Look Krishna says to Sudama “Dear friend! He from whom one is born and thus invested with the body, is the first guru. He from whom one becomes twice-born by performance of the upnayana or investiture of the sacred thread and becomes eligible for study of vedas and performance of religious duties is the second preceptor. He is worthy of reverence as myself. And the Guru who imparts spiritual knowledge and makes one realize the Supreme Soul, is veritably identical to Me.
“Dear friend! Those varnashramis who, in this mundane existence, obtain oral instructions in spiritual matters form their preceptor, easily cross the ocean of samsara, as they know the real essence of Svartha and Parmartha.
Dear friend! I abide in all beings as their real Self, the inner controller I am not pleased by performance of sacrifices or the duties of a householders, life, by the performance of the investiture of the sacred thread of upanayana implying the observance of in the vanaprastha stage of life or by the path of renunciation followed by sannyasins as much as I would be pleased by rendering services to the guru.
Dear friend! It is by the grace of the guru that a man becomes perfect and eligible for supreme peace.
It is in this manner that a good disciple should repay his debt of gratitude to his preceptor, namely that he should offer with a sincere heart, whatever he has with him including his very life.
“Dear friend! Those varnashramis who, in this mundane existence, obtain oral instructions in spiritual matters form their preceptor, easily cross the ocean of samsara, as they know the real essence of Svartha and Parmartha.
Dear friend! I abide in all beings as their real Self, the inner controller I am not pleased by performance of sacrifices or the duties of a householders, life, by the performance of the investiture of the sacred thread of upanayana implying the observance of in the vanaprastha stage of life or by the path of renunciation followed by sannyasins as much as I would be pleased by rendering services to the guru.
Dear friend! It is by the grace of the guru that a man becomes perfect and eligible for supreme peace.
It is in this manner that a good disciple should repay his debt of gratitude to his preceptor, namely that he should offer with a sincere heart, whatever he has with him including his very life.
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