The Guru and the Disciple
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of progress in the spiritual path that he gives you; there is no need
to qualify. Those with qualification feel in their mind, ‘Of course I
understand everything anyway!’ On the contrary, qualification
increases one’s keyf (intoxication); therefore, qualifications cause
one to have an intoxicated ego of ‘knowing’. Indeed, if one has
any qualifications, they should be qualifications that are worth
keeping. A person should understand that if he has any element of
an intoxication of ‘I know’, then he must get rid of it. Intoxicated
ego is what gets in the way of having the qualifications and meeting
a satguru. ‘Qualified’ people are usually reserved and they keep
their distance, whereas those with lesser qualifications will always
say, ‘Sahib, I have no common sense. I am putting everything on
you. I am now in your hands. You find a solution.’ Then the satguru
becomes happy. That is all you need to say. The satguru does
not ask for anything else, nor does he look for any other
qualifications.
Complete Surrender to the Satguru
Questioner: One should be devoted only to the satguru,
is that what you are saying?
Dadashri: Total surrender to the satguru is needed.
Questioner: What if one remains with total surrender to
the satguru?
Dadashri: Then the work is done. If you have the intent of
complete surrender, then all your work will be done and nothing
else will remain. However, that surrender needs to be of the mind,
speech and body.
Questioner: Such surrender is only effective and worthy if
done to someone of the caliber of Lord Krishna or Lord Mahavir,
correct? Alternatively, is it acceptable to surrender even to an
ordinary person?
Dadashri: If you find a Virat Purush – a person who