8
The Guru and the Disciple
Dadashri: If you do not have a guru, what would you do if
while walking on a road, you come across seven more roads?
Which road will you pick?
Questioner: I would take the road that my mind accepts.
Dadashri: No, the mind will accept the one that will make
you wander. You cannot call that a path. That is why you need to
ask and make someone your guru. Make someone your guru and
ask him which way you are supposed to go. One cannot take
even a small step in this world without a guru.
Did you have teachers when you were at school?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Wherever you go, you need a teacher. Tell me
an instance when you have not needed a teacher.
Then did you not need a professor in college?
Questioner: Yes I did.
Dadashri: Therefore, one will need a guru above him the
moment he is born as a human. He will need a guru when he goes
to school and he will need one when he goes to college. There are
so many kinds of gurus. Those studying high school will need a
high school guru; at that level, a first grade teacher will not do.
There are many different types of gurus. No one has just one type
of guru. The kind of guru one will have, will depend on what he is
studying.
Then when you read a book, is the book not your guru?
Unless a book is your guru, you will not read it. Do you not read
something only if it is educational and beneficial to you?
Questioner: Yes, that is right!
Dadashri: You have been learning from books and you
have benefited because of them. If a book shows you the way