India Reflections

Guru is a doctor

Viji Vasu giving Bhagadvat Gita lecture at Yoga Raksanam in Chennai, India

In Sanskrit, from which the word guru comes, guru only means one who is great, and his greatness is in a particular sphere, as there are great people in other spheres: doctors of philosophy, doctors of medicine, and so on. In a very definite sense, a guru is a doctor of the inside. When I say 'the inside', I don't just mean the inside of the body, I mean the inside of the inside! Because if the doctor is the doctor of our body, a capable guru is the doctor of the soul.

 
Viji Vasu
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Posted Date : 25-04-2015
Credited to: Taken from the book "The Principles of Sahaj Marg, Set 1 (Vols. 1-3)", Chapter "Cleanliness and Godliness", pg. 76, by Revered Chariji
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