Nama Article 3rd June 2010
Source: http://namadwaar.org/cherishedmemoirs/?action=news&id=1247458194
On Guru Poornima this year (2009), the devotee went to Ashram to meet Sri Swamiji. He was wanting to ask Sri Swamiji's message for Guru Poornima for the benefit of devotees all around the world.
When the devotee sat beside Sri Swamiji, His Holiness started a beautiful conversation, which reminds one of the spiritual conversations of the yore which reveals the supreme truth.
'What is the way to realization?' asked Sri Swamiji to the devotee.
The devotee was taken aback. He understood that the message was coming only in a very different way!
'Vina mahat pada rajobhisekam. Swamiji, only by reaching the feet of the guru can one get gnana (wisdom)'
'What does reaching the feet of the guru actually mean?' Sri Swamiji was certainly in a questioning mode!
'Reaching guru's feet means.. Well... Going to his abode and prostrating to him...' The devotee answered with hesitation
'That is true. Physically prostrating to a guru and being in his physical presence is good. That is a different story... But is it all?'
The devotee could not answer any further....
Sri Swamiji continued...
"When a disciple sheds all the adverse modes of the mind like kama (desire), krodha (anger) etc. and completely leads his life with the clear understanding that it is the Guru who is running his life - adverse or otherwise, completely emptying the mind of personal likes and dislikes, seeing everything as Guru's leela, in due course of time, disciple's mind will be completely synchronized with the mind of the Guru.
When that happens, then disciple's mind becomes submerged with the Guru's mind, which is pure brahman (God). This is how a disciple attains liberation by attaining the feet of a Guru."
Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
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