The Guru and the Disciple 93
and then asked me how he could stop them. He asked if there was a solution.
What would you do here? Who is at fault here? Is the guru at fault?
Questioner: The fault lies with the one who has bad thoughts.
Dadashri: Yes, so what did I tell him? I told him,“ Realize that negative thoughts such as,‘ He is worthless and wicked,’ are not in your control. At that time, you should say,‘ He is very beneficial to me.’ If the mind says,‘ He is very bad,’ just say,‘ He is very beneficial to me.’ This way it will be taking away through subtraction, all the additions you have done and bring everything down to a zero. This is the solution I am showing you.”
The Khojas have the true guru worship
I have observed one thing amongst the Khojas( a sect of Shi’ a Ismaili branch of Islam); they all worship the same guru and claim him to be the greatest guru. When a guru of the Hindu religion went to America, and got married, his followers started to call him worthless. All disciples were upset and said that he should not commit such a crime. Hey you! Are you calling your guru whom you have been worshipping until now, useless? Therefore, they asked me whether such a guru was not considered worthless. I told them,‘ Go ask these Khojas.’ I find that their disciples are the greatest in the entire world. When their guru married a foreigner, even then his disciples celebrated the occasion. His followers will tell you,‘ How can we object to that. He has all the right to do so. We should celebrate immediately.’ His followers became very happy and celebrated with a procession. We, on the other hand, get upset even when our guru marries one of his own. You should not do as your guru does but do as he tells you.
If anyone in the entire world has the knowledge of how to have a guru, it is the Khojas. If your guru were to get married or