The Guru and the Disciple
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Dadashri: Then the competition starts within. He does not
like it if someone else is worshipped more than he is. People believe
that to be worshipped is moksha itself. There is grave danger in
this. The only person worth worshipping is someone who does
not have any quarrels with anyone in this world.
These gurus have a desire to be worshipped; they get a
desire to become gurus. Those fools! At least recognize the desire
Krupadudev- Gnani purush Shrimad Rajchandra had. He said,
“My exclusive desire is to know the absolute Sat (the eternal truth).”
Never in my life have I had a desire to be worshipped. It is
bothersome. We need to have a desire to worship anyone who is
above us. All you need is to worship and not to be worshipped;
that is all.
Questioner: Is pride (maan), desire to be worshipped
(poojavani kaamna), garvaras (indulgence in the sweet taste
of doer-ship), etc., not a part of ‘I-ness’ (potapanu)?
Dadashri: All these things reinforce the ‘I-ness.’ A strong
‘I-ness’ will cause a quarrel with someone some day, will it not?
Then people will say, ‘Look, his weaknesses are in the open now.’
He will not attain anything once his ‘I-ness’ shows its presence.
That is why the desire to be worshipped does not leave, even
after numerous past lives. The beggary for this desire never leaves.
No name remains
Then they also have a desire for fame through name and so
they publish their names in books. Why did you not get married,
instead? At least your children would carry on your name. Why
do you want to keep a name here, after becoming a guru? Your
name even in a book?! They make them print things like, “My
grandfather is a guru, my father is a guru, etc!” They have started
to use names even in temples. They put plaques of, “This temple
was built by such and such a guru.” Do names ever remain? When
even the names of the married people do not remain, how would