The Guru and the Disciple 111
to hell. Despite being a Gnani, I have to speak sternly in this way. There is tremendous compassion behind what I am saying. What reason does a Gnani have to be stern? For which reason does the one who is constantly in the state of bliss, constantly in the state of the Self, need to speak such stern words? Despite being a Gnani, I have to say this:‘ Beware! Keep studying.’ You can tell people,‘ I am studying the scriptures and let us all study together.’ But you must not preach in the presence of kashayas.
Vachanbud( energy or power of speech) is mandatory
You will not learn anything if I continue to preach to you, but you will learn easily by observing my conduct. Therefore, updesh( preaching) does not work here and such speech goes to waste. However, I still cannot say that it is wrong. Therefore, no one is wrong, but there is no use for it; it is all meaningless. What do you call speech that has no vachanbud – no power of words? You can tell the guru,‘ Your words are wrong. Why should it go to waste? Your words should grow within; why do they not?’ How old are the words? Old words will not produce results. Speech has to be pure; these words have to grow within. You should tell him,‘ Say something that will have some effect in me.’ The power of speech is the main thing. What good is it if there is no power behind a man’ s speech?
A person is considered a guru when his speech has so much energy that it produces results in us when he speaks. But here they preach to us saying,‘ Get rid of your anger, pride, deceit and greed,’ when they still have anger, pride, deceit and greed within them. That is why everything is ruined, has it not? From a hundred gurus, you may find two to five, who are good. The power of words means whatever one speaks starts to take effect within the listener. What good is it when there is no such power in words?
When I was young, I used to say,‘ You are preaching the same things that are written in books, so what is the difference between you and the books? On the contrary, the books are