[Advaita-l] Guidance of a guru

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Sanjay Srivastava wrote:

>
> Though both the qualities viz. being a shrotriyam and brahma-nishtham are
> essential, yet if one must make a compromise, one should go to a teacher who
> is just shrotriyam than to one who is just brahma-nishtham. It is because if
> a teacher is well versed in the method of vedas, even though he may not be a
> realized person, at least his words will not confuse you. On the other hand
> if a teacher is realized but does not know the systemmatic method of
> vedanta, his words are more likely to confuse you and may even lead to a
> wrong path. Such a person can be a mystic, not a teacher. Teaching can be
> transferred to another person but there is no method by which to transfer
> mysticism.
>

Thankyou Sanjay for saying exactly what I wanted to say.

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Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>