Real Guru is one in whose heart, there is only worry of making the disciple realized. In whose heart, there is no worry of our realization, how can he be our Guru ? Who wishes realization for us from his heart, he is only our real Guru, whether we accept it or not and whether he becomes our Guru or not. He doesn’t have this desire that I become Guru, others treat me as Guru, I get disciples.
Who has the desire of money, he is slave of money. Similarly, who has desire for disciples, he is slave of disciples. One who desires to become guru, he cannot make others realized. One who wants money from disciples, he is not Guru, rather he is grandson-disciple. Reason being that disciple has money so money is disciple of disciple and Guru is disciple of money so effectively Guru is grandson-disciple ! Just think, one who wants anything from you, how can he be your Guru ? He cannot be. One who want money from you, praise from you, respect from you, he is your disciple, not you Guru. Real saint doesn’t need anything from the world, the world needs from him. One who doesn’t need anything from anyone, he is real Guru.
कबीर जोगी जगत गुरु, तजै जगत की आस |
जो जग की आसा करै तो जगत गुरु वह दास ||
Those who are real saints, they don’t like to become Guru but rather they like to make the world realized. They have real natural desire of making the world realized. I have also been in search of good saints and I have also found good saints. But they never said that you become disciple and you will get realized. Those who like to become Guru, they only publicize that making Guru is very important, without Guru salvation cannot happen, etc-etc.
Some alive person should be Guru – there is no rule like that. Shri (Respected) Shukdev Ji Maharaj was alive thousands of years before but he made Charandas ji Maharaj his disciple ! Real disciple gets Guru automatically. Reason being that if disciple is real, then he doesn’t have to search for Guru, rather Guru comes automatically. Person having real desire for realization gets Guru automatically –
जेहि कें जेहि पर सत्य सनेहू | सो तेहि मिलइ न कछु संदेहू ||
(Ramcharitmanas, Balkaand, 259/3)
People search for Guru, but those who are real Guru, they search for disciple. They have great mercy in them. Like, in this world, the status of mother is highest. Mother is the first Guru. Child is born from mother, drinks mother’s milk, plays in the lap of mother, grows due to mother, without mother, child cannot be born, cannot live, cannot grow also. Mother has lived for years without child. Without child, mother had no problem. Inspite of that, mother has this nature that she will herself remain hungry but won’t let the child remain hungry. She will take pain on herself to tak care care of child. Sameway are real Guru. Those whom they accept as disciples, they make them realized. They have the capability of making the disciple realized. I have seen these things.
There was one saind. He instead of considering other person as disciple, would treat him as a friend only. His one friend(disciple) got some dangerous disease so he got afraid. He didn’t cure from medicines. That saint said that you give your disease to me. The friend said that how can I give my disease to you ? Saint again said that now when I will say then you don’t refuse, don’t put any obstruction, give half of your disease to me. The friend accepted and the saint took half disease on himself. Then without medicine, his whole disease got cured. Thus, those who are capable, they can become guru. But despite of being so capable, he never made anyone his disciple throughout his life.
On making guru, they tell the glory of Guru that Guru is greater than Govind (God). This results in disciple leaving the worship of God and starts worshipping Guru. This is very wrong, will take in hell !
There was one real saint. His disciples started treating him greater than God, so he left making disciples and never made any disciple all his life. Reason that disciples don’t catch God, they catch Guru ! After hearing Guru, if the person follows the path of God-realization then it is fine but if he follows the path of Guru-worshipping, then this is of big loss! Those who make the disciple follow the path of Guru-worship, they are Kaalnemi or fraud saints, not Guru. Guru is only, who makes the disciple follow the path of God realization. There is no one compared to God who wishes good for us, Guru, father, mother, siblings no one –
उमा राम सम हित जग माहीं | गुरु पितु मातु बंधु प्रभु नाहीं ||
( Ramcharitmanas, Kishkindhakand, 12/1)
Instead of God, getting one’s own worship done is the job of cheaters. One who has the desire of making disciples, money, property(ashram), praise,fame, he cannot make others realize, rather he cannot make himself also realized.
शिष शाखा सुत वितको तरसे, परम तत्त्वको कैसे परसे ?
Because of such person, other people suffer in the same way like how king Pratapbhanu suffered due to cheater saint (see Ramcharitmanas, Balkand, 153 – 175). Realization happens from the compay of those who have the desire of making everyone realized. Don’t have any other desire but realization of others. One who is desire-less, only he can make others desire-less. One will only get cheated by those who have desires, not realization.
This is a rule that one who makes others weak is himself weak. One who makes others capable is himself capable. One who makes other person disciple, he is not capable, One who is Guru, he makes other person also Guru. God is greatest, hence he never makes anyone inferior. One who surrenders to God, he becomes the greatest in the world. God makes everyone His friend, His equal, he doesn’t make anyone His disciple. For example, Nishadraj was realized, Vibhishan was on the path of realization and Sugreev was materialistic but God Ram made all three His friends. Arjuna considered himself to be disciple of God - 'शिष्यस्ते अहम् शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नं' (Bhagwad Gita 2/7), but God considered himself to be friend instead of Guru - ' भक्तो असि मे सखा चेति' (Bhagwad Gita 4/3), ‘इष्टो असि’(Bhagwad Gita 18/64). In Vedas also, God has considered soul as his friend only –
द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परिषस्वजाते |
(Mundak ३|१|१, shwetashvatar 4/6)
‘ Always living together and having the relationship of friends, two people – soul and supersoul live in same body’
One who is great, make others also great. One who makes others inferior, he himself is also inferior. One who is great, he doesn’t feel shy in becoming inferior. In the gathering of warriors, 18 Akshouni army, God became the chariot driver. Arjun said that put my vehicle in between both armies so God did what Arjun asked for like a disciple. Same way when Pandavas did fire-sacrifice, they first worshipped God Shri Krishna only. But in that fire-sacrifice, God did the work of picking up plates of priests. God doesn’t feel shy in doing small work. One who is himself small, he feels shy and is afraid that someone might not think that I am inferior, someone should not insult me.
