| In Hinduism we do not call any teacher a Guru. We do | | | | births one gets a Guru. Not everybody can reach a |
| not call preachers as Guru. We do not call mendicants | | | | Guru. I have tried to persuade few people to go to |
| and those who perform the rituals as Guru. Guru is | | | | Guru but somehow they never went. I asked this |
| supreme God according to the truth revealed by | | | | question to my Gurudeva and he told me that not |
| Hinduism thousands of years ago. | | | | everyone is destined for that |
| A Guru is God in all the senses. We believe that God | | | | Guru term is used very loosely in the western society |
| comes in human form as guru to give salvation to his | | | | and true seekers get confused because of this. My |
| disciples. The definite text on Guru is Guru Geeta, | | | | advice to anyone who is looking for a Guru is to pray |
| which sings Guru's glory. | | | | to God. God will surely one day make that person |
| Guru is all around the world. He make look confined in | | | | meet his/her Guru and that day their salvation will |
| a body but that is only the way he communicates | | | | begin. |
| himself. Otherwise he creates the world within himself | | | | Most of all you will find that those who are true Gurus |
| and destroys it. He gives the results to all of us | | | | avoid mentioning this whereas those who are ordinary |
| according to our karma. He shows us the path by | | | | beings call them selves as Gurus. It is very difficult to |
| which we attain our Godhood. According to Hinduism, | | | | explain about what happens after you meet a guru. |
| every soul is God and by removing the outer layers of | | | | The changes will tell you that something totally |
| ignorance Guru reveals to us our true form. | | | | different is happening to you. You will then understand |
| Guru is all-powerful. Guru creates, sustains and | | | | the glory of Guru. |
| destroys. If one maintains a good life then after certain | | | | |