The Guru is the Soul, the Self is hidden by dualistic illusion or Maya.
Even Swami Vivekananda was
Ramakrishna Paramahansa's disciple. Swami Vivekananda
himself said: ~ “You have to
grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual.
There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”
The ‘Self-inquiry’ is finding out
the ‘Self’ which is hidden by the world, in which we exist. By inquiring
‘Who am I?’, the ignorance will not vanish. Without getting rid of ignorance, the Advaitic wisdom will not dawn. Without the Advaitic wisdom, it
is not possible to realize the truth, which is hidden within the world in which
we exist.
That is why Sage Sankara says: ~ VC-63. Without causing the objective universe to vanish and without
knowing the truth of the ‘Self’ how is one to achieve Liberation by the
mere utterance of the word Brahman? — It would result merely in an effort of
speech.
What is the use of saying ‘I AM
THAT’- without knowing what the ‘Self’ is in actuality. Without knowing the
truth of the Self, without realizing the truth of the world in which you exist
it is impossible to realize the truth beyond the form, time, and space. By a
mere utterance of the word ‘I AM THAT', the truth will not be revealed.
The Guru is useless so long as
the ultimate truth is unknown, and Guru is equally useless when the ultimate
truth or Brahman has already been
known.
A Guru is needed in the religious
and the yogic path. There is no need for
a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
Unless you realize the Self as the Soul, you are all blinded by the
dualistic illusion.
The Guru who pretends to be Self-
realized and plays with the emotions and sentiments of the seeker is a fraud, not a Gnani.
Remember:~
All the Guru Parampara is for religious people. There is no need
for a Guru who wants to tread the Atmic path.
There are two kinds of audiences
- the ordinary ones who desire the transitory heaven and other pleasures
obtained as a result of ritual sacrifices, and the more advanced seeker who
seeks to know the ultimate truth or Brahman.
The Guru and Guru paramparas are meant for the first audience, to help
lead its followers along the way. However, there is no need to follow any
parampara and follow any Guru those who wish to realize the truth which is
beyond the form, time, and space. We should not mix religion with spirituality
because religion is based on the ego and spirituality is based on the
Soul. Religion is concerned with
its paramparas, not truth whereas spirituality is concerned only with the
truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. Religion is not
spirituality.
Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear
these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread." (Select Works of Sage Sri, Sankara" also his
commentary on Brihad)
Thus, the above passage proves that all those
who were the sanyasin robes are wearing it for the sake of bread belongs to the
religion; they are nothing to do with the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or
Atma Gnana. There is no need to criticize and condemn the Gurus, yogis, and
swamis because they are needed for the welfare of ignorant masses in the
dualistic world.
Sage Sankara in Viveka Chudamani (2), states that the Knower of the
Atman (i.e., a Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).
It means the Gurus,
Swamis, and Yogis who identify themselves as holy people are not Gnanis. Those who are seeking truth need not follow
any Guru or any teaching.
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 acquire Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because
both of them accepted themselves as the body. And all their understanding,
practices, knowledge are based on the false self (ego or
you). Therefore, the Guru –Shisya concept is a great obstacle in
pursuit of truth. A Gnani never
accepts himself as a Guru or accepts anyone as his disciple.
Consciousness is like
the ocean. Love is like a wave. When waves love each other then they become one
with the ocean.
Remember:~
Many people are stuck
to the idea that without a Guru, Truth -realization is impossible. Guru is only
a religious fable. They do not even know that the Guru teaches, is the truth.
Gurus themselves
dwelling in darkness preach their way is the only way and the followers of the
gurus follow the dualistic path like the blind led by the blind.
The Guru is useless so
long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and Guru is equally useless when the
ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.
The Guru is useless so
long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and Guru is equally useless when the
ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.
A Guru is needed in the religious and the yogic path. There is no need for a Guru to acquire
Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
A person who realized
the ultimate truth or Brahman will throw off his religious robe and all
religious identity and live like a commoner. He never identifies himself as
Gnani nor does he identify himself as superior to others. He only shares his knowledge
with fellow seekers.
A Gnani never
identifies himself as a Guru or a Yogi or someone disciple. The one who accepts
himself as a Guru or someone’s disciple is not a Gnani.
Ashtavakra Samhita: ~ "The man of
knowledge (Gnani), though living like an ordinary man, is contrary to him and
only those like him understand his state.
Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I
wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."
So he wore a Guru's robe only for the
sake of the ignorant. So he was identified as Guru with parampara by religious
people. For the truth seekers, Sage Sankara is a Brahma Gnani.
Sage Sankara himself said: ~ A Gnani
"bears no outward mark of a holy man. " (Stanza 539).
Thus, it proves that
the religious gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves
as holy people.
All those who were the
sanyasin robes are wearing it for the sake of bread belongs to the religion;
they are nothing to do with the Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.
There is no need to criticize and condemn the gurus, yogis, and swamis because
they are needed for the welfare of ignorant masses in the dualistic world.: ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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