Guru Brmha,
Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwaraha…
Guru is
always considered as a God. Since Guru play a role of bringing a light in the
life of a person. In all the scriptures the Guru is described as good as God.
But Guru never says, “ I am God”. But disciple
(seeker) duty is to offer respect to the Guru just as he offers respect to God.
If all the lights in the room immediately shutoff, we would not be able to tell where we are or where others are sitting. Everything
would become confused. Similarly, in materialistic life the darkness.
Therefore
it needs light from sun, moon or electric light for illumination. The Guru
responsibility is to bring his seekers from darkness to light. In materialistic
life darkness means ignorance.
A criminal
may say, “I did not know the law,” But he will not be excused if he commits a
crime. Ignorance has no excuse. Similarly, a child, not knowing that fire will
burn, will touch the fire. The fire does not think, “this is a child and he
does not know , that will burn.” No, there is no excuse. Just as there is state of laws,
there are stringent laws of nature, and these laws will act despite our ignorance
of them. If we do something out of ignorance, we have to suffer. This is the
law. Whether the law is state law or law of nature, we risk suffering if we
break it.
The guru
business is to see that his seeker doesn’t suffer in this material world. Guru
rescues his seeker from ignorance.
We send our
children to school to save them from suffering. If our children do not receive
an education, we fear that they will suffer in the future. The Guru sees that
suffering is due to ignorance which is compared to darkness. How can one in
darkness be saved? By light. The Guru takes the torchlight of knowledge and
presents it before the living entity enveloped in darkness. That knowledge
relieves him from the sufferings of the darkness of ignorance.
One must
need Guru in life. One who is serious about understanding spiritual life
requires a Guru. A Guru is question of necessity.
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