I am absolutely clear in my concept of a Guru as well as that used to be in
Hinduism. But the Shloka: “Gurur bramha; Gurur vishnuh;Gururdevo
Maheshwarah: Gurussakshat Param bramha; tasmai sree gurave namah” is
now been grossly misused by most of the ‘Gurus’of present day, who are
not even fit to be called Guru in the spirit of Hinduism.
As a
matter of fact they are acting as divisive forces to protect their
respective sects, and the wealth amassed through disciples or otherwise.
They are greedy and possessed by most of the vices associated with
common people.
Most of them are
not or even learned either. In their knowledge and spiritualism also
they are limited. These types have been misusing the aforesaid shloka to
glorify themselves. Even their common general knowledge is below
average.
A real guru is one who not only has spiritual
knowledge but is a divine, self-realized person who lives by the
principles of spirituality and who with his selfless life, is actively
engaged in spreading the true knowledge-the knowledge of God or self
realization, but where are such Gurus today?
Such gurus were
sage Vasishtha, Valmiki, Agasthya, Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Swamy
Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Gautama Buddha, Sri
Shankaracharya...who never raised their personal sects, celebrated their
birthdays, and visited USA during summers to collect dollars as Guru
Dakshina. Today most of the Gurus have usurped upon land in the heart of
commercial cities for building Ashrams where they live a luxurious life
and some of them a licentious life.
The present day Gurus are
a blot and curse on Hindu society and do not let it politically unite.
To be in line with ruling political party, most of them pose ‘secular’
to get more clientage.
Hinduism is still alive today because of
the work done by ancient great gurus in the past and NOT by present
parasites who have simply donned Gurudom upon them.
Even our
scriptures have depicted that one Guru may not have all the specialized
knowledge under the Sun. Thus an inquisitive disciple may have several
Gurus to guide him on different subjects. Sage Dattatrya had two dozen
Gurus to pick up one trait from each. This was true in the past and is
more relevant today.
