What is the need of a Guru on the path of Devotion? What is the exact role of a Guru?
2007-04-05 22:31:19 · 8 answers · asked by Midas 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think its just someone who has knowledge into how to get inlightenment
2007-04-05 22:35:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the bee attract the honey or does the honey attract the bee. Like this the teacher always finds the student, the student never finds the teacher. This world is full of teachers,
it's a shame there aren't enough students to go around.
True teachers never give the student anything, on the contrary the teacher takes from the student all the excess baggage that they have accumulated over many, many years. The teacher (sometimes called a guru), will by example show the student a path not filled with potholes. There will be ups and downs on every journey but a fully realised teacher will point out the way like a traffic officer in an intersection giving directions along the way. Fully realised teachers are rare in this world so if perchance you are brought together with one, through the "Will of God", don't let the blessing slip away.
2007-04-09 14:24:51 · answer #2 · answered by WillRogerswannabe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is one of those things where language is becoming debased.
Really, a guru is someone who takes responsibility not only for your spiritual development but for your whole life. You are virtually bound to your guru until you reach enlightenment.
When people use the term these days they are usually just referring to a spiritual teacher, which isn't the same thing at all.
Unless you are prepared to undertake training in a monastery for some years I really wouldn't recommend going down the guru route, but would suggest looking for a spiritual teacher.
That is my opinion - others may disagree. Take great care when you choose a teacher.
Jon C
2007-04-05 22:43:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The same way as one is born of a mother in the physical sense. The Guru is needed for a spiritual birth.
2007-04-05 23:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by Max K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Guru occupies the place of a spiritual advisor, like a priest or pastor or rabbi or imam in other religious traditions. They teach, guide and advise their followers.
They are also considered by their followers to be a pattern worthy of being followed.
Personally I use the Bible as my handbook for living, and while I respect my pastor I take responsibility for my own growth and development by the light of the Word of God. I am open to insight and teaching by other believers, and I am aware of the need for interacting with other like-minded people, but I don't feel the need to follow a guru in the absolute, sometimes blind, way I have often observed in those who follow them.
2007-04-05 22:40:27 · answer #5 · answered by anna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Growth is only possible when new information is added into the equation. A guru is just someone who can point you towards new information - its up to you how you use it.
2007-04-05 23:55:17 · answer #6 · answered by LillyB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One does not "need" a guru, but we all seek guidance...I'm a spiritual teacher, but we all are teachers, and all are students. A guru (teacher) is one who shows the way they found what you seek.
2007-04-06 01:43:10 · answer #7 · answered by Sky in the Grass 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is one of the reasons, why hindus worship idols....assuming it as guru, father, mother, etc.
2007-04-05 22:37:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