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Wive ruṣte gurustrダtダ gurau ruṣte na kaWcan | labdhvダ kulaguruṁ samyaga-gurumeva samダW条ayet || 88 ||

88. If Lord Viva becomes angry, Guru can save and protect you. But if Guru becomes angry, nobody can save you. Thus, having attained the Guru, always take complete refuge and shelter in the Guru alone.

Kula Guru leads one to Satguru

Kula Guru should send you to Satguru. Kula Guru is the person who creates the right patterns in the young age.

All your school teachers are Kula Gurus only. All the people who made the right patterns happen in your life at a young age are Kula Gurus. The Kula Gurus should lead you to Satguru. Going to Satguru, taking up Sanyas, is not Guru droha. It is the real Guru seva. So, going to the Satguru and receiving Sanyas is actually leading you to the next level.

If you see all great Masters' lives, a scene will be there, from the Kula Guru they will move to Satguru. And Kula Guru is from your family. Satguru is your option in Vedic tradition always. All communities used to have Kula Guru. He will initiate you into Shiva Puja, or the Vishnu Puja, or the Devi Puja, whatever is your family deity. In that worship he will lead you. He will create right patterns for you to evolve. Then Kula Guru gives Daiva Bhakthi, and Satguru gives Daiva Bhakthi and he turns the Daiva Bhakti into Atma Bhakti. Kula Guru gives Daiva Bhakti. Sathguru gives Atma Bhakti. This is the way the Bhakti evolves.

First you meditate on many gods, go to many temples, do puja, homa, everything. Then you slowly settle down with one god. You worship only that one god, do prayer, meditate, do japa. Suddenly you see somebody and realize that very god is walking in this body. Something clicks. Then you know he is your satguru.

Going to the Satguru is the real seva you will do to your Kula Guru. It is like right next step. Whenever an incarnation happens, all traditions merge in Him. Whether it is Shaiva or Vaishnava, Shaktha or Christian, Islam, Jewish, all traditions merge in Him. He gives life to all traditions. I tell you, all Kula Gurus naturally will lead you to Satguru.

Kula Guru will always usually be married. So he cannot even give sanyas to you. Only Satguru can initiate into sanyas and lead you to enlightenment.

Dakshinamurthy is Shiva in the form of Guru. When Shiva comes down in the form of Guru, He is called Dakshinamurthy. All Gurus are called Dakshinamurthies. He is the embodiment of Guru Tattva. You see, in your life you would have had many Gurus. See, having many Gurus is nothing wrong. Let you be very clear. That is an important thing. This is an important problem many people face. In the initial level some Guru may happen in your life to give you inspiration, but he may not be able to lead you to the Ultimate. So, suddenly you will feel connected to another one Guru. He will take you to a different level. So, different Gurus will happen in your life, nothing wrong. Ramakrishna had different Masters at different levels in his life. And it is usual, nothing wrong.

I always tell people, go to all gardens and pluck all the best flowers and make a beautiful bouquet for yourselfś nothing wrong. So, like this, you see, ultimately you will feel connected to one Guruś that is different. So, the Guru Tattva, all Gurus are represented by Dakshinamurthy. Finally, you will know who your Satguru is, your heart knows. You will feel connected. Then after that you yourself will not feel like going anywhere. Then perfectly alright. Settle down. In the beginning when you start seeking, if you have that urge to go here and there and all, nothing wrong. Just see, your heart is intelligent enough to catch your Satguru.

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madhu-lubdho yathダ bh条angaḥ puṣpダt puṣpダntaraṁ v条ajet | jñダna-lubdhas-tathダ Wiṣyo gurogurvantaraṁ v条ajet || 89 ||

89. Just as a bee thirsting for honey goes from one flower to another till its thirst is fully satisfied, so also the disciple in authentic quest or seeking of knowledge should approach different Gurus (till he finds his ultimate Guru).

(To find the perfect Guru or Sadguru, the seeker must not be satisfied with the knowledge attained from original mundane places, and must ever be in quest of knowledge which comes from having the enlightened master, Sadguru)

The need to have a quest, spiritual seeking...

Q Ś If a person does not even have a quest, to seek, for a Guru, is there anything wrong with that person ?

A Ś Something seriously wrong! When you know that you do not know, you at least know that you do not know. When you don't know that you don't know, you don't even know that you don't know. When we don't know that we don't know, we don't search for a master. When we know that we don't know, we can start to know.

