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‎Good gurus

Jyoti: /* Helping disciple reach higher goals in life */

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‎Helping disciple reach higher goals in life

Jyoti: /* Good gurus */

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‎Good gurus

Jyoti: /* Its evolution */

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‎Its evolution

Jyoti: /* The Guru Principle */

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‎The Guru Principle

Jyoti at 15:58, 7 June 2021

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Jyoti: /* Good gurus */

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‎Good gurus

Jyoti at 10:11, 5 December 2020

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Jyoti: /* Gurus Light The Fire Of Knowledge */

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‎Gurus Light The Fire Of Knowledge

Jyoti: /* ‘No Mortal Being Can Be A Guru:’ Dadaji */

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‎‘No Mortal Being Can Be A Guru:’ Dadaji

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	Ashtavakra then attempts to describe this state of bliss of Self, in which all notions of plurality fall away, in which even intellectual, aesthetic or ethical pursuits seem secondary, where “there is no heaven, hell or liberation ... nothing but Self in this expanded cosmic consciousness”. The fire of knowledge ignited by the guru burns away the desires of the disciple.		Ashtavakra then attempts to describe this state of bliss of Self, in which all notions of plurality fall away, in which even intellectual, aesthetic or ethical pursuits seem secondary, where “there is no heaven, hell or liberation ... nothing but Self in this expanded cosmic consciousness”. The fire of knowledge ignited by the guru burns away the desires of the disciple.

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		+	=Nature as teacher=
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=08_12_2022_020_005_cap_TOI Pranav Khullar, Dec 8, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	The attainment of Sama-Rasya, sahaj, an equanimous state of mind, lies at the heart of the Dattatreya-Yadu dialogue in the Bhagavad Purana. King Yadu, troubled by his father Yayati’s decision to divest him of kingship, wanders into a forest, where he sees an avadhuta, a wandering free soul, in ecstatic happiness. Wonderstruck, Yadu asks the young renunciate the secret of such happiness. Dattatreya, the avadhuta who has shaken off all the cares of worldly existence, sits the king down and gently reminds him of the need to connect back with nature.
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		+	Nature itself is the greatest teacher, the Adi Guru, beyond all philosophical and theological constructs. Dattatreya narrates the story of his 24 universal teachers, his gurus, having learnt from the five elements – earth, air, sky, water,fire – the sun and the moon, the sea, 12 animals, a prostitute, a child, a maiden and a blacksmith.
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		+	He tells the king of the unique lessons he has imbibed by carefully observing the nature of the five elements. From the earth, he has picked up the need for forbearance and the import of doing good to others; from air he has learnt the value of non-attachment and freedom; from the sky he has figured out the all-pervasiveness of the Self, which yet is untouched by any contact with any object.  From water, he has picked up the need for purity and coolness, as it cleanses everything; and from fire, he has learnt the need for austerity, since the flame of self-knowledge alone can devour all worldly desires.
		+	His observation of the moon, which appears to increase or decrease onaccount of the shadow of the earth, has taught him that the Self is complete and changeless but appears to be changing to the casual eye. From the sun, he learnt that just as the sun appears as many reflections when reflected through different pots of water, the atman appears as manifold manifestations, when reflected through the mind.
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		+	He then talks of the dangers of attachment and bondage, by observing the life of pigeons, wherein an entire family gets trapped by the fowler. Dattatreya sees this as an entangling web in which man gets trapped continually.  By observing a python, he has learnt the lesson of contentment, since the python’s vritti usually does not allow him to move around for gathering food. And from the ocean, he has learnt to remain quiet and unmoved, even as rivers continually pour into it.
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		+	From the moth, he understands the dangers of ruining himself, in distractions of the senses, just like a moth enamoured by the glow of fire, flies straight into it. From the bee, he has picked up that he should beg for a little food only, from one house and then another. From the honey-gatherer, the uselessness of hoarding things, and from the maiden to be wed and the noise of her bangles, he has picked up the values of silence and solitude.
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		+	From the child, Dattatreya has imbibed the need to have a carefree nature, and from the beetle and the worm, the principle that as a man thinks, so he becomes, and thus the need to constantly contemplate on the Atman.  Dattatreya’s radical envisioning of nature as guru captures the avadhuta ideal of sama-rasya perfectly, beyond the bondage of desire.
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	=What a guru does=		=What a guru does=

