GURU PURNIMA
Guru Purnima
is one of the most auspicious day in Hindu calendar. Most Hindus offer worship
to their respected Guru.
In ancient
days before accepting a child as disciple, Guru used to take interview and only
when Guru is satisfied that a child will be able to fulfil all the terms and
conditions of Guru's hermitage, a child is taken as disciple by Guru. This
ancient system still exist in our modern education system. A child and a
parents are interviewed before a child is admitted in school.
However this
system is no longer followed or perhaps followed by handful of religious and
spiritual masters. Today most religious or spiritual leaders are commercialised
and in a rat race of growing numbers of their disciples.
Even people
follow blindly in such rat race thinking that the salvation or all
materialistic desire will be on the finger tip if one will accept a particular
sage or saint as Guru. People rush to make Guru and then forget.
On the same
note spiritual masters also go commercialised in accepting anyone to be their
disciple by accepting certain donation. In both case neither Guru nor disciple
will have any close link or connection with each other. There may be few
exception to this anyway.
We cannot
question Guru or Spiritual master but we can at least understand fundamentals
of Guru and disciple relation. Before accepting anyone as Guru, one should ask
a question oneself, "Am I ready to become a true disciple? Will I be able
to attend to call by my Guru at any time even if I have to leave my most
important worldly commitment?" If the answer is negative, then it is not
important to accept anyone as Guru. One can serve the temple or ashram but do
not make Guru.
Once you
accept Guru, you are on all time alert like soldiers and doctors who have to
attend to duty even at odd hours. Once you accept Guru, you cannot make any
excuses to Guru. You must attend to Guru's request first.
Understand
the true relation of Guru and disciple first and thenworship and serve the Guru
with full faith.
Manhar Narsey
