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 Saturday 27 July 2024

INSTRUCTIONS TO DISCIPLES

Swami Sivananda

Competent disciples are never in want of competent Gurus. The disciple achieves results in proportion to his faith in his Guru. The possession of university-degrees cannot entitle a man to be an examiner of a Guru. It is the height of impertinence and foolishness on his part, blinded by the vanity of worldly knowledge, to test the spiritual knowledge of the Guru. A true disciple is concerned only the divine nature of the Guru. The Guru′s actions as man is not the disciple′s concern. Guru′s grace is the only means for making the soul turn towards God. The descent of the Master′s grace can transmute mundane life into divine life. Guru′s grace works in the form of Sadbana in the aspirant. Contd…


True devotion gives infinite courage and boldness. Therefore, if a devotee feels within him a sort of fear or weakness, then it means that his practice of Bhakti is not correct.

- Swami Chidananda

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