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 =What a guru does=
 ==Helping disciple reach higher goals in life==
-[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=04_08_2022_022_005_cap_TOI
+[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=04_08_2022_022_005_cap_TOI  VS Krishnan, August 4, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
-  VS Krishnan, August 4, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
-In the midst of darkness, there is only one who can provide the light, and lead us to our destination. He is the Master called Guru, who helps the individual to distinguish between matter and spirit, real and unreal, and truth and myth. It is the guru who elevates the devotee from the world of maya to the ultimate state of Truth.  According to Vedic texts, the guru is held in high reverence, equal to God. He is considered a living God. He reveals the truth contained in the Vedas and scriptures in a way easily understandable. A Sanskrit hymn says: ‘Salutations to the teacher-disciple tradition starting from Sadashiv with Adi Shankara in the middle and continuing up to my immediate teacher – Sadashiv Samarambham. ’ Everyone aspires for happiness, but its concept differs from person to person. Happiness eludes those who seek it from outside sources. It is the mind that causes delusions. If one rises beyond the mind, he will realise his real natural state and attain the highest state of bliss. It is precisely for the purpose of pointing out the straight path towards happiness that Shiv took the form of Adi Shankara. Through his various commentaries, Shankara, the Advaita philosopher, said that through Jnana, knowledge, alone real bliss is achieved. There are various means to attain knowledge, like study of scriptures, introspection, or selfinquiry, but the most effective means is by seeking the grace of the guru.
+In the midst of darkness, there is only one who can provide the light, and lead us to our destination. He is the Master called Guru, who helps the individual to distinguish between matter and spirit, real and unreal, and truth and myth. It is the guru who elevates the devotee from the world of maya to the ultimate state of Truth.
 For one who is humble, devoted and dedicated, the guru appears at the right time. Anandagiri, one of the ideal disciples of Adi Shankara, was not knowledgeable but humble and full of love towards his Master. When Shankaracharya was passing through Karnataka, Giri went and prostrated before him, seeking his sharan,
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 In short, it is the guru who helps the devotee to know that he is not a mere physical entity but a spiritual being, poised to reach the higher goals in life.
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 Ashtavakra then attempts to describe this state of bliss of Self, in which all notions of plurality fall away, in which even intellectual, aesthetic or ethical pursuits seem secondary, where “there is no heaven, hell or liberation ... nothing but Self in this expanded cosmic consciousness”. The fire of knowledge ignited by the guru burns away the desires of the disciple.
 [[Category:Education|G GURUS: HINDUISM
 GURUS: HINDUISM]]
-[[Category:India|G GURUS: HINDUISM
+[[Category:India|G GURUS: HINDUISMGURUS: HINDUISM
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-[[Category:Religion|G GURUS: HINDUISM
+[[Category:Religion|G GURUS: HINDUISMGURUS: HINDUISM
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	An authentic master, because he is rooted in that source, is able to transmit a powerful measure of this inherent purity to his students – and to this day, this remains the most valuable aspect of the guru principle.		An authentic master, because he is rooted in that source, is able to transmit a powerful measure of this inherent purity to his students – and to this day, this remains the most valuable aspect of the guru principle.

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		+	[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/religion/festivals/guru-purnima-2022-date-time-and-know-why-guru-purnima-is-celebrated/articleshow/92804227.cms Mahima Sharma, July 15, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	'''Who is the Guru :-'''
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		+	1. Guru can be the one, who teaches the Life's lesson, that can be your father, mother and even your elder siblings.
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		+	2. The one who shows the right path and the one, who contributes to make you a good human being.
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		+	3. The one, who teaches you about humanity.
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		+	4. The person, who enlighten your life with the deepest knowledge of spirituality.
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		+	5. The person, who teaches you the way of leading a good life.
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	=Sadguru=		=Sadguru=

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	An authentic master, because he is rooted in that source, is able to transmit a powerful measure of this inherent purity to his students – and to this day, this remains the most valuable aspect of the guru principle.		An authentic master, because he is rooted in that source, is able to transmit a powerful measure of this inherent purity to his students – and to this day, this remains the most valuable aspect of the guru principle.

