Me, My Guru
I had come today to clean my Guru’s Altar. I always relished this ritual with her. She took an hour or two to clean the Pooja
room and to decorate it. And I got to
spend full two hrs with her if I participated with her in this ritual. I would
always pester her to allow me to do it more often – usually it was once a month
and I felt it was too long. I wanted it
to be a weekly affair. Few other
students teased me saying that I was trying to please her, gather more punya
(good karma) by doing this seva (service) and such other comments. But, I never bothered about them. They were just couple of other regular
students who would without fail come to take part in this ritual. It was like our picnic – our special one
with Her.
It’s been years since I’ve been doing this with her and yet
I never went home empty handed. I
always got more than I could gather from her.
Her mere presence and her ways of doing daily chores taught us.
Initially, I would learn by talking to her. But, over the years it has shifted to
observing her do things.
She taught in so many ways. Would I ever know all these ways? Would I learn all that she had to teach?
…contd….
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