A small incident that happened in the life of P.D. Ouspensky. Albert Einstein became enlightened because of physics. Ouspensky became enlightened because of logic and mathematics. If you go deeply into any subject, you can become enlightened, because all paths lead to the same goal. There is no need to do only puja or meditation.

Even if you do scientific research deeply to the very end, you can reach enlightenment. I always say, "If you are logically logical, you go beyond logic." Ouspensky met his master George Gurdjieff in a casual way. At that time, Ouspensky was a mathematician of world repute and Gurdjieff was just a simple man. Some energy in Gurdjieff prompted Ouspensky to go up to him and say, "I feel that you know something that I do not know - can you teach me ?".

Gurdjieff replied, "You are the author of the wonderful book Pentium Orgon what can I teach you?"

But Ouspensky maintained that Gurdjieff had something that he could teach him. So Gurdjieff asked him to go to the next room and make a list of all the things he knew and did not know, so that he, Gurdjieff, could teach him the things he did not know. With pen in hand Ouspensky tried to make a list of the things he knew but could not make the list no matter how long or how much he tried. He then realized that all his knowledge was only superficial and that he needed to search for a Master.

As long as you have the illusion that things are going well, in spite of their not going well, naturally you are in great danger. That is the reason you do not search for a Master or spiritual teachings. If a man does not have a quest for even spiritual teachings, you can be sure that he does not even know that he does not know. That shows that he is in deep darkness without even knowing that he is in darkness. If you have had a glimpse of light at least once, then you will know that you are in darkness. If you have not had even this glimpse, you will not even know that you are in darkness.

A small story. A man who was born blind went to a doctor and asked him if he could have vision. The doctor examines him and says he would do an

operation to give him vision and that he would be able to walk without his stick. The blind man replies ," Doctor, I understand two things - you will do an operation, I understand. I will be able to see, I understand. But how will I walk without a stick ?"

For all his life he had been walking with a stickś so he thought that the stick was related to his walking itself and therefore could not understand how he could walk without a stick. The doctor says, "When you get your vision, you will understand."

Similarly, only when you get a glimpse of light will you understand what type of darkness you are in. You will then start searching for a Master or spiritual teachings

Getting Your Sadguru

See, in Hindu tradition, Guru tattva is worshipped not the individual. See, anybody who has achieved that space, who opened up to that space, that space of Guru tattva is worshipped. As the start of the Guru Gita indicated, when Devi and Mahadeva, Sadダshiva and Adi Shakti were sitting in Kailash, Sadダshiva bows down with folded hands, with tremendous respect. Devi asks," You are the Brahmanda, you are the Bhuvananda, you are the Nayaka, Lord of the Universe, to whom are you bowing down?" Sadダshiva says, " I am bowing down to Guru tattva, on which I am constantly meditating, I reside." Guru tattva is much more than God in Hinduism. Then he delivers the whole Guru Gita. The whole Guru Gita is delivered to Devi by Sadダshiva with this start. This is the way he starts. Devi asked the question, "To whom are you bowing down? You are the Lord of the Universe". Then He explains about the Guru tattva and the Guru Gita.

The individual person is not worshipped. I am only the shell for that Guru tattva. The principle is worshipped, that is why this throne, that is why these jewels. All these are for this principle, for the responsibility I am doing. These are all the respect, reverence given to this tattva, given to this principle, Guru tattva. And Sadダshiva says 1 more thing. Devi asked, "If I see Guru and God both at a time, to whom should I bow down first?" He says, "Guru". Because even if the God leaves, Guru will bring the God back to you and when you are bowing down to Guru, even if the God leaves, Guru will bring the God back to you. But even God cannot bring Guru back to you. Understand. Even God cannot bring Guru back to you. Guru tattva is worshipped.

