No Sir I am not fit enough to be a guru but may be a senior student KR IRS 5 9 23
On Tue, 5 Sept 2023 at 14:15, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < [email protected]> wrote: > Sri K Rajaram is a born Guru.His daily radiations put the torch light on > him. > YM > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 11:20 AM Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> How does anyone realise that he is a guru? >> >> On Monday, 4 September, 2023 at 04:03:28 pm IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> WHO IS A REAL GURU? >> >> A real Guru is one who is born from time to time as a repository of >> spiritual force which he transmits to future generations through successive >> links of Guru and Shishya (disciple). The current of this spirit-force >> changes its course from time to time, just as a mighty stream of water >> opens up a new channel and leaves the old one for good. Thus it is seen >> that old sects of religion grow lifeless in the course of time, and new >> sects arise with the fire of life in them. Men who are truly wise commit >> themselves to the mercy of that particular sect through which the current >> of life flows. Old forms of religion are like the skeletons of once mighty >> animals, preserved in museums. They should be regarded with the due honour. >> They cannot satisfy the true cravings of the soul for the Highest, just as >> a dead mango-tree cannot satisfy the cravings of a man for luscious mangoes. >> >> The one thing necessary is to be stripped of our vanities — the sense >> that we possess any spiritual wisdom — and to surrender ourselves >> completely to the guidance of our Guru. The Guru only knows what will lead >> us towards perfection. We are quite blind to it. We do not know anything. >> This sort of humility will open the door of our heart for spiritual truths. >> Truth will never come into our minds so long as there will remain the >> faintest shadow of Ahamkâra (egotism). All of you should try to root out >> this devil from your heart. Complete self-surrender is the only way to >> spiritual illumination. >> >> Divine grace is needed to get the right guru. If the seeker is earnest, >> he will get the right guru at the end for sure. >> >> A truly realized Jnani can be a pauper like Bhagwan Ramana Maharshi or a >> king like Janaka Maharaja. Sri Krishna, an absolute total Avatar of God was >> living amidst worldly pleasures and materialism but nothing touched him. >> >> Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa lived a poor man’s life; he could not even >> touch money with his hand. He lived such an exemplary life of renunciation. >> But think of Swami Vivekananda, his prime disciple, to whom Sri Ramakrishna >> transferred all his *shakti* before leaving his body and the way he >> “extracted work” from Vivekananda! >> >> Vivekananda roamed all around India as a penniless mendicant; he got the >> divine prompting to go to USA again as a penniless person. He swept the >> west like a storm, brought wealth, started Sri Ramakrishna Mission and >> Math, built Belur Mutt, built a grand temple for Sri Ramakrishna there, set >> up several branches of the mutt, engaged his brother monks into various >> social service activities, built educational institutions and other >> institutions for the welfare of the downtrodden men and women. >> >> Like a tempest he worked ceaselessly and built a huge institution and >> left his body when he was just 40 with total detachment as a true Sanyasin! >> >> Think of Swami Sivananda. He was floating in wealth as a popular doctor >> in Malaysia. He was gripped by thirst for spirituality, came to India, got >> initiated into Sanyas, did tapas at Rishikesh, lived the life of a begging >> monk and got enlightened. >> >> He served the poor and sick monks of Rishikesh. He started Sivananda >> Ashram – ‘Divine Life Society’ from a humble hut and built it into a huge >> Ashram comprising of a temple, a hospital, a photo studio, a Yoga >> Institute, a Vedanta Institute, a printing press and he had an office >> manned by some 40 typists with typewriters to handle all his correspondence >> and writing! >> >> Swami Sivananda once said, “If I can serve 100 people unobtrusively or >> serve thousands of people through advertisement, I would choose the >> latter”. Same Swami Sivananda, when his ashram was gripped with financial >> difficulty, said, “I have no qualms if we have to shut down everything and >> we can always go back to our old simple ways by taking food at >> Annakshetra”. That is the sign of a mahatma. >> >> Likewise, there are indeed Gurus of today that the media may project as >> billionaires rolling in luxury, materialism and worldliness, but they may >> be totally untouched by any of them even today. >> >> Kali yuga is such that even Ashrams cannot totally escape some pomp, >> show, commercialization and materialism. If the head of the ashram is a >> pure realized soul, everything can remain in balance. The institutions may >> have to be run by ordinary people with ordinary morals (who are yet to be >> evolved) and some of them may bring bad name to the Mahatma who runs the >> institutes too! But true Mahatmas accept all sorts of people out of >> compassion to elevate them spiritually. >> >> As I said, it requires divine grace — the grace to know the difference >> between the right Guru and a fake Guru, to differentiate the wheat and the >> chaff. >> >> Thus so many had wonderful gurus; so many had false gurus also;the best >> Guru is the books. Because the mukti, GURU cannot give but only >> individually we have to seek. K Rajaram IRS 4 9 23 >> >> On Mon, 4 Sept 2023 at 14:48, 'N Sekar' via iyer123 < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Excellent message, thanks >> >> N Sekar >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >> <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_> >> >> On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 12:07 PM, ARR >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Why do we need a Master? Once upon a time, a cow went out to graze in the >> jungle. Suddenly, she noticed a lion racing towards her. She turned and >> fled, fearing that at any moment the lion would sink his claws into her. >> The cow desperately looked for someplace to escape and at last, saw a >> shallow pond. Barely evading the lion's reach, she jumped into the pond, >> and in the heat of the chase, the lion blindly leaped after her. To the >> surprise of them both, the pond was extremely shallow yet filled with deep >> recesses of mud. After toppling over each other, the cow and the lion found >> themselves a short distance apart, stuck in the mud up to their necks. Both >> had their heads above water but were unable to free themselves no matter >> how much they writhed. The lion repeatedly snarled at the cow and roared, >> “I am going to enjoy the sound of crunching your bones between my teeth!” >> He thrashed about in fury but soon became fretful as he found no prospect >> of escape. The cow thoughtfully laughed as the lion struggled to free >> himself and asked him, “Do you have a master?” The lion disdainfully >> replied, “I am the king of the jungle. Why do you ask me if I have a >> master? I myself am the master!” The cow said, “You may be the king of the >> jungle, but here all your power has failed to save your life.” “And what >> about you?” Retorted the lion. “You are going to die here in this mud >> too!”’ The cow smiled mildly and said, “No, I am not.” “If even I, the king >> of the jungle cannot free myself from this mud”, snapped the lion, “Then >> how can you, an ordinary cow?” The cow gently replied, “I cannot free >> myself from this mud, but my master can. When the sun sets and he finds me >> absent at home, he will come looking for me. Once he finds me, he will >> raise me up and escort me home sweet home.” The lion fell silent and coldly >> glared at the cow. Soon enough, the sunset and the cow’s master arrived. He >> immediately recognized the plight she was in and lifted her to safety. As >> they walked home, the cow and the master both felt renewed gratitude for >> one another and pitied the lion they both would have been happy to save if >> only the lion had allowed them. The cow represents a surrendered heart, the >> lion represents an egoistic mind, and the master represents the Guru. The >> mud represents the world, and the chase represents the struggle for >> existence therein. In brief Its good to be independent and not rely on >> anyone. But don't take it to an extreme, you always need a >> partner/coach/mentor/ friend who will be always on the lookout for you. >> Having them does not mean you are weak, it's just that you can be stronger >> with their help. 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