Talks Excerpt 431. Swamiji says: Of all holy days, Guru Purnima is the highest. No other day is equal to the day of the Guru.
From Mother Radha’s notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.
Of all holy days, Guru Purnima is the highest. No other day is equal to the day of the Guru.
Just as the ‘gurus’ of this world [i.e. school teachers, university lecturers etc.] bring the kingdom of human beings to you, the Guru of the Spirit brings the kingdom of God to you.
Veda Vyasa was the son of a fisherwoman [‘lower caste’ in old India] – but he brought the highest principles to man.
By tasting the fruit of the guru, you will know the Tree.
Blessed is the chela (disciple), whether man or woman, for the Atman does not discriminate between male and female, high and low. It is man alone that discriminates like that. The Atman is present equally, in everyone.
Gurudev [Swami Nischalananda Puri – Swamiji’s beloved Guru] once said to me, ‘You fool, Inder [Swamiji’s premonastic name], you depress yourself and suffer from an inferiority complex. If you think superior thoughts about yourself, you will be superior. If you think you are the chosen one of God, the Atman must reveal itself to you. But you go on thinking, ‘I am a sinner.’ Yes, you have made a few mistakes, inasmuch as all the virtues of life did not manifest in you yet.’
Sri Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that you have ‘the right to work but not to the fruits thereof‘. That means that if you do bad action God appears as bad action. If you do good action God appears as good action.
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