No Guru can transmit the Advaitic Gnana.+

Tripura Rahasya: ~ Second-hand knowledge of the Self-gathered from books or Gurus can never emancipate a man until its truth is rightly investigated and applied; only direct realization will do that. Realize yourself, turning your attention inward. (18: 89)

The  Seekers from all over the world visit India in the quest for the truth by spending their hard-earned money, energy, and time visiting ashrams and spiritual centers of such fake Babas and Gurus.

India has become fertile ground for fraudsters in the guise of Gurus to thrive in the name of yoga with diverse paths and practices.

Superstition, dogmas, blind faith, miracle, and fortune-seeking followers are the ones who help such fake Gurus to prosper in India. Most Indian populace is innocent sincere and emotionally involved in their inherited beliefs.   

There is no need to condemn the religious gurus, yogis, and swamis they belong to the path of ignorance to serve the ignorant populace.   The seeker has to be very careful about the fraudster in the guise of Guru, swamis, yogis, sanyasis, and Godmen.

No Guru can transmit the Gnana.  The seeker can realize the truth without a Guru.  No blind belief can save you, work out your own salvation. Have only one idea that God is Atma - that He is an eternal help. 

Swami Vivekananda said: ~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, and none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”

The Gurus who advise getting rid of ignorance first must realize the fact that it is not the man who is in ignorance, but it is the Soul, which is in ignorance. Thus, it is necessary to realize ‘what is what’ to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space. 

The Gurus who think the Self is within the body are propagating half-baked knowledge. Their views and judgment of Advaita or nonduality are based on the dualistic perspective. Only those who can view and judge the three states from the non-dualistic perspective are perfected knowledge.

Remember:~  

All accumulated Advaitic knowledge accumulated from different Gurus will not yield truth because they are not verified the truth.  The seeker has to do his homework to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space. Some Gurus declare that “Just by sitting quiet and knowing Self is without the words, nothing else has to be done,  and shortly one arrives his natural state”.

 Such a declaration does not lead one to Advaitic Self-awareness. Such acts will not destroy, ignorance. Without getting rid of ignorance, wisdom will not dawn. Only Advaitc wisdom leads to Self-awareness,  in the midst of the duality. Only perfect understanding and realization of ‘what is what leads to Advaitic  Self-awareness. 

The Guru is needed on the path of religion and yoga. A guru is not needed in the path of wisdom.  The Gurudom is nothing to with the ultimate truth or Brahman.

The one who thinks of himself as a Guru and the one who thinks of himself as a chela (disciple) will not be able to get Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because both of them accepted themselves as the body. And all their understanding, practices, and knowledge are based on the false self.  

The Guru –Shisya concept is a great obstacle in the pursuit of truth.  That is why a Gnani never accepted himself as a Guru or accepted anyone as his disciple because he was fully immersed in his true Self, which is formless consciousness. There was no division in his consciousness, even though he was in the midst of the division or the duality.  

  

The one who claims himself as a Gnani is not a Gnani. A Gnani never claims himself as Gnani, he guides the seekers, not posing himself as a Guru, and he does not force his wisdom on others.:~Santthosh Kumaar