Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 114 :  How will I get my Guru?

Guru is an ocean of compassion; he will be waiting to liberate his devotees from the entanglement of this world. However, only when one’s karma reduces he/she will get a Guru.

Two friends had set out from Bangalore to see the seer from an advaitha math. During their journey they heard about Gurunatha from someone so they cut short their journey to visit Sakharaya Patna. Even before they entered Gurunatha’s house, he stopped them and said. You had set out to visit the advaitha peetha; you have come here cutting short your journey. This is not acceptable. You should visit the advaitha peetha first and then come here. Then we shall talk.

Those friends were surprised as Gurunatha told them about each of their steps just by a mere look at them. They had food at Guruantha’s house and started towards the advaitha peetha as they had planned earlier. After their visit to the peetham they came back to Sakharaya Patna the next day. But, as their luck would have it, they were never able to meet Gurunatha. Guru will not be available easily to one and all.

In another instance, Gurunatha came out of his house and went to one of the devotee’s house in the same town. An old lady in the house received him. He told her “I am very hungry and I want you to serve me some food, will you get me some food please”? The old lady served him whatever she had prepared for herself. Gurunatha had that food, greeted the lady with folded hands came back to his house and was resting on his chair.

Within about ten minutes news came from that house that the old lady had passed away. A devotee who was standing next to Gurunatha, who had seen him coming out of that devotee’s house asked him whether he was already aware that the old lady was about to die.

Gurunatha told him “Yes, and in order to give her salvation I had food from her”.

One will be able to get a Guru only on account of the merit that he/she has accumulated in the previous lives.

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