Dear All,
From the
chapter on Gurus and their ashrams which is covered in the last 2 posts, we
will take 2 main learning given by Swami.
1) First is on “Who is a true Guru” and,
2) Second is on “How to deal with such self-declared Gurus/ Godman who do not satisfy the
criteria given by Swami for a True Guru”, as per the earlier point.
On True Guru
Devotee: What are the
qualities of those great men, Swami?
Swami gives the following qualities in response to the question.
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They will
neither crave wealth nor have ambition to develop their
ashrams;
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They will
neither love those who praise them nor hate those who blame them.
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They won’t
prevent their disciples from approaching them; they won’t prohibit anyone
from approaching them;
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They won’t
relish the defamation of others;
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They won’t
be vengeful against those who point out to them their own mistakes and wrongs.
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They will
look upon all with equal love;
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They will
always spread truth, righteousness, peace, and love (sathya, dharma, santhi,
and prema);
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They will
ever yearn for the joy, welfare, and progress of the devotees.
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Seek such people. They are the
true gurus.
On how our approach should
be towards those who are not acting as Guru / Preceptor as described above by
Swami.
Devotee: But Swami, now we
get counterfeits very cheap for a rupee, a paisa, or even a cigarette! Whom of
these should we approach, whom should we accept?
Devotee: Then what do you
advise us to do? How are we to deal with these people? Please tell us.
Swami: My dear child, give up all talk of people who have lost their way.
Speak of your reaching the path.
Dear All,
Swami being God Incarnate, He could foresee what
all developments would take place during His living in His form and also after
He leaves this form.
So, He has answered to all such things in the above 2 answers, decades before leaving his form and decades before few beings declaring themselves to be subtle form of Sai or as an intermediate form to fill the gap of Sathya Sai leaving this world and His re incarnation as Prema Sai.
So, He has answered to all such things in the above 2 answers, decades before leaving his form and decades before few beings declaring themselves to be subtle form of Sai or as an intermediate form to fill the gap of Sathya Sai leaving this world and His re incarnation as Prema Sai.
First of all, He has given few important points for any one
to be called a true preceptor.
Second and the most important thing-He has given full
clarity for we devotees on how (not to) deal with such beings who announce
themselves as a medium of Sai or any other self-declared Gurus who do not
perhaps satisfy the factors given by our Lord while giving the points on True
Guru, as given above.
Swami’s one answer is to be taken by Moola mantra by all true devotees of
Swami, which is “My dear child, give up all talk of people who have
lost their way. Speak of your reaching the path.”
We have basked in the
glory / grace of Sai’s Darshan for sure and perhaps also Sparshan and Sambashan
if we had the fortune for the same as well.
And, on the 24th
of April 2011, He left his form as Sathya Sai as per His will and now, we have
to wait for Him to re-emerge / re-incarnate as Prema Sai.
My dear Brother and Sisters, there is a story on Mira which goes like this.
Once she was in Mathura /
brindavan, there was a scholar who was also present there who used to meet only
Male fellow beings / disciples.
Mira said about that scholar -
“O,
are there any Purushas (male in literal sense) other than Sri Krishna,
whom this scholar would meet???
To me, I thought Krishna is the only Purusha
and all others are His subject only”.
If our devotion to Swami
is at that level, then for us, it is ONLY SWAMI and nothing else. In the
nothing else word, not only acceptance of anyone else but even the criticism of
anyone else is included.
After having tasted the
nectarine experience with Swami, if we are really Sai devotees, then, Swami’s
teachings and instructions are more than enough for us to take in and follow and
if we do that, believe me, we are hardly going to get any free time and by that
time, if we are alive, we would have to fortune of witnessing Prema Sai as well!
Now, tell me from your
heart, like Mira, if we have experienced Swami in real sense, then where is
the time for knowing about any other being proclaiming to be Swami’s agent/
medium etc.?? Where is the time to criticize them? Where is the time to even
speak bad of them?
For those who are not
satisfied with Sathya Sai fully, for those who have not taken up Sai’s teachings
after he left his form, if anyone else is giving them the satisfaction, then so
it be. Let us send our love to all of them and in fact, to each and every one
in this world, as Swami has given the dictum “Love is God, live in Love”.
Let us not let go this
precious time to be in Sai’s thoughts, to follow Sai’s words and to please Sai
in our deeds. So, let us totally avoid talking / gossiping about any one / any group which, according to others, is / are using Sai's name in a wrong manner!!
Love.
