Differentiate Satguru & Guru

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In the word Satguru, the prefix `Sat' means truth. A Satguru always

preaches the truth. Truth is always harsh and is not liked by

several people. Therefore a Satguru will have only very few

disciples. A Satguru says that the path with thorns will lead to the

Lord. People will not like this. He also says that the path with

flowers leads to hell. People will not be happy with this preaching.

A Guru preaches which several people like. The Guru says that the

nature of the goal will be the nature of the path. Since the Lord is

full of bliss the path also must be with flowers giving happiness.

Since the hell is giving you lot of pain the path with thorns which

also gives lot of pain must lead to the hell. This argument is very

attractive.

 

Several people will like this and will become the followers of Guru.

Several people will praise him and give lot of Guru Dakshina because

his argument is pleasant. But a Satguru says that the path with

thorns alone will lead to the Lord because in this path you have to

cut the bonds with your family and with your hard-earned money.

Sacrifice gives lot of pain and sacrifice alone will lead to the

Lord. The path with flowers strengthens your bonds with your family

and money which gives you lot of happiness. Such path leads to the

hell.

 

Several people do not like such argument and so only one or two

persons who can realize the truth will become His disciples. A

Satguru will never worry about the number of the disciples and about

the quantity of Guru Dakshina. Even if a single disciple is

available He is happy. Majority always goes to hell. Only one in

millions like Sankara, Vivekananda, Meera can reach the Lord.

Diamonds are always in minority. Gravel stones are in majority.

Therefore a Satguru will be only one in thousands of Gurus and a

true disciple will be only one in millions of disciples.

 

When you are doing prayers you are praising the Lord as a poet

praises a king. The foolish king may give some gift to the poet. But

the omniscient Lord can never be fooled by such praise. When you

sing songs are chant the name of the Lord or express the feelings of

devotion by shedding tears or by meditation you are getting the

happiness and peace immediately. You have achieved the fruit. The

Lord will not give another fruit for these things. When you are

pained and loose peace by cutting the family bonds and by

sacrificing your work and wealth to the Lord, then only the Lord

will give the real gift to you. When you are working in the field

for the owner, doing the work pains you. The owner will pay money

for your work. Without doing the work, if you are simply chanting

the name of the owner or sing songs on the owner, a wise owner will

never give any gift.

 

You have already derived the bliss and peace by eating the sweet in

your hand. Why should I pay you when you are eating the sweet? When

you sacrifice the sweet to me I shall pay you. A Satguru teaches

only the sacrifice which is the path with thorns leading to the

Lord. Veda says that sacrifice alone can bring the grace of the Lord

(Dhanene Tyagenaike). If you ask the payment by prayers and devotion

the Lord will pay you from your pocket only. He will bring the

results of good deeds from your future life cycles and present them

to you. But when you are sacrificing the sweet to the Lord in spite

of your hunger and your heart pain, the Lord rewards you from His

pocket. Therefore the true path leading to the Lord can be

identified by loss of peace, mental worry, pain etc., The path to

the hell is identified by peace, happiness, benefit etc., Satguru

leads you to the Lord and Guru leads you to the hell.

 

  posted by: His servant

  at the lotus feet of shri datta swami

  www.universal-spirituality.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

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