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The Guru and the Disciple
disciples go away? If right now I had stomach cramps, would you
all go away? So do not commit such a fault, do not become an
opponent. Have you become an opponent of the one you used to
worship and follow? Then what sort of a state will you be in? That
gurupad (the status of a guru) should not go; do not look at him
in any other way. But today so many people look at their gurus
from different perspectives, don’t they?
Reverence must not break
If this (guru making a mistake) happens to your guru of
forty years, even then you must not allow any changes to overcome
you. You should maintain the same view about him that you always
had. If not, then it would be a terrible crime. I am telling you, if
you have a guru, then be very careful. If he turns out to be wild
and crazy, then you must not look at the wildness and craziness in
him. You should look upon him the same way you did the day you
made him your guru. If I worship a guru, then no matter what he
does, whether he beats me, drinks alcohol, or eats meat, I would
not stop worshipping him. This is because when I saw him for the
first time, he was different, and today he displays another kind of
behavior because he is under the control of his prakruti. What is
more, it is all happening to him against his own intent. This is what
you must understand immediately. Once you have chosen and
certified a diamond, then what? Does it then turn into glass? No,
it remains a diamond.
I will give you an example of this. Say I plant a tree myself
and then I have to build a railway line. If that tree becomes an
obstruction to the railway line, I would not allow that tree to be
cut down. I would say that I planted, watered and nurtured it, so
turn the course of the railway line. But don’t cut down this tree.
For the same reason, if I have worshipped one guru, then whatever
he does, my vision of him will not change. The reason for this is
that he is controlled by his karma. Whatever you see is dependent
upon karma. I would understand that his karmas are unfolding.