[Advaita-l] How does one come under the grace of a Guru?

[Durga Prasad Janaswamy]

Hari Om,
Namaste.

Another one:

The Avadhoota Gita
ईश्वरानुग्रहादेव पुंसामद्वैतवासना ।
महद्भयपरित्राणाद्विप्राणामुपजायते ॥ 1.1॥

IshvarAnugrahAdeva pu.nsAmadvaitavAsanA .
mahadbhayaparitrANAdviprANAmupajAyate 1.1

Through the grace of God alone, the desire for nonduality
arises in wise men to save them from great fear.

regards


2016-01-28 3:46 GMT-08:00 V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org>:

> How does one 'get' a Guru and know that he is the 'āpta'?
>
> Says the Sarva-vedanta-siddhAnta-sAra-sangraha