All disciples do have love for their Guru but if the devotion of a Guru Bhakta reaches such a height that whatever the Guru says becomes proof for him, he will never says becomes proof for him, he will never find a single fault in his Guru. A patient of jaundice sees everything yellow around him. Similarly, that disciple sees God in everything.
One day Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa was trying to teach a particular subject to one of his disciples, who though being simple, had an arguing nature and hence was unable to accept his views. His logical arguments went on even after Paramhnsji tried to make him understand three to four times. Ramakrishna then told him in a slightly angry but sweet tone, “What kind of a person are you? Why aren’t you convinced when it is a who am saying that?” the disciple’s love for the Guru was awakened and he said with a bit of shame, “Your Holines! Forgive me. I should have been convinced when you were saying so. I was arguing uselessly for so long by the power of my intellectual strength.”
Ramakrishna laughed as he said, “I will tell you how one’s devotion to the Guru should be. Whatever the guru says, the disciple should start seeing it immediately in exactly the same way. Arjuna was accompanying Sri Krishna, when suddenly, the Lord said pointing towards the sky, ‘Arjuna! Look, what a beautiful dove is flying over there!’ Arujuna immediately replied looking towards the sky, “Yes sir! What a beautiful dove!’ But again Sri Krishna said, “No no Arjuna! That is not a dove.’ Arjuna again replied, True lord! It doesn’t look like a dove.”’
“Now you should note that Arjuna was very truthful. He didn’t say this just to flatter Srikrishna but he had so much faith and devotion for Krishna that he started seeing exactly what the Lord had told him.”
Every human being possesses this divine power to a greater or lesser degree. Therefore, a sadhaka engaged in devotion to the Guru, ultimately attains to such a state that the divine power itself gets revealed in him to dispel al the doubts of his mind and helps him realize the esoteric secrets of the spiritual truth. Thereafter, he doesn’t have to seek any other place for clearing his doubts.
In the course of his conversation with a person, Hanuman Prasad Poddar said to him, “If there is a worthy recipient I can make him behold god right now by a resolve.”
There person asked, “How sir? What is the mark of a worthy recipient?
“He should have implicit faith and must be leading a life of self control.”
“What is a meaning of implicit faith?”
“If say pointing towards a goat that it is a cow, he should see a cow. Such should be this faith. If he believes from the bottom of his heart, if his thoughts immediately become one with those of mine, if his heart becomes one with that of mine, my experience will become his experience.”
One day Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa was trying to teach a particular subject to one of his disciples, who though being simple, had an arguing nature and hence was unable to accept his views. His logical arguments went on even after Paramhnsji tried to make him understand three to four times. Ramakrishna then told him in a slightly angry but sweet tone, “What kind of a person are you? Why aren’t you convinced when it is a who am saying that?” the disciple’s love for the Guru was awakened and he said with a bit of shame, “Your Holines! Forgive me. I should have been convinced when you were saying so. I was arguing uselessly for so long by the power of my intellectual strength.”
Ramakrishna laughed as he said, “I will tell you how one’s devotion to the Guru should be. Whatever the guru says, the disciple should start seeing it immediately in exactly the same way. Arjuna was accompanying Sri Krishna, when suddenly, the Lord said pointing towards the sky, ‘Arjuna! Look, what a beautiful dove is flying over there!’ Arujuna immediately replied looking towards the sky, “Yes sir! What a beautiful dove!’ But again Sri Krishna said, “No no Arjuna! That is not a dove.’ Arjuna again replied, True lord! It doesn’t look like a dove.”’
“Now you should note that Arjuna was very truthful. He didn’t say this just to flatter Srikrishna but he had so much faith and devotion for Krishna that he started seeing exactly what the Lord had told him.”
Every human being possesses this divine power to a greater or lesser degree. Therefore, a sadhaka engaged in devotion to the Guru, ultimately attains to such a state that the divine power itself gets revealed in him to dispel al the doubts of his mind and helps him realize the esoteric secrets of the spiritual truth. Thereafter, he doesn’t have to seek any other place for clearing his doubts.
In the course of his conversation with a person, Hanuman Prasad Poddar said to him, “If there is a worthy recipient I can make him behold god right now by a resolve.”
There person asked, “How sir? What is the mark of a worthy recipient?
“He should have implicit faith and must be leading a life of self control.”
“What is a meaning of implicit faith?”
“If say pointing towards a goat that it is a cow, he should see a cow. Such should be this faith. If he believes from the bottom of his heart, if his thoughts immediately become one with those of mine, if his heart becomes one with that of mine, my experience will become his experience.”
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