The Guru and the Disciple
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disciple know of such talks of the guru. Then if we ask the disciple,
‘Son what was all that about?’ he will make the same claim. He
will say that he has found a bad guru. Now, who is telling the truth
here? Neither of them is at fault. It is because of this era of the
current time cycle. It is because of this time cycle that all this has
arisen, but also it is in such a time cycle that a Gnani Purush is born!
No matter how good a disciple is; these are the types of
gurus he encounters. What are the gurus of the Kaliyug like? If
they have a disciple that says, ‘I am ignorant, I do not know
anything,’ the guru will pick on that poor disciple and will not
allow him to progress. Such gurus, until their death, keep finding
faults with the disciples and harass them to the point of no return.
Despite this, some inner energy takes care of the disciple.
However, just think of him as gunpowder, which, without doubt,
will explode one day.
In this time cycle, the disciples do not have the capacity to
tolerate and the guru lacks generosity. The guru needs to be noble
and generous; his mind needs to be noble and generous. He should
be broadminded enough to take care of all weaknesses of the
disciple.
This is how religion has come under criticism
If the disciple was to yell abuses at the guru and the guru
remains