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By Kamlesh Tripathi
By Kamlesh Tripathi
IN LOVE WITH YOUR GURU
In ancient times there lived a Mahatma whose name was
Maharishi Kanad. He had the distinction of exponentially increasing the treasure
base of Indian knowledge by scripting the Vaishesik
Sutras that determines the rights and the wrongs in terms of finding the
absolute good, for a person. He had many shishayas
(pupils) that included both men and women, and they all owed their esteem allegiance,
to their Guru, Maharishi Kanad.
And, in that there
was a beautiful woman also, who used to look after the Guru with all sincerity.
But slowly and slowly, she started feeling as if she was falling in love with
the Guru, but she was not able to express her feelings in front him. And, she was
even scared that the Guru, should not suddenly shun her, and the other shishayas should not make fun of her.
But still one day when she was alone with
the Guru. She gathered some guts and said, ‘My dear Swami, I love you from the
bottom of my heart, and I want to sacrifice everything of mine on you. So can
you please accept me in life?”
The Guru was
shocked, at what the lady had told him suddenly, and had gone quiet for some
moments. And, the utterance of the lady had spread like a ‘jungle fire’ in the hermitage.
And now, all the shishayas were eagerly
waiting to know what would be, the Guru’s reply.
Guru smiled and
said, ‘I’m happy that you love me. But you also know that I love the entire
world, and when I say the entire world even you are included in that. And you
also know that all my shishayas love
me, so what is so special about your love.
Now, the lady was
in a dilemma and could not figure out as to how, she should explicitly convey
what she wanted to convey. For she did not know how to communicate her deep love
to him, and she was also a little cautious, knowing, that so many unseen eyes
and ears must be waiting for the much awaited answer of the Guru. Guru waited
for a while and then said to her, ‘When you say, you love me and you want to sacrifice
everything for me it also means, you want to control me. And this also means that
you are not conversant with the real meaning of the Guru. But since you are a
devoted shishaya, I don’t want you to
be unhappy. So you can have my love. Tomorrow, when I am alone in cottage, you
come to me.’
Upon hearing these lovely
words of acceptance the lady went gaga. She came out of the cottage, where rest
the female shishayas were now jealous
of her, as they too wanted to share her luck.
Next day after decking up, and when she
felt no one is in the cottage of the Guru she entered, when rest of the shishayas
were keeping a constant track of her. And
when they saw her entering the cottage they quietly assembled near the cottage of
the Guru.
And when the lady entered she saw, the Guru
was in samadhi and around him there
was a circle of light, and in that the Guru was appearing like the Sun. She ran
towards the Guru in full enthusiasm trying to embrace him. But alas: what was that?
She then saw she was only embracing herself. And suddenly she felt the Guru is all
over the sky and she can’t just hold the sky nor she can embrace the sky. And after
trying all ends, she could only experience as if she is trying to catch the
endless sky. And after a little while she was tired and stood there
wonder struck. She then could hear a loud laughter in the cottage.
And that is when the Guru said, ‘my dear shishaya
you forgot the basic essence of life that the Guru is not a personal property
of anyone, and in fact he belongs to everyone. He is divine, who is everywhere,
but not visible. He is the route to your destiny but not your destiny or your
kismet. Guru makes you farsighted. So share me with everyone. But don’t try to control
your Guru. And feel my wisdom and knowledge within you.
And after hearing such divine sermons that
lady who till some moments back was dull and gloomy immediately cheered up and
with her fellow shishayas started celebrating
and praising the Guru. And thereafter, slowly the Mahatama returned to his
embodiment when he too joined the celebrations.
This story is lifted from mythological articles,
and conveys, our relation with our Guru, which is different than our relation
with others.
Today is Guru-punima and this is a tribute to every Guru.
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