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The Guru and the Disciple
for that matter even if he interfered with someone, you would
beat him up. The Khojas, on the other hand, celebrated even
when their guru married a European woman. That is what we call
a disciple. You should not look for faults in a guru. If you must,
look for faults in everyone else, but not in the guru. It is a grave
liability to do so. Otherwise, do not make anyone your guru.
I am not asking you to worship your guru, but do not talk
negatively about your guru. Indeed, if you were to worship him,
your work would be accomplished. However, people do not have
the capacity to worship in the right way. What I am saying is this;
make a crazy person your guru – the craziest one you can find –
but if you remain sincere to him, you will be blessed. All your
kashayas will come to an end if you remain sincere to a crazy
guru. But you have to understand at least this much. A person’s
intellect should reach this level, should it not? That is why idols of
stone have been placed for you, knowing the kind of people there
are, so that they cannot look for faults in them. But, alas, people
find faults even in an idol of stone. These people are thinkers and
so they are likely to find faults in a guru. Instead of looking at their
own faults, they look for faults in their guru. That is how ‘alert’
they are.
I give you a guarantee that it is possible to attain moksha
within just three more lives if you stand by your guru, no matter
how crazy he may be. But that guru must be living. That is why
people have started keeping idols, because they could not afford
to have a living guru.
So what I am saying is do not destroy what you have
decided upon. It is not an ordinary or an easy thing to make a
guru. So make sure before you make anyone a guru.
The non living guru
Questioner: When a person makes someone his guru, he
does not have the complete understanding at the time.