta is split into two halves. Rama is incarnation of Vishnu. Hanuman is incarnation of Shiva. The Veda says ‘Śivaśca Nārāyaṇaḥ’ i.e., Vishnu is Shiva. So, Rama is the left half and Hanuman is the right half of Datta. Guru needs the Supernatural powers (Ashta siddhis) for the sake of the disciples. Sometimes a disciple doubts the divinity of Guru. To prove His divinity the Guru has to perform some miracles. Sita doubted Hanuman. So, Hanuman grew His body (Vishwa Ruupam) and showed the proof. Similarly, when Ravana lighted His tail with fire, the tail did not burn. That was a miracle showed to Ravana. Sita believed Hanuman but Ravana did not believe. For both Sita and Ravana He described about Rama, the God. Thus, He is Guru for both. Sita is a good disciple and Ravana is a bad disciple.

In the case of Lord Krishna, He is both Guru and God i.e., two in one system. He preached and also showed Vishwaruupam to both Arjuna and Duryodhana. Arjuna being a good disciple believed. Duryodhana being a bad disciple did not believe. Krishna told that He is the God. So, He is Gurudeva. This shows that preaching and showing miracles are useful only in the case of deserving devotees.

Sita represents an ordinary soul (Jiiva). After marriage she stayed with the Lord for about 12 years in Ayodhya. Due to continuous long association, negligence to Lord developed in her mind. When Rama was going to forest, He asked her to stay at Ayodhya. Then she criticized Rama saying ‘You are a female in the form of a male’. Such negligence weakens the bond with the Lord. She was attracted by the golden deer which is nothing but the bond with money. She was stolen by the ten headed Ravana who represents the various family bonds and she suffered a lot. Then she cried for Rama who is the Lord. Then Hanuman in the form of Guru approached her. Hanuman described Rama from top to bottom. This means Guru explains that the real form of God is only the human form. Hanuman killed the demons there. This means that the Guru cuts all the worldly bonds which trouble the soul. Hanuman burnt the Golden Lanka. Sita reached the Golden Lanka through the attachment to Golden deer. This means due to the bond with money the soul gets lot of wealth. Sita suffered in Lanka. This means that the soul suffers due to excess of wealth. Hanuman warned Ravana. This means Guru also teaches the family bonds of that soul to get salvation. Hanuman returned back and appealed Rama to save Sita immediately. Similarly, a Guru recommends to God to protect the devotee. Rama immediately killed Ravana and saved Sita. This means the Lord will cut all the family bonds and uplifts you. Even after reaching Rama, Sita suffered due to her sins. She blamed Lakshmana in the forest and due to that sin, she suffered. This means after achieving the Lord also, the devotee has to suffer his own sins. When Rama sent Sita to the forest Sita told ‘Kalyāṇabuddheḥ…’ i.e., “Oh! Rama You are kind. This is only due to my sins” She never blamed Rama and suffered her sins silently. Similarly, one should not blame the Lord while suffering his own sins. He should suffer the sins with silence. Rama also suffered after leaving Sita. Similarly, the Lord also suffers for your sins. At last, Rama gave the permanent place with Him in the upper world to Sita. This means that if you are prepared to suffer your sins and still love the Lord, you will get a permanent place in the heart of the Lord.

In the case of Krishna also, Yadavas neglected the advice of Krishna due to long association. They swallowed the wine and killed each other. Arjuna also criticized Krishna when he was fighting for the sake of Gaya. Arjuna gave more importance to Dharma than Swami in protecting Gaya. But Gopikas gave more importance to Swami than Dharma and danced with Lord Krishna in Brindavanam. Gopikas got salvation after that birth but Arjuna has to be born again as a hunter. When the hunter proved the climax of his love by offering his eyes, he got salvation. Similarly, Hanuman also fought with Rama to protect Yayati who was given protection by the mother of Hanuman. Hanuman gave more importance to His mother than Swami. He realized His mistake and rectified it in His next incarnation i.e., Shankaracharya. Both Hanuman and Shankaracharya are the incarnations of Shiva. Shankaracharya left His mother for the sake of Swami and thus rectified His previous mistake.

In all these cases, ‘Maayaa’ covers the minds of the disciples. Arjuna realized Krishna as God when he heard the Gita and saw the Vishwaruupam. But for 18 days Krishna behaved like a driver when the chariot comes back to the army tent, Krishna gets down first and opens the door of the chariot. Then only Arjuna as an owner of the Chariot gets down. Such humbleness of Krishna misled Arjuna to think Krishna as an ordinary man. Already the incarnation is a human being. Due to this itself one will be captured by the Maya. Further when the Lord shows such submissive nature the Maya is doubled. On the eighteenth day Krishna asked Arjuna to get down first. Arjuna hesitated but Krishna shouted. Then Arjuna got down. Then Krishna also got down. Then the chariot was burnt. So, in this incident we can understand the behaviour of Arjuna. Even great devotees like Arjuna were affected by His Maya. Arjuna was Nara Rishi and was associated with Narayana during the past several births. When such Arjuna could not come out of the illusion, you cannot expect an ordinary human devotee to come out of the Maya exhibited by the human incarnation of God.

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