GURU DIKSHA

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Question: Is Guru Diksha necessary? Does Guru Diksha has many

forms? One can learn even without Diksha. Then why is Guru Diksha so

important?

 

Answer: For a common man nothing is important or necessary. But if

a human wishes to rise high in life, if he wants to stop leading an

animal existence and become really human then he needs a powerful

medium to guide him. He needs a guide who could tell him which

Sadhana is good for him, which Mantra best suits him, how he should

chant the Mantra and how he can get rid of the obstacles that might

arise in life.

 

Only a Guru can explain all this correctly. Every person has two

paths to follow in life. A Guru is like a milestone who guides the

Sadhak onto the right path and tells him that this is the path for

you. Just as a married life is important in this world, similarly to

progress in spiritual life one needs the guidance of a Guru.

 

 

Question: What is the relation between Guru and a disciple like and

how does it start?

 

Answer: The relationship between a Guru and a disciple begins on

the material plane but it culminates in the spiritual world, in the

world of Sadhanas, on the plane of totality. Guru is the formless

divine element. And a disciple wishes to devote himself fully in the

feet of the divine. Lest he loses his way in this world he needs a

Guru's guidance constantly.

 

Kabir has said that Guru is one's master and being a disciple

means

devoting oneself fully in the feet of the Guru.

 

 

Question: What is the disciple's duty towards the Guru?

 

Answer: The disciple has just one duty towards the Guru and the

Guru too has just one duty towards the disciple. Disciple means one

who is disciplined and totally devoted towards the Guru. Guru's

duty

is to fuse the disciple into his own form and make him divine like

himself.

 

 

Question: Can the Guru be one's deity?

 

Answer: Deity means some force or energy in one's life that is

Supreme. One wishes to become one with the deity. If the disciple is

so devoted then he can consider the Guru to be his deity. In fact

such a feeling makes one a really good disciple. If such is one's

feeling then one can progress very fast towards one's goal.

 

 

Question: If a husband and a wife both take Diksha from the same

Guru then does that make them brother and sister?

 

Answer: No! The relation of brother-sister and husband-wife are

emotional. The relations differ because of differences in one's

feelings. With one a person has physical relation and with the other

one is attached as a kin. A wife and a sister both are women. The

difference is of feelings. In Muslims one is even allowed to marry

one' s cousin while in the Hindus this is prohibited. It is the

feelings which matter more. In the world of Sadhanas when a person

gets Diksha it is not a social relation that is formed. It is a

relation on the spiritual plane.

 

On the spiritual plane the worldly relations like that of brother,

sister, wife, husband do not exist because all are just souls on that

level. Hence after Diksha no difference comes in the material

relations although on the spiritual plane all are equal and no

relations exist.

 

 

Question: When there are so strict tests to test a disciple then

are there tests for a Guru too?

 

Answer: One who is a Guru today must have been a disciple earlier

and he too must have undergone severe tests. This is why when a Guru

is testing a disciple then the Guru's worth and his level is also

tested. A disciple who fears such test cannot progress. Such an

individual is only fit to lead an animal existence of passion and

pleasures. Only those who have the guts to face all tests, who have a

determination in their eyes are eligible to walk on the great path of

spirituality, Only those who can walk miles without complaining can

reach the highest pinnacle of success in life.

 

 

Question: Can a disciple who has had Diksha from one Guru get

Diksha from another Guru? Would this be a sin?

 

Answer: If you realise it then you will know that becoming a

disciple means trying to attain totality in life. Till the disciple

has attained to totality in life neither his efforts nor the

Guru's

work shall be appreciated.

 

Hence the disciple should never nurture evil thoughts for the Guru

and he should get Diksha from the master with a pure heart. He should

get Dikshas from a great soul to make his life materially successful

and for attaining spiritual success. One should try and attain to

totality in this very life. Lord Shree Ram was the disciple of

Vashishtth and yet he also went on to become the disciple of

Vishwamitra. Even Lord Krishna who was the disciple of Sandeepan went

on to get Diksha from Yogiraj Gunnaateetaanand and reached

Siddhashram.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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