Guru

A word coined for a spiritual master… one adept, authoritative… well versed in Scriptures. It can also be used beyond spiritual terminology.   Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Maharishi Ramana were spiritual masters of their era… gurus who finally succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment in their lifetime.   One who dwelt in Tattva, Sat (truthfulness) and could genuinely show his followers […]

If Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa or Maharishi Ramana were available, live today… then would it have mattered? Maharishi Ramana always had queues miles long before one encountered the enlightened one. And in a few minutes of interaction, how many questions or queries could we have resolved?   I started in search of God six years of age. No matter how best […]

In the last about 150 years amongst 7000 million people existing world over only two travelers of spiritual path finally reached stage of enlightenment… Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana!   When young and in search of a guru, I found none. I started following teachings of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana. Writings relating to Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and […]

Sage Yajnavalkya (composer and compiler of most voluminous Brihadaranyaka Upanishad), the spiritual guru of King Janaka (father of Sita in Ramayana) was an enlightened soul. He ran a pretty large gurukul containing above 5000 students. He indulged in money for the sake of his gurukul and students.   When he asked King Janaka for funds, King Janaka thought over it […]

Now and in times to come, must we follow a spiritual master who had yet to gain enlightenment in present life? In the last about 150 years only two spiritual stalwarts finally succeeded in gaining enlightenment in their lifetime… Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana!   When I could not find a spiritual master to guide me in the journey […]

From the day I understood correct meaning of yoga, teachings concerning Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana became my ultimate goal of life. I somehow realized from within that these two souls gained enlightenment in their lifetime. If I could duplicate the path taken by them!   I started indulging in path of jnana yoga to understand hidden underlying meaning […]

A spiritual master can only be one who understood essence of spirituality in totality. In the last about 150 years only two souls finally succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment… Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana! There was nothing nobler than following teachings of these two enlightened souls to gain enlightenment in present life.   The personal presence of a […]

In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna explicitly states that path of spirituality can be successfully traveled only through path of introspection, self enquiry… logical reasoning! Where was the need for a spiritual guru, master to guide us in the spiritual journey of life?   When young about 13 years of age I went in search of a guru. No matter how […]

In the field of pure spirituality Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism, preceptor) rightly said… do not preach unless you become an enlightened one! In the field of spirituality there could never be any teacher, one could only act as a guide and that too indirectly.   In search of a spiritual teacher, master from six years of age after umpteen […]

Do we really need a physical Guru to guide us in the journey of spiritual life? When about nine years of age I searched for a spiritual master to guide me in the spiritual journey of life! No matter how best I tried, the numerous trips taken by me when I accompanied my father on official trips… I could find […]

All enlightened souls like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed started their spiritual pursuit without a preceptor to guide them in the journey of life. They also must have frantically searched for a spiritual master to guide them at each and every stage of spiritual life but finding none they started in pursuit of cosmic truths all alone. […]

Do we really need a guru for indulging in meditation? How could a spiritual master help us on path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! Indulgence in yoga meditation demands our contemplating on deeper issues of life contained in scriptures of different religions of world. Path of contemplation is always traveled all alone. At the most we could consult a spiritual […]

My personal notion is enlightened ones never die. They lived in their teachings all the time. From six years of age I followed teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, teachings of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana in the books available world over relating to them… finally gaining success at the end of spiritual journey. Guided by these spiritual […]

How many spiritual masters do we think existed today! No matter how best I searched from six years of age… I could not get one! Contemplating the cause I finally realized the abstract truth of life. Spiritual masters never die… they lived in their teachings all the time.   I started following teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita… teachings […]

All my life from six years of age I considered Lord Krishna as the best spiritual master world ever had. There was nothing more pure sacrosanct than teachings of Bhagavad Gita.   In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna simply says… we were a soul atman that manifests human body to cleanse self of dross impurities within. Traveling spiritual path, indulging in […]

Searching for a guru spiritual master from six years of age and finding none I looked within. Contemplating on the issue again and again I realized that enlightened ones who tread on mother earth never really died. All lived in the teachings left behind.   I started my indulgence in teachings of Bhagavad Gita by Lord Krishna and books relating […]

Since six years of age I was in search of a spiritual master who could spiritually guide me and also clarify my queries. Whenever my father went on an official tour I accompanied him in the hope that I might meet someone who could provide answers to my queries. No matter how best I searched I could not find one. […]

As ordained by God every 100 to 200 years a maximum of one or two enlightened souls advent on mother earth. More were not permitted. What if 50 Gautama Buddha came simultaneously. It would be chaos world over… whom to worship or not!   In the last about 150 years amongst 7 billion people existing world over world witnessed two […]

In yesteryears when yogis contemplated in confines of deep dense forests, upper reaches of Himalayas… facilities for shaving of beard were non-existent. Furthermore, the introspection, contemplation continued for days, weeks… even months. In such adverse circumstances there was no alternative for these sages, Rishis but to manifest long beards.   For a serious traveler of spiritual path, hygiene was of […]

All my life I was inspired by character of Lord Krishna, Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana. Lord Krishna was an avatar of his era (God manifest in human form) whose advent had only one purpose… re-establishing of Dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness). Such a figure comes every 3500 to 5000 years when society reaches its lowest […]

Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says a guru; spiritual master was never a necessity of spiritual path. Concepts like perfect guru also did not exist. Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism) rightly said, do not preach unless you become an enlightened one. For all practical purposes a perfect guru was one who reaches stage of enlightenment in ones lifetime. But to […]

The only way to help entire mankind was traveling path of spirituality to gain enlightenment in present life time. True help can be rendered only when we were spiritual, never religious!   We must never forget, no matter how best a teacher tries… one student comes first and the other last. It is not our effort that makes life worthy […]

In Hinduism the concept of a guru was different from Christian clergy! A religious or spiritual master was all the time free to indulge in life as per free will, power of discrimination bestowed on us by grace of God Almighty. We were not born a slave to our destiny. Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says the highest Yogi was […]

One who can clarify our spiritual queries (especially lying on a cot) was a perfect spiritual guru… the likes of Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa or Maharishi Ramana. Those living in palatial ashrams (hermitages), surrounded by hordes of so-called followers… can they be considered competent to solve our queries in totality? So-called religious or spiritual preceptors who had yet to understand meaning […]

Before finding a spiritual advisor… we ought to know the correct definition of spirituality! As per scriptures of Hinduism… spirituality was the path to reach our inner self, our consciousness that existed within our heart! The path of spirituality is always travelled all alone. Why? To realize our true nature… to realize our true inner self… our following path of […]

When I started my journey of spirituality six years of age… I had no inkling what God was all about! By 13, my simple desire, wish turned to firm conviction… come whatever may, in this very life I shall see and meet God! No matter how best I tried… I could never get a spiritual master (preceptor) to guide me […]