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 The modern man is at cross roads today. On the one hand unprecedented advance in science and technology has made life more comfortable and enjoyable. On the other hand greed, competition, jealousy and insecurity are threatening to tear the modern man apart.
Religion is individual, one has to seek it on one's own. It is not a social phenomenon, it has nothing to do with the crowd and the collective. It is a private thing, as intimate as love.
In one of His discourses Osho quotes Guru Nanak: "by the guru's grace"? Is not man's own labor enough? It is necessary to understand this very subtle point, because Nanak stresses the guru a great deal. Later Nanak says that without the guru God cannot be attained. What is the reason for this? If God is omnipresent why can't I meet Him directly? What is the need to bring in the guru?”
Osho adds, “There is no need of a guru -- provided you are capable of annihilating your ego yourself.”
“The greater your insensitivity, the more somnolent you are, the greater your need for a guru. Understand that. If you are fast asleep, how can you awaken yourself? Someone else will have to shake you. Even then the chances are that you will roll over and fall back asleep again.”
A Master simply teaches how to be alert with full consciousness. He teaches conscious awareness.
Osho says, there are two types of Masters in the world. The first type is the teacher. He teaches disciplines, virtue, character, but next day the student forgets. The second is the Master. He does not teach any virtue, he does not teach any character, he does not teach any ordinary humility, humbleness. He bores a hole into the being of the disciple so that light can penetrate, and the disciple can see for himself. The master tries to make one aware, full of light. That's the real Master. In the East we call him SADGURU, the right Master. Teachers are many; Sadgurus are very few and far between.
“If you are with a teacher you may become a good man, but you cannot become enlightened. And your goodness will always remain on a volcano; it can erupt any moment. If you are with a teacher he will teach you outward things -- how to discipline yourself, how to be good, how to be a servant, how to serve people, how to be non-violent, how to be loving, kind, compassionate. He will teach you a thousand and one things.
If you come to a Master, he teaches only one thing -- that is: how to become aware, how to bore a hole into your being so light can enter into your imprisonment. And in that light, everything starts happening of its own accord.
And when things happen of their own accord, they have a beauty to them. Then there is great benediction.”
OSHO
- Editor
* Sadguru, meaning the perfect master, is one complete word and should not be read separately as Sad Guru. Sadguru pronounced as Satguru in some of the northern belts in India, originated from Sanskrit word Sadguru meaning the true master.
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