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The Guru and the Disciple
common human being has become this way. That is why he is
begging, is he not? Where do you need to keep bheekh? With
the Gnani ! You have to go to the Gnani and ask for the gift of
love. The Gnani gives it anyway, but if you ask for it, what you
receive will be extra love. Is there not a difference between filtered
and unfiltered tea? It will make this much of a difference. Filtered
tea will not have any residue in it.
Where there is impurity nothing is gained
All these problems remain because of the presence of
bheekh (beggary). There is no purity there. Everywhere one looks;
it has become a business. Wherever there is any exchange of
money, it becomes a business. In these situations, one is always
ready to take worldly benefits. Worldly benefits are all businesses.
Even if the guru does not take anything but has a desire for respect,
it is still a worldly benefit, and until then it is nothing but a business.
India is such a country that everyone’s (every guru’s)
business carries on, but there is danger in all such businesses. You
should tell them, ‘you are doing this, but there is a liability in it.’
Questioner: Why are there so many shams in the name of
religion?
Dadashri: Then under what other name, if not religion,
will they carry on the charade? They will be beaten up if they tried
it under any other name. “Bapji took ten rupees from me but if I
question him, what will I do if he puts a curse on me?” Therefore,
there is no outlet other than religion; there is no escape.
But we cannot say that everyone is like that. Five to ten
percent of the gurus are good people, but no one goes to them
because they do not have the power of speech (vachanbud),
whereas other guru’s speech is mesmerizing and so everyone
gathers there. However, his intention is negative (beggary)
whereby one way or another he extracts money out of you. What
do you gain from such deceptive shops? On the other hand, what