A guru is a teacher on any subject.
A realised being is very hard to define.I would go with some
definitions from the Bhagavad Gita, one is 'Shtita prajna': one whose
intellect is stable or established beyond duality. The other
is: 'seeing the Self in al beings and all beings in the Self'.
I like the understanding that guru is more a function
than a person. There are many Realized people, but
very few guru's. The two people that I have
encountered that have functioned as satgurus are
Maharishi and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Both radiate (or
in one case radiated!) a palpable Divine
A 'true' guru has indeed a radiating quality. I also experienced it
with Maharishi while posing a question to him in Holland.
When he was looking at me, it was like a vast ocean of tranquility
rolling over me.
Some time ago I had a personal chat with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in the
Euro parliament
--- gyselsvishnu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A 'true' guru has indeed a radiating quality. I also
experienced it
with Maharishi while posing a question to him in
Holland.
When he was looking at me, it was like a vast ocean
of tranquility
rolling over me.
Great description of Maharishi's
