The relationship between a Guru and a devotee is not a business deal;
It is a relationship based on
bhakti* and
Shraddha*.
Concentration or oneness can be attained only by the grace of the Sadguru.
Perfect control over the senses is the basic means for attainment of
concentration.
Satguru is an ocean of peace and mountain of kindness. His form is love and
Shamadamadi Sath Swarupam. Satguru gives strength to do Sadhana.
Guru Kripa is essential for developing love and devotion to God.
The knowing of Dharma is awakened through the service of the Guru; The seeker
after knowledge should find God in the Guru.
The grace of Guru get you the Grace of God. The Grace of God dissolves all
past Karmas.
The Guru is your friend, philosopher and guide. He is Brahma, Vishnu and
Maheswara.
The world is like a Rose plant which has both flowers and thorns. Like wise
joys and sorrows are intertwined in worldly life. As man carefully seperates
the flowers from the thorns in the roseplant the Sadguru leads the devotees.
Godwards releasing them from the bondage of worldly desires and the wickedness
who are akin to thorns.
A Satguru is like sunshine or the mirror. He showers his grace equally on
all.
Just as the mother attends on the spoilt child the Guru ministers to the
needs of a frustrated devotee. For Guru, like God, is kindness personified.
Just as a Guru is sacred to the devotee, a true devotee is equally so to
the Guru. The Saduru goes in search of a true disciple.
Ignorance is the root cause of all of our sufferings, miseries, and sorrows.
Seek your Sadguru to remove this ignorance.
The Sadguru is always in search of sinners. For they need his help.
By holding one's Guru and by serving him in however humble way, the disciple
will experience at least a fraction of the eternal and unlimited bliss. This
leads him on to further progress on the spiritual path.
Sadguru is like gold, sugar cane and sandal wood. Gold : the more you burn
it the purer it become. Sugar cane: the more you sqeeze it, the greater
is the quantity of juice that it yields. Sandal wood: the more you rub, the
greater is the scent that it yields.
Guru is the ultimate manifestation of divinity and as such without him one
cannot afford to get deliverance from the cycle of terrestrial turmoils.
Complete surrender to the Sadguru lessens the burden and bondage of the devotee
with worldly things. Sadguru speaks to his disciple through the language
of the heart.
Service to Guru is service to God.
Guru is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. He is OM. He is light. He
is everything. If God forsakes, one can take shelter in Guru. If Guru forsakes
none can save him.
Physical body is inherited from the father. A guru gives a Divine birth.
That is, he transforms the disciple into a sublime personality. A person
may loose his health and wealth. Friends and relatives may leave him. But
a Sadguru always remains with the disciple and protects him from all
calamities.
The need for a guru is predestined. He enters the life of men at an opportune
moment when he can ferry them across the ocean of samsara.
Every man is bound by the cycles of birth and death. If we get rid of pride
and prejudice and develop love and devotion to guru our attachment to mundane
things will be cut off. Guru-kripa enlightens us to distinguish between good
and evil and to select the right path for salvation and release from
bondage.
Ignorance is the root cause of all our sufferings, miseries and sorrows in
the world. It is due to ignorance that we believe happiness exists outside
us in the world. Ignorance gives rise to desires which in turn lead us to
act in order to fulfil those desires. This wonderful combination of
Ignorance-Desire-Action (Avidyaa-Kaama-Karma) is called HRIDAYA GRANTHI (Knot
of the heart) in our scriptures (Mundaka Upanishad). To cut this Granthi
or knot we need the guidance and grace of a guru who must be a "Srotriya"
(well versed in texts), Brahmanishtha (established in Brahman or Reality).