Contd….
Angulimaan, the Saint
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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