Guru Definition, Meaning, Self Realization & Enlightenment
Guru Definition
Guru or Sad Guru word is spoken to all the teachers including academic teachers, mother, father, and divine guru, etc.
But according to Vedas and Purana in a real sense, the Guru or Sad guru word has a vast and deep meaning.
It means the person who enlightens you and shows you the path of spirituality. This guru can be your mother, saint, ancient sages, Maharishi, or direct Adi Guru Lord Shiva.
Different definitions of Guru are as follows-
Guru Definition 1
“Guru is the person who is already an enlightened being and ready to enlightens you.”
Guru Definition 2
“Guru is a divine being who shows you the path of truth.”
Guru Definition 3
“Guru is one who is already reached to the height of supreme God and ready to link you to the God.”
“Gu” means darkness and “Ru” means light or divine light.
Guru Definition 1
“The Guru is one who removes all the layers of darkness covering your true self from your very first incarnation on the physical world in the form of various species to till date.”
What is the literal meaning of guru?
The literal meaning in one line is – Guru is God itself. Guru is Lord Shiva. Guru is omniscient, Guru is omnipresent and Guru is omnipotent.
There is no difference in Guru and God. Guru and God both are same for the disciple. Also Guru and your soul is also same. Guru, God and your soul all are same and one only.
For a disciple Guru is omnipresent, because guru is the soul of the disciple so Guru appears everywhere in everything.
Guru is omniscient for a disciple because Guru can do anything for a disciple. As guru is the soul for a disciple same disciple is the soul for a Guru.
Guru is omnipotent for a disciple. Guru is self sufficient and can do the as God can do for a disciple.
Therefore, the meaning of Guru or SAD GURU is very deep spiritually. Also everyone cannot understand the literal meaning of Guru Sad guru. Only a person who is selected by the almighty god for the spiritual journey can understand the literal meaning of Guru.
How to search for a Guru
Guru awakens you, shows you the truth and God. However, this is very difficult to search for a real Guru.
But if you have a deep real thirst for the truth or the God, you can be blessed to obtain a real divine Guru. Real guru, god and your true self all are one only.
Your attachment to the material world is the main obstacle in getting a true divine Guru.
When you have real desire for your Guru, almighty God itself sends a divine guru for you to show you the path of enlightenment.
Also, you cannot search your Guru, but guru searches you. But you can do prayer from the God to find your Sad Guru, your prayers are always listen by the God and also responded by the God. If you have real thirst for your Guru, God either send your guru to you, or shows you a path to become close to your Guru.
Who can attain a Divine Guru
Almighty God tests you time to time and knows you more than you so when you are ready to walk on the spiritual path only then almighty God sends his light to you in the form of a divine guru.
Therefore, in search of God or Guru, you don’t need to go anywhere only the need to go inside you in your innermost temple where God is seated.
Symptoms of a Guru or Sad Guru
Guru is direct image of a God on the earth for a disciple. Once Goddess Parvati asked the about the symptoms of a Sad Guru then Lord Shiva answered and dictates following symptoms of a Sad Guru-
ब्रह्मानन्दं परमसुखदं केवलं ज्ञानमूर्तिं
द्वन्द्वातीतं गगनसदृशं तत्वमस्यादिलक्ष्यम्
एकं नित्यं विमलमचलं सर्वधीसाक्षिभूतं
भावातीतं त्रिगुणरहितं सद्गुरुं तं नमामि
Brahmanandam parama sukhadam kevalam jnaanamurtim
Dvandvaateetam gaganasadrusham tatvamasyadi lakshyam
Ekam nityam vimalamachalam sarvadheesaakshibhuutam
Bhaavaateetam triguna rahitam sadgurum tam namaami.
Lord Shiva told Goddess Parvati that a true guru or Sad Guru have following symptoms:
- Sad guru is direct knowledge
- Guru is Subtle
- Guru is perfectionist
- Guru is Omnipotent, omniscient and Guru is Omnipresent
- Guru or Sad guru is beyond the loss and profit
- Sad guru is beyond the three qualities of Satva, Rajas and Tamas
- Sad guru is beyond duality
- Sad guru is beyond happiness and miseries
- Sad guru is beyond the physical form
- Guru or Sad guru always present
- Sad guru love and also beyond the love
- Sad guru is beyond the sin
- Sad guru is same as the god
- Sad guru is beyond the emotions
- Sad guru is beyond questions and answers
Guru and Self Realization
- Guru or Sad guru needs your wholehearted surrender before him to make you an enlightened soul.
- If from any corner of your heart you have a spark of a tiny doubt for your divine guru then you are disqualified to be an enlightened soul.
- Guru needs your wholehearted surrender from the mind, heart, and body in order to show you to your soul and give you self-realization.
- After your wholehearted surrender, Guru itself becomes your soul and holds your hands to accompany you on the path of enlightenment.
- If you are not ready to surrender before the Guru then no Guru can give you self-realization.
- You must be an empty clean slate (no doubt, no question, no answer only a blank slate) to get self-realization.
- The truth is that in this materialistic world this is very difficult to find such an enlightened guru and such a true disciple.
- This all needs the grace of almighty God. God is the only source who can give you his light in the form of Guru. Nothing is impossible if you really deserve it.
Guru and Enlightenment
A person is sleeping in a deep sleep. The person has a body consciousness only. He thinks about his body only.
The person knows the needs and hunger of the body only. Throughout life, he works for the satisfaction of his body.
He doesn’t know about the soul. He doesn’t know about the satisfaction of his soul. He doesn’t know the thirst and food of his soul.
He is in a deep sleep or in a dream. The person dies and again born then another dream start.
The cycle is infinite no end. The whole soul life is a long serial of dreams one after another. One dream ends person dies and again take birth with a new dream.
Awakening from deep sleep is Enlightenment. To be conscious of your soul is enlightenment.
Overcome the body consciousness and become conscious about your soul is an enlightenment.
An enlightened person thinks about the soul and feeds the soul.
He knows the food what the soul needs. Don’t miss to read – How a person feels after enlightenment?
How does God look
A person sees almighty god in the exact form of his divine guru. Same voice, same way of talking, same looks, same features, same choices of dresses, etc., everything he sees in almighty god as his or her physical guru.
Guru Meaning
In fact, the divine guru is not a physical being but a true subtle image of God in this physical world. Guru, disciple, and God all become one in this spiritual arena.
The truth is that there is no concept of a soul at all only the supreme soul or God exists who appears differently in different being due to the power of illusion.
To refer an individual being we call it a soul, but in a true sense, the omnipresent almighty supreme soul is reflecting everywhere. Nature is God and God is Nature.
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