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 Friday 11 July 2025

GURU, THE PIVOT OF SPIRITUAL LIFE

Swami Sivananda

Without Guru you cannot achieve anything in the spiritual path. To light a candle, you need a burning candle. Even so, an illumined soul alone can enlighten another soul. The help and guidance of a Sat Guru is essential to cross this ocean of worldly existence. Devotion to the lotus-feet of your Guru is the first requisite in the spiritual path. If Guru is pleased, the Lord Himself is pleased; if Guru is displeased, the Lord is displeased. Grace of the Teacher, and the Mercy of the Lord give the firm conviction " I am Brahman" to the aspirant. God is Guru. Guru is God. Acharyavan purusho veda— He who has a Guru knows the Truth or the Absolute.


Caution: Fraudulent Website

This is to caution all the devotees of Gurudev that some fraudsters have launched a website impersonating the official website of The Divine Life Society, in order to mislead the public and collect money in the name of booking rooms, joining Yoga Courses, etc. Devotees are advised to beware of the fake website with the address https://sivanandaashram.co.in/, email Id info@sivanandaashram.co.in & phone number 9668461538 and take necessary precautions from falling prey to such scammers. It has never been a practice of the Ashram to let the devotees book rooms or register for Yoga Courses through phone or Whatsapp.

Those who are devoted to the Ashram and Gurudev know very well that the Ashram does not charge anything for any Seva at the Ashram. Please take note that the official websites of The Divine Life Society are https://www.sivanandaonline.org and https://www.dlshq.org, email Ids are generalsecretary@sivanandaonline.org and gs@sivanandaonline.org and the online donation portal is https://donations.sivanandaonline.org

A Guru takes some sort of responsibility over the disciple. In some cases the entire responsibility is wholly taken forever, in every sense of the term, though in most cases partial responsibility is taken. Nevertheless, some sort of responsibility is always there on the part of the teacher or the Guru who communicates the mantra to the disciple, and it is very significant indeed because a superior power is guarding you. It is a protective shield, an armour that you put on.

- Swami Krishnananda
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