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The Guru and the Disciple
Pure gurus are needed
Questioner: Does that mean that I need a guru that has no
inner inclinations towards attraction?
Dadashri: Yes, you need a guru who is free from aasakti
(inner weakness inclined towards attractions that arise from within).
Of what use is he, if he is tempted by money or anything else? He
has the same disease as we do; both have a disease. The only
guru that is useful, is the one who has no inner inclinations and
temptations.
There is nothing wrong even if the guru eats fritters or ladoos
(sweets) every day; all you have to do is determine whether he
has any aasakti. Some gurus may subsist on just milk alone, but
all you have to worry about is whether he has any inner attraction.
These gurus nowadays have demonstrated all kinds of mischief,
‘I don’t eat this, I don’t eat that.’ Oh just let go of your nonsense!
Just go and eat. Are you not eating because you don’t get any
food? They are simply being grandiose. It is a kind of a display
board that says, ‘I don’t eat this, and I don’t do that.’ They keep
such boards in order to entice people toward them. I have seen
many such ‘boards’ in India. Nevertheless, you need a guru without
inner inclination and attraction. Then you do not have to worry
about whether he eats special things or not.
He that has the slightest inner temptation is not going to be
useful as a guru. The whole world is in a state of destruction
because people found gurus with inner designs and attraction.
One can be called a guru provided he does not have this disease
of temptation. The slightest of temptation is intolerable here.
A guru with some weaknesses is acceptable
Questioner: The state of a guru is mysterious. To know
him well one needs some prior experience about him. Otherwise,
one cannot tell from the external pomp and ostentations.