Friday, August 2, 2013

Me, My Guru


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?


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