Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Angulimaan, the Saint


Contd….

Angulimaan, the Saint
When the Guru is with you, you are pardoned even for the sins that deserve you ‘gruesome punishments’ as seen in the Angulimaan’s case. See it correctly. The major punishment – the capital punishment is done with for his acts. But he had to bear smaller ones by way of rebukes, taunts and rejection which were nothing when compared to the amount of pain induced by him. On the contrary, this pain was the necessary evil in transforming him, healing him from a heartless murderer to a selfless mendicant. Bless such Guru’s who take away the major pains in your life and give you enough to bring out the best in you.
In contrast are such Guru’s who believed few students who were jealous of Angulimaan and directed his hatred on him. What is a Guru if he can’t see through his disciples? Even if in his innocence and trust wasn’t able to, still he shouldn’t have put such a terrifying demand as to get 1000 human fingers! This one demand completely changed the course of Angulimaan’s character and life. If and only if he hadn’t taken the wrong person as his Guru!
Similar is the case with all who end up at the gates of ‘wrong Guru’. That Guru may have large number of students, ashram, name, fame and even knowledge that he flaunts. But if his intent is not good, your destiny goes for a toss following such a Guru. In today’s world Guru may not ask for ‘little fingers’ and instead can be as simple and straight as money – yet your destiny goes downhill when you are enticed by such a Guru. So beware! You don’t know the intent and the way of working of Guru’s who may even dress up as babas to fulfill their purpose. So I repeat beware! Not necessarily all wrong Guru’s get exposed. The one with whom you say ‘good vibes and energies’ can be a wrong one. Till you develop your clarity of thought, it’s difficult to distinguish the right from wrong. They all seem same; in fact the wrong looks more enticing than the right. The best way to avoid this problem is simply avoid going to all and sundry. Preferably stick with just one.

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