All Gurus lead you to the next, next, next, level. Sometimes when they are not in the body, you will not be able to connect with them. You need a Guru who is in the body. So they automatically guide you and sometimes you get into incompletion in such a way, you may have love for your Guru but you will stop listening to him. This happened to even Sukhabrahma. The greatest Guru ever happened is Vyasaś his son and disciple, Sukhabrahma stopped listening to him. Then Veda Vyasa has to tell, "Alright, now you go to Janaka Rishi". Thne Sukhabrahma asked, "Is Janaka a bigger Guru than you? You are the Jagatguru, the greatest Guru". Vyasa beautifully says, "It is not about Guru's greatness, it is about your listening's greatness. Here, with me, I may be great but you stopped listening. So now you need somebody else to open up your listening". He says, "Go to Janaka Rishi". Vyasa sends Sukhabrahma, his own son to Janaka Rishi. Janaka Rishi gives him enlightenment. You need to know, Vyasa is not Sadguru of Sukhabrahma, he is only Vidya Guru. In Sukhabrahma's life, he records Vyasa as only the Vidya Guru. Sadguru is Janaka Rishi, Sita's father. So sometimes, for various reasons, if the Guru has left the body or your listening has come down, or for various reasons, you are guided to the next level, next Gurus. So understand, whenever your heart feels attracted, feels connected, you have something to receive. Receive it, enjoy it, celebrate it and enrich yourself. I always tell, go to all gardens, pluck all the best flowers and make a garland for yourself. So going to another Guru does not, amount to any wrong because life guides you. Life guides you.

Many Gurus vs One Guru

Once someone asked me, "I have heard some Gurus insist on following just one Sadguruś once a disciple received Mantra Deeksha from them. But you have had many Gurus in your life. Can you explain how I can address this confusion - Deeksha from one Guru vs many?"

Listenś first thing, I had many Gurus because I need to revive all those Sampradayas. Second, this whole confusion, "Can we have multiple Gurus?" Listen carefully. You will have multiple Gurus. There is no other way. There can not be just one Guru you feel connected to and you get Enlightened. No, when you get matured, you are naturally led to the next level. If you see and feel connected with one Guru and you get Enlightened, that person must be incarnation. Otherwise, naturally you grow, grow, grow or sometimes you may not be growing and stuckś that also may be. So, please be very clear, any natural common seeker, when he grows, he will move to the next, next, next level Gurus. Ultimately, he will reach the incarnation who gives him clear, pure Enlightenment as it is, with Shastra Pramana, Apta Pramana and Atma Pramana and makes it as Sakshi Pramana. Even if one Pramana is missing, it is not the place for Completion, complete completion. So where all four are

available and one more important secret I will tell you, "Go to Guru who doesn't need to compromise due to political, social, constitutional interferences."

Understand the secret, who doesn't need to compromise and who will not compromise. The Hindu Guru who has religious and political freedom, to teach Hinduism as it is, uncompromising way who is not interfered, harassed by anti-Hindu forces from outside Hinduism, the Hinduphobic forces outside Hinduism nor internally the different Sampradayas hitting at each other. Man who has liberated himself from both external attacks and internal conflicts, who stands with pure integrity to Hinduism, with the Shastra Pramana, Apta Pramana, Atma Pramana and makes it as Sakshi Pramana for you, go to that Guru.

He will be an incarnation liberating you from the beginning of your journey to the realization of being one with Paramashiva. Many times, Gurus are under pressure socially, politically, constitutionally, at multiple levels to compromise on the purity of Hinduism. Paramashiva's grace, He freed me from all these pressures, to keep the precious Hinduism alive in pure form.

Ramana Maharshi answers this question of multiple Gurus and one Guru. He says, "In the beginning you will be attracted to multiple Gurus, different levelsś finally when you reach Arunachala, you know, your journey has ended." Same way, finally when you reach Arunachala, you know, your journey has ended.

GURU'S FEET IS AKIN TO SIVA-SHAKTI SHINING AS WHITE & RED

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90. I worship the two Feet of the Guru (Gurupダda), endowed with the glowing effulgence of Viva-Vakti, the Cosmic Consciousness and Cosmic Power, identified by the white and red colors, and which are beyond the reach of speech (vダk), mind (mana) and the senses.

(The Guru tattva and the Siva-Sakti tattva merge in this beautiful shloka. This verse enriches the authentic seeker in surrendering to the lotus feet of the Guru.)

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gukダraṁ ca guṇダtītaṁ rukダraṁ rupavarjitaṃ || guṇダtītamarupaṁ ca yo dadhyダt sa dadhyダt guruḥ sm条ataḥ || 91 ||

91. The sacred syllable 'GU' personifies the state of the Guru who is above and beyond the three guṇas and the syllable 'RU' signifies the freedom from the shackles of forms and matter. One, who bestows the state beyond the three attributes and nature (guṇas) and the forms, is remembered as the GURU.

(The Guru alone is capable of freeing the disciple from the three guṇas. He frees him from the illusion of names, forms and matter, and from everything that is the limited perception of the senses and brings the direct experience of ultimate reality of Shivoham. One who does this for you, he is the real Guru.)