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‘science’, from zero to one hundred. It takes you all the way, in
relation to the past and the future.
Religion is something that carries you from one end to the
other. But that never happens now, does it? And if it does, then
your work is certainly done. But if you do not find anything, then
it is better to have the companionship of ‘relative’ religion.
There Must Not Be Any Business in Religion
The one who becomes a disciple of the whole world is
worthy of being a guru. If you do not have awareness, even for
a moment of, ‘He is my disciple,’ then you can make disciples.
I have given Gnan to five thousand people, but I have never felt
for even a moment, that they are my disciples.
The Lord has said that it is fine if you do everything else
wrong, but when you choose a guru, make sure that he is
straightforward. For infinite lifetimes you have been wandering,
because you have come across the wrong gurus. People in India
have made a business out of religion and that is wrong. There
should be religion in business. But you cannot have business in
religion. Even if the guru is not a Gnani, if you feel at peace just
by seeing him, then you should stay there. But do not stay with
someone that makes a business out of religion. If you cannot find
honest men, then it is worth following Bhima’s example. When
Bhima (character from the epic Mahabharata) could not find any
honest person to make his guru, he took a pot, painted it and
wrote on it ‘Namo Neminathaya’ (I bow down to Lord
Neminath) and there he did his worship. It really is nobody’s
fault. This current time cycle is very peculiar and what we find
today is typical of this time cycle. What can that poor man (the
guru) do? He is trapped in it too.
Questioner: If we go and bow down to an ascetic
(sadhu), does that mean that we have made him our guru?
Dadashri: No, you have to talk to him; you have to