Being enlightened, self realized, soul realized or God realized is not such a great thing as it is made out to be by certain professional, mercenary (money-minded ) ,sectarian religious fake GURUS, who claim that such a state is impossible to be attained without the help or grace of GURU, indirectly meaning without their help and that too FOR A PRICE.The attainment of God realization does not confer any special status on a human being either to be worshipped or to be a lord over others. The fakes exploit to their best advantage the praises showered on GURU in our ancient scriptures. . That was, no doubt, true for the illiterate, uneducated society of the ancient times when education and knowledge were the monopoly of a few persons, particularly Sanskrit knowing Pandits, who alone had the capability and authority to interpret scriptures for the illiterate masses who could neither read nor did they have access to scriptures, which were hand written and rare.in fact, GURU need not be a living person , the knowledge and philosophy left behind by certain evolved persons , saints and ascetics can stand for a GURU with equal strength .Shree Guru Granth Sahib , the holy scripture written and compiled by the Ten Sikh Gurus, is the most prominent example of this fact. The Holy Scripture is a Living Guru for a Sikh.
The importance of physical GURU can't be discounted or underestimated even today for the common masses but GURU certainly is not indispensable for the self- initiated, educated seekers who choose to go on their own way with the help of knowledge freely available in easy to understand translations and explanations. The fake GURUS are clever enough to warn their followers against the designs of of this intelligent , educated class who are likely to wean away their followers, who are a permanent supply line for their monetary and material needs.
Most of the GURUS today are whole sale dealers in Divinity and God competing fiercely with their rivals for grabbing their own share of the flourishing and teeming market. They move from place to place (read door-to-door) to sell their products and to manage money and other material resources for the upkeep of their Five Star Ashrams, at the same time cursing the Grihasthies for their simple, innocent moderate permissible pleasures as sins or VIKARS that will open the doors of Hell for them after their death and convince them to BUY MUKTI in advance from their stocks. May GOD, if HE is around, save these innocent victims.
I bow down in deep respect to those few Genuine GURUS who are maintaining the highest traditions and norms on which the reverence of ancient Guru-shishya tradition was based but unfortunately their number is far too small and they seem to be obscured and lost in the crowd of fakes.
The importance of physical GURU can't be discounted or underestimated even today for the common masses but GURU certainly is not indispensable for the self- initiated, educated seekers who choose to go on their own way with the help of knowledge freely available in easy to understand translations and explanations. The fake GURUS are clever enough to warn their followers against the designs of of this intelligent , educated class who are likely to wean away their followers, who are a permanent supply line for their monetary and material needs.
Most of the GURUS today are whole sale dealers in Divinity and God competing fiercely with their rivals for grabbing their own share of the flourishing and teeming market. They move from place to place (read door-to-door) to sell their products and to manage money and other material resources for the upkeep of their Five Star Ashrams, at the same time cursing the Grihasthies for their simple, innocent moderate permissible pleasures as sins or VIKARS that will open the doors of Hell for them after their death and convince them to BUY MUKTI in advance from their stocks. May GOD, if HE is around, save these innocent victims.
I bow down in deep respect to those few Genuine GURUS who are maintaining the highest traditions and norms on which the reverence of ancient Guru-shishya tradition was based but unfortunately their number is far too small and they seem to be obscured and lost in the crowd of fakes.
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