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October 2004

walking the Gurus path

What is the guru’s role in spiritual life? He is guide, mentor, example, mirror, motivator. The fertiliser that ensures the seed will grow, the hand that tends to the tiny sapling, rooting out weeds, watering and nourishing...... More >>

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What do you need a guru for
by Robert Carr
“All gurus are welfare organisations providing petty experiences to their followers. The Guru game is a profitable industry; try to make two million dollars any other way.”
—U.G. Krishnamurti

How... More >>
Talking of Gurus Grace
by Aalif Surti
Teaching no-thing

In the summer of 1989, I was invited to Yogaville, Swami Satchidananda’s ashram in Buckingham, Virginia, USA to perform comedy as my alter ego, Swami Beyondananda.  Although I... More >>
Gurus of our times
by Aalif Surti
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
 “Expansion of happiness is the purpose of creation and we are all here to enjoy and radiate happiness everywhere.” This is the core of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s teachings. A pioneer... More >>
God and guru are identical
by Dada Gavand
I have often been asked: “Is it necessary to have a guru?” My simple answer is: “To me the guru is as necessary
as breath is to the body.” Without the guru I am no better than a dead... More >>
Can we outsource spiritual growth
by Anil Bhatnagar
Dillip Marya (not his real name) was my colleague and an intelligent  engineer. Things took a downward turn for him when he came under the influence of his ‘guru’. Though he had turned vegetarian, he... More >>
Teaching through trickery
by Amodini
It is barely nine in the morning. I am lost in the art of writing while immersed deep into a sushumna trance, words emerging at the speed of thought on the computer screen. Bhaja Govindam plays in the background, and it helps... More >>
The faith of gurus
by Jasjit Mansingh
The Sikh religion blossomed in the great fertile alluvial plains of north India, in the land known in Persian as Panj-Ab—the five rivers. The seed of the new faith was sown by the mystic saint-poet Guru Nanak (1469-1539), it... More >>
Beyond guru disciple duality
by Ramesh S. Balsekar
It is a tradition in India that the sadguru having apperceived and experienced the Unicity that is the supreme subjectivity, and having merged with that Unicity, is one with it, and must, therefore, in a relative sense, be... More >>
At the feet of the master
by Gyandev
How should a disciple be, and how should he behave in the master’s presence?
 Basically, he shouldn’t ‘be’ at all. In the presence of the master, the disciple should be absent, as if he is not there at... More >>
In company of seekers
by Swati Chopra
In the guru-path-community triad that forms the weave of spiritual life, the last is perhaps what seekers find the most challenging. Not to say that imbibing the teachings or walking the path is easy. But yoking the deep and... More >>
A taste of the Divine
by Roozbeh Gazdar
Many years ago in ancient Persia, when the Prophet Zarathushtra was revealed the laws of the one true God, he looked for disciples to propagate the new faith. He met King Vistaspa who was inclined towards the teachings. Later... More >>
He who awakens
by Barbara Briggs
“The Guru, who is higher than the highest, who always bestows bliss, and who is seated in the centre of the space of the heart, (shining) like a pure crystal, should be meditated upon.”
—Guru Gita
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Communion without words
by Osho
Man lives in a very upside-down state. Hence, whenever there is an enlightened Master, his actions, his words, his behaviour, all appear to the ordinary man to be absurd. Jesus is misunderstood for the simple reason that a man... More >>
Caring mentor slayer of ego
by Narayan Choyin Dorje
“The embodiment of the Enlightened Ones of the past, present and future is your root guru, the one who has all qualities and shows you the threefold kindness of sharing with you material support, dharma teachings and... More >>
The making of a guru
by Suma Varughese
When the seeker’s anguish is finally appeased in the joy and bliss of union, one tortuous, painful journey comes to an end. What then? What is the next bend of the road? What are the contours and characteristics of the... More >>
Nine meditations on the guru
by Makarand Paranjape
1. The guru is a ‘heavy’ dude
The word ‘guru’ is used as both adjective and noun in Sanskrit. As an adjective it means weighty, heavy, long, extended, immense, formidable, great, momentous, important,... More >>
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