The Guru and the Disciple
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keeps getting aggravated thinking, ‘This disciple is not likely to do
anything.’ At the same time, the disciple lives in fear of the guru.
Now how and when can this be resolved? This is precisely why
he keeps only three disciples; it is all he can handle! All others will
come and do darshan and leave.
In the Kramic path, inner frustration does not leave until the
very end. Both the guru and the disciple experience frustration!
This frustration is a penance, hence there will be radiance on their
faces. When we agitate (heat) impure gold, it will begin to slowly
purify. Will you not begin to see the real gold?
The rift between the guru and the disciple
Questioner: Ordinarily is there not a distance between
the guru and the disciple, or do they have oneness between them?
Dadashri: If they have oneness, then they would both
attain salvation. But here, if the disciple were to break a cup, the
guru will not refrain from becoming aggravated. If the guru and
the disciple were fortunate enough to have this oneness, then both
of them would attain salvation. However, things are not that way.
In fact, this world is such that one loses even the trust he has for
his own self, so how is he going to trust his disciples? And if the
disciple happens to break something, the guru will glare at him
with red, angry eyes.
What conflicts and troubles! All day long they have conflicts!
They cannot even ask their guru to help them get rid of their
conflicts. In reality, one should even ask the guru, ‘Sahib, why are
you getting irritated, being a guru?’
Questioner: But how can we ask the guru that? We cannot
ask the guru such things!
Dadashri: What good is the guru if you cannot ask him
that? If, as a guru, you have differences with your disciples, would
you not ask yourself what kind of a guru you are? If you cannot