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		+	=Sadguru=
		+	== How Is A Sadguru Different From Saints?==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=12_07_2022_016_008_cap_TOI Anup Taneja, July 12, 2022: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Guru Purnima is a festival traditionally observed to honour one’s preceptor, spiritual guru in particular, from whom the disciple has received mantra-initiation. According to the Hindu calendar, it is observed on Purnima, full moon day, in the month of Ashadh, June-July. On this day, the disciple remembers his guru with deep feelings of devotion and resolves to follow the path shown by him with utmost tenacity.
		+	Though there have been countless sages and saints who rose to great spiritual heights, yet it is important to distinguish them from a sadguru, a perfect master, who has attained the exalted state of Self-realisation – oneness with the Supreme Being.
		+	In Sri Guru Gita, Shiv, in response to a question raised by his consort, Parvati, says that the Supreme Brahmn is none other than the sadguru who is regarded as the grace-bestowing power of the Divine. Such a realised Being takes shelter in the body like a traveller who takes abode in a guest house on a purely temporary basis. He is devoid of all attachment to the objects of the world and harbours no trace of duality. On the basis of his realisation, he recognises the Conscious Self everywhere – both in animate and inanimate objects – and draws no distinction among his devotees on the basis of caste, class, gender and religious affiliation. Just as the prana, despite operating within the body, remains different from it, an enlightened sadguru lives in the body while inwardly remaining completely absorbed in the bliss of the Supreme Self. The first syllable, ‘gu’, in the word ‘guru’ represents maya, the power that deludes, which poses as a big impediment to the seeker’s effort to attain God-realisation. The second syllable, ‘ru’, represents the Supreme Light of Consciousness. The word ‘guru’ thus indicates the rise of the sun in the form of knowledge of the Self. When the grace of a sadguru descends upon the disciple, the dark clouds of maya get dispersed and the Light of Pure Consciousness shines forth in all its glory.
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		+	According to yog scriptures, the greatest quality of a sadguru is his power and authority to awaken the dormant Kundalini within the seeker. Swami Muktananda says that it is only when, by sadguru’s grace, the Kundalini within the seeker is stirred awake that his inner eye of knowledge opens. The kundalini, when awakened, begins to move up the central channel of the seeker, purging him of all impurities. She ultimately unites with Shiv in sahasrar, the highest spiritual centre in the brain. When this happens, the seeker experiences in deep meditation the Blue Rays of Consciousness enveloping the entire universe. This sublime experience bestows upon the seeker spiritual enlightenment, liberating him in the process from the unending process of transmigration.
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		+	The sadguru thus leads the seeker from darkness to light, from ignorance to knowledge, and elevates him to the level of a siddha, a perfect being. We may conclude with Verse 33 of Sri Guru Gita which says: “Salutations to the sadguru who is Shiv, the first cause of the universe, the bridge to cross the ocean of worldliness, the source of all knowledge. ”
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		+	Guru Purnima is on July 13
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		+	GURUS: HINDUISM]]
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 Ashtavakra then attempts to describe this state of bliss of Self, in which all notions of plurality fall away, in which even intellectual, aesthetic or ethical pursuits seem secondary, where “there is no heaven, hell or liberation ... nothing but Self in this expanded cosmic consciousness”. The fire of knowledge ignited by the guru burns away the desires of the disciple.
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 (Abriged from dadaji.info This article first appeared in the Free Press Journal, February 4, 1972. Today is Dadaji Amiya Roy Chowdhury’s birthday. He lived 1910-92.)
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 [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F07%2F27&entity=Ar02504&sk=BEA17851&mode=text  Pranav Khullar, The Guru Lights The Fire Of Knowledge, July 27, 2018: ''The Times of India'']