The Guru and the Disciple
Guru means Guide
Questioner: I have tried many spiritual paths and teachers
for the answer to the term ‘Guru’ and everywhere I have searched;
I have not received any satisfactory answers.
Dadashri: If you want to go to the station from here and
get lost on the way, will you not have to ask someone for help?
Whom would you ask?
Questioner: Someone who knows the way.
Dadashri: The one that knows, is a guru. As long as you
do not know the way, you need to ask someone; you may even
have to ask a small child. Whomever you ask becomes your guru.
Only when there is a guru will you find the way. What would
happen without your eyes? The guru is the other eye. He clarifies
your path and gives you the light to go ahead. This light is called
sooj.
Who needs a Guru?
Questioner: Do you mean to say that a guru is necessary?
Dadashri: It is like this: the road on which one gets lost is
the road he is not able to figure out. If you do not know the way
to the station, then it is a problem. However, if along the way, you
encounter someone who knows the way, then you will reach the
station quickly, will you not?