Garnering Guru’s grace, through faith or blind faith.
Insights — By RNS Online on May 29, 2012 at 11:55 am
Radhanath Swami Question: In many spiritual discussions I have heard about the importance of Guru for a genuine spiritual connection. Can the guru be considered as God?
Radhanath Swami Answers: When a drop of water falls from the cloud, it is transparent and pure but when it comes in contact with the dirt it becomes muddy. By filtering the water we bring it back to its natural state. Similarly, our consciousness is to love God but due to our connection to material nature contamination creeps into the consciousness. Spirituality simply means to filter our consciousness and bring it back to its natural pure state; that’s what the Guru is also helping us to do. We can’t hear God in our heart but a Guru has that connection with God and can help us also to make that connection. Guru is not God but God is coming through Guru to us. A proper Guru never asks us to have blind faith, but he asks us to have reasonable faith and he asks us to utilize our intelligence in understanding God. Once, someone asked my Guru, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, “Are you the Guru of the whole world?” Srila Prabhupada humbly replied, “I am not anyone’s Guru but I am everyone’s servant.” This is the perfection and qualification of a Guru.
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Wonderful answer. Thank you Maharaj.
We all thankful to our Guru maharaja for helping us to get back to our original status. All glories to HH Radhanatha Swami Maharaja.
This is the perfect and most humble answer by HH Radhanath Swami.
Thank you Radhanath Swami for this wonderful answer. I am sure it will dispel the doubts of many inquisitive people.
very nice answer on the need for guru. thanks for sharing
very clear & precise answer.
Hare Krishna… Radhanath Swami Ki Jai !
Yes, guru is the most confidential representative of god and hence must be respected as good as god.
yes very true..
wonderful answer.
A bonafide spiritual master is true representative of the God.And such a spiritual master serves society in a such a way that brings transformation in society.Such a God conscious person should be respected like a God.Thank you very much.
Hari bol, very powerfully spoken with simple yet deeply affecting words/
Hare Krishna… Radhanath Swami Ki Jai !
Hare Krsna ! Very nicely explained by Radhanath Maharaj !
I really appreciated one line in the answer by Radhanath Swami above ” A proper Guru never asks us to have blind faith, but he asks us to have reasonable faith and he asks us to utilize our intelligence in understanding God”.
The answer speaks for itself- words of a true guru!
Wonderful answer by Radhanath Swami.
Brilliant answer by HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj.
very deep.thank you
Superb answer!
In his short answer, Swamiji has so beatifully extolled the glories of a Guru……….thanks
Radhanath Swami Maharaj gives a perfect answer!
Haribol!
WOnderful explanation of Guru Tattva.
Hare Kirshna… Radhanath Swami Ki Jai !
Amazing answer by Maharaj.Haribol!
HH Radhanath Swami quoting his guru Srila Prabhupada emphasises real nature and quality of a bonafide Guru.
Thank you for this article and explanation.
Wonderful read!
So beautifully explained!
Thank you Radhanath swami for wonderfully explaining us the significance of Guru in our life and the qualifications of Guru.
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An inspiring read!
Inspiring message!
Thank you for these wonderful articles.
Thanks for sharing.
A real guru never demands blind faith. Thanks.
Very clear answer that explains relationship of us, Guru & God…
very touching answer by Prabhupada
A very deep rooted message on Guru and God. Thank you for this message, Swamiji.
“I am not anyone’s Guru but I am everyone’s servant.” What a wonderful reply!
such a genuine answer. Radhanath swami must himself be a very humble and genuine guru.
Wonderful!
Hare Krishna…Radhanath Swami Ki Jai !
Only by the mercy of the Guru, we can understand Krishna
Very Nicely explained! Spirituality is filtering process for our consciousness and Guru is the filterer
Radhanath Swami Maharaj beautifully explains the importance of humility….
excellent answer by Radhanath Swami.
hare krishna thank you maharaj
Wonderful answer!
Radhanath Swami Maharaj is great!
“I am not anyone’s Guru but I am everyone’s servant. This is the perfection and qualification of a Guru.” These words of H.H Radhanath Swami Maharaj demonstrate His humility. All glories to Maharaj.
Thank you so much Radhanath Swami Maharaj for sharing this wonderful article. r