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{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Bhagavan has said that without the grace of the Guru one cannot attain the Self. What precisely does he mean by this? What is this Guru?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "From the stand point of the path of knowledge, it is the supreme state of the ... | 1 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Some people report Maharshi to deny the need of a Guru. Others say the reverse. What does Maharshi say?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "I have never said that there is no need for a Guru."
},
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Sri A... | 2 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Can one derive any benefit from repeating incantations picked up casually, without being initiated into them?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "No. One must be initiated into them and authorised to use them. A king once visited his minister at the l... | 3 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "What arethe distinctive characteristics of a Guru by which one can recognise him?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "The Guru is one who at all times abides in the profound depths of the Self. He never sees any difference between himself and others a... | 4 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "What is the essential nature of upadesa or spiritual instruction given by the Guru?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "The word upadesa literally means ‘restoring an object to its proper place’.The mind of the disciple, having become differentiated f... | 5 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Is it not really the bodily individual that is the Guru?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "What is your idea of a Guru? You think of him in human shape as a body of certain dimensions, complexion, and so on. A disciple, after Realisation once said t... | 6 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "What is the Grace of the Guru?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "The Guru is the Self. At some time a man grows dissatisfied with his life and, not content with what he has, seeks the satisfaction of his desires through prayer to God. His mind is gr... | 7 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "What is the significance of saying that the Guru is the manifestation of God or Self?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "So long as you seek Self-realisation, the Guru is necessary. Guru is the Self. Take Guru to be the real Self, and yourself to be ... | 8 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Isn’t grace the gift of the Guru?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "God, Grace and Guru are allsynonymous and are both eternal and immanent. Isn’t the Self already within? Is it for the Guru to bestow it by his look? If a Guru thinks so, he does not... | 9 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "It is said that one look of a Mahatma isenough; that idols, pilgrimages, and so on, are not so effective; but I have been here for three months and still do not know how I have been benefitted by the look of the Maharshi."
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"uttera... | 10 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "After leaving this Asramam in October, I was aware of Bhagavan’s peace enfolding me for about ten days. All the time, while busy with work, there was an undercurrent of that peace of unity; it was almost like the dual consciousness while half asleep in a dull lecture. T... | 11 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Bhagavan says he has no disciples?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "Yes."
},
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "He also says that a Guru is necessary if one wishes to attain liberation."
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utter... | 12 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Can Sri Bhagavan help us to realise the Truth?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "Help is always there."
},
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Then, there is no need to ask questions. I do not feel the ever-present help."
},
{
... | 13 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "How can one know whether a particular person is competent to be a Guru?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "By the peace of mind you feel in his presence and by the respect you feel for him."
},
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "And if... | 14 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "what is the difference between Jivanmukti (Realisation while in the body) and Videhamukti (Realisation after death)?"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "There is no difference. For those who ask, it is said: A Jnani with a body is a Jivanmukta and he ... | 15 |
[
{
"speaker": "Devotee",
"utterance": "Bhagavan says: ‘The influence of the Jnani steals into the devotee in silence’. Bhagavan also says: ‘Contact with great men, exalted souls, is one efficacious means of realising one’s true being.’"
},
{
"speaker": "Maharshi",
"utterance": "Yes. What is the c... | 16 |
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