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The Guru and the Disciple
the merit karma (punya) will make all kinds of changes. What
can punya not do? And for this knowledge, the Gnan of the Self,
you need punya-anubandhi-punya (the highest of merit karma).
The Gnani Purush is the only one who does not leave any
‘stains’
What kinds of interactions are there in the Kramic path?
The guru will tell his disciple to do as much renunciation (tyaag)
as he does himself. Therefore, the disciple has to undergo penance,
renunciation and all kinds of testing. And because of the guru’s
grace, the disciple does not feel any anxieties or difficulties and
the guru himself carries on with the grace of his own guru. There is
no end to this process, which is why things continue to go on and
on. All gurus cleanse themselves this way. If you have made
someone your guru, then that guru will cleanse all your dirt but he
will leave some of his own dirt on you. Then if you find another
guru, he will take that dirt out leaving behind some of his dirt on
you. This is the succession of gurus.
When you use soap to clean a cloth, what does the soap
do? It takes out the dirt in the cloth but leaves behind its own
residue. Then who will remove the residue left behind by the soap?
For that, you use Tinopal (cloth whitener). The Tinopal will get
rid of the stains left behind by the soap, but it will leave its own
residue. Then you have to look for something else. In this world,
every one leaves behind his own dirt. How long can this go on? It
will go on until there is a pure and ‘absolutely stainless cleaner’.
You have not made a worldly guru, and you have come
here and that is a big profit. If you had made a guru, that guru
would have left his ‘dirt’ on you. Who is the only one person that
will not leave his dirt on you? The Gnani Purush! The Gnani himself
is free from dirt, he is in the pure form and he makes others pure.
There is no other problem. The Gnani does not add any ‘new
dirt’. The Gnani Purush has a completely pure path, so when you
ultimately find the Gnani Purush, then all your dirt will be cleansed!