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. <tncrangara...@yahoo.com> wrote: > How does anyone realise that he is a guru? > > On Monday, 4 September, 2023 at 04:03:28 pm IST, Rajaram Krishnamurthy < > keyarinc...@gmail.com> 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 < > iyer...@googlegroups.com> 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 > <arranganathan.ba...@gmail.com> 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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