False Gurus True Masters and the Rules For Being Guru - Sa... | |
by James Bean, Spiritual Awakening Radio | |
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The Search for A True Master: The Sat Guru, A Competent, | |
Qualified, Genuine, Enlightened Teacher -- This Sant Mat | |
Satsang Podcast is for the benefit of spiritual seekers | |
and satsangis everywhere. Today: a compilation of | |
articles, quotations, and observations about this most | |
important of subjects for spiritual seekers: finding a | |
true teacher (Sant Satguru, Living Master,). This is all | |
about nobody being left behind. No detours and wasted | |
decades. Life is short. We must choose wisely. | |
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. | |
The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher | |
inspires." (William Arthur Ward) | |
"It is the mercy of my Satguru that has made me to know | |
the Unknown. I have learned from Him how to walk without | |
feet, to see without eyes, to hear without ears, to drink | |
without mouth, to fly without wings. I have brought my | |
love and my meditation into the land where there is no | |
sun and moon, nor day and night. Without eating, I have | |
tasted of the sweetness of nectar; and without water, I | |
have quenched my thirst. Where there is the response of | |
delight, there is the fullness of joy. Before whom can | |
that joy be uttered? Kabir says: "The Guru is great | |
beyond words, and great is the good fortune of the | |
disciple." (Songs of Kabir, satgur soi daya kar dinha) | |
"The question then is how to recognize an accomplished | |
guru and one who is not accomplished, or worse, one who | |
is corrupt. The difficulty is that most, being mesmerized | |
by worldly attractions, judge gurus by outward and | |
material achievements, which are a wholly inaccurate | |
measure. The true gurus live a simple life and morally | |
upright lifestyle; they stay away from the pomp and show | |
of the display of power. For example, they do not have | |
expensive cars and opulent mansions. They do not show | |
favoritism among their followers... | |
"Today s inept gurus do not pay attention to the | |
tradition of true Sants and are simply intent on | |
increasing the number of their followers... These gurus | |
praise their rich devotees; they are inaccessible to | |
their underprivileged devotees. They even despicably | |
exploit the poor... The false teachers themselves do not | |
know the inner path nor understand the students' dilemma. | |
They cannot tell if the student is making progress or | |
going backward. The untrue guru has no way of knowing. In | |
this way the student becomes unsure and confused on the | |
path of meditation. This is fully the responsibility of | |
the 'guru' to assist when the student begins to stray | |
from the path of meditation." (Swami Vyasanand, from, | |
Rules For Being Guru) | |
The leader of a spiritual movement must always be the | |
embodiment of Truth (Sat Guru -- Guru of Truth). Without | |
a competent Master, a spiritual movement will not be | |
capable of being an instrument in the world for the | |
Positive Power (God). | |
"Wisdom cannot be taught by one who has not attained | |
wisdom... The way to wisdom is through a teacher who has | |
seen wisdom." (The Upanishads) | |
God is the Ocean of Love. | |
In Divine Love, Light, and Sound, At the Feet of the | |
Masters, | |
James Bean | |
Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts | |
Spiritual Awakening Radio | |
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Spiritual Awakening Radio (and Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts) | |
with James Bean, heard on various community, public radio | |
stations and the web, explores the world of spirituality, | |
comparative religion, world scriptures and other books, | |
East and West, God, meditation, out of body or near death | |
experiences (inner space), the vegan diet and other | |
ahimsa ethics -- education for a more peaceful planet. | |
References | |
1. https://www.SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com (link) | |
Date Published: 2022-12-29 02:50:01 | |
Identifier: false-gurus-true-masters-and-the-rules-for-being-guru | |
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