Who is the original Guru?

Question

Gurus of different religions, Gurus of student communities, Management Gurus, etc

Answer 1

GURU-

In Hinduism, a personal spiritual teacher. In ancient India, knowledge of the Vedas was transmitted through oral teaching from guru to pupil. The rise of the bhakti movement further increased the importance of gurus, who were often looked on as living embodiments of spiritual truth and were identified with the deity. They prescribed spiritual disciplines to their devotees, who followed their dictates in a tradition of willing service and obedience. Men or women may be gurus, though generally only men have established lineages. See also Guru.

Though many spiritual teachers from India settled in the West through the twentieth century, during the 1970s, the term "guru" (or "teacher," the Indian equivalent of "rabbi") first became well known in America and Europe through the rapid growth of Indian movements built around such figures as Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and Guru Mahara Ji who attracted many thousands of young adult followers. In the process of moving to America and Europe, the guru concept underwent a change.

In traditional Indian religious life, the guru-chela (teacher-pupil) relationship is a very personal one, restricted to a few followers and usually involving strict austerities, religious observances, study of scriptures, and/or yoga exercises. And although many gurus (for example, Satya Sai Baba) have been reputed miracle workers and the subject of numerous anecdotal accounts of supernormal feats, the goal of mysticism, union with the divine, was generally regarded as paramount and miracles merely incidental. That relationship remained the case with most Indian teachers in the West. However, many in the West were unfamiliar with the nature of spiritual guidance offered by gurus and were put off by the absolutist language of obedience used in traditional literature to describe that relationship.

In the wake of the unexpected favorable reception of Swami Vivekananda at the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, many eastern spiritual teachers settled in America and developed relatively small followings. Gurus were often associated in the public mind with miracles, even though their teachings emphasized spiritual development. Following World War II and the declaration of Indian independence from Englandin 1948, and especially the opening of the United States to Asian immigration in 1965, a number of gurus developed missions in the West. The pop cultures and mass advertising techniques of postwar America and Europe facilitated the spread of large international movements. Some of the more popular leaders presented a Westernized Hinduism with roots in the nineteenth-century Hindu Renaissance developed in reaction to the critique of colonial powers to abhorrent (to westerners) practices in popular Hinduism. Some of these teachers promised world peace, success in life, achievement, personal relaxation and/or spiritual advancement through simple meditation techniques or prayers, while other Hindu gurus like Swami Muktananda and Satya Sai Baba attracted thousands of followers through "demonstrating" paranormal phenomena.

The transition from the Hindu concept of the family type guru, rather like a local priest and psychoanalyst, teaching a few followers, to the charismatic leader of millions adopting Western movements, represented a significant transition of the guru-chela relationship. In such a setting traditional admonitions to sacrifice everything to the guru in return for spiritual instruction took on a different meaning.
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Answer 2

The Original Guru is Mythological Dakshinamurthy. He is the Guru of all Gurus. He was the Guru who spoke in silence. Such a Guru has not been found in the recent times. The Only one Guru who could match strides with the Original guru in the recent times is Ramana mahrsihi. Sri ramana was also most of times silent and transmitted peace through silence.

Answer 3

look within, the original guru is within you. it is the inner voice we sometimes hear/ but mostly supress when we do not want to listen to it.

when the time is right for us to venture into spiritual advancement, some genuine guru will come to guide us on to the right path. on our part we are to ensure that the guru is a genuine one and not one of those that seem to be sprouting everywhere for making a fool of you and making some quick money.

Answer 4

Guru are people who enhance people soul realization. They teach the ultimate truth of life. All others jus teach us how to survive. But guru teaches the ultimate surivival method in the state of bliss for eternity.

Answer 5

the unique Guru potential one, who has no longer come interior the process the disciplic order, like we've the quite some Shankaracharyas of different Peeths. unique Guru has to return from the divine order. as quickly as you're head to head with Him, you recognize which you have have been given have been given what you needed. to describe the features, that's as confusing to tell as that's to tell approximately God. Guru is God purely. Guru'h sakshaat parbrahma!

Answer 6

Friend,


GURU is a sacred word in Indian scriptures and in daily life.

The GURU should be one who is an enlightened personality,a source of knowledge and a GOD almost to sishya(disciple)
GURU means the person who removes the darkness(ignorance) in you(Or any body)

Thats why it is said
GURURBRAHMA, ,GURURVISHNUH,

GURU SAAKSHAATH PARA BRAHMA,

TASMAI SRI GURAVEY NAMAH.

SO GURU IS CAPABLE OF MAKING YOU REMOVE THE LAYERS OF IGNORANCE IN MIND PILED UP FROM SO MANY BIRTHS.AFTER ALL THE BLANKETS OF IGNORANCE ARE REMOVED THE BRIGHT LIGHT,PARABRAHMAN WILL BE REALISED.

IN WHICH EVER FIELD THE GURU YOU REFER, THE GURU IS A MORE THAN GOD.HE GIVES KNOWLEDGE TO HIS DISCIPLES.

HE WANTS NOTHING IN RETURN BUT THE PROGRESS OF THE DISCIPLE IN RIGHT PATH.

A PERSON WHO ATTAINED SUCH HEIGHTS HIMSELF AND REALISED HIM ALONE CAN BE CALLED GURU.

HE IS FULL OF COMPASSION.HE HAS NO NEGATIVE QUALITIES.HE IS ALWAYS READY TO IMPART KNOWLEDGE OF SUPREME TO ANY WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE.

Answer 7

God is the original guru. He teaches everyone.
He knows and can do anything. He is our
father,guru,friend and is great. He is great in everyway.

Answer 8

God himself is the real and original Guru

Sometimes he speaks through human gurus, sometimes through common people, sometimes through trees, rivers, mountains...or the whole universe

When we are ready to listen to him, he can choose any thing to talk.

Answer 9

Guru- who has power to change and influence. Spartan

Answer 10

For everyone , his /her mother is the first and original guru.she installs eveything . the basic operating system in your mind / brain.that is why you suck milk immediately after birth without any one else teaching you .your characterand intelligence is mould by her even while you are in the womb .That is why it is required to keep a pregnant women is good health and good humour

Answer 11

guru is the one who is selfless, knowledgable,teaches u about humanity.shapen ur skill and most importantly u have faith in him.