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Talks Exerpt 317. Swamiji giving monastic advice.
Swamiji giving monastic advice.
One guru does not suit all
You go to the gurus [teachers or spiritual preceptors] and each one’s word you are taking. You won’t be left with a guru, you’ll start telling the guru what to do. That’s what will happen. Hear everything, what is good, take it – leave the rest – it will be good for someone else.
Talks Excerpt 378. Swamiji says: Only go to one guru for instruction in spiritual matters.
Swamiji says: Only go to one guru for instruction in spiritual matters.
Swamiji puts God’s power, His Maya and our egos into context.
God has lent himself to us, and we can only realise this, not by our own effort, not because of our own strength, but by his own grace. And his grace dawns on us, it reveals itself. Who covers it? He himself covers it. Because he covers it, we have no power to uncover it.
Swamiji talks on whether you find the guru or the guru finds you. Disc 143 track 6.
To listen to Swamiji speaking, please fully open the post and then click below. Swami Shivapadananda talks: Disc 143 track 6. It is asked: is it necessary for the Guru to consciously accept a disciple? So, there is an effort, I feel, on the Guru’s side. Whilst on the other hand there are cases, many…
Programming the mind
Therefore our gurus say that we must watch our mind; be sure that it doesn’t become bogged down only in meditation; only in karma yoga; only in raja yoga. It must be shaken. At will you must be able to detach and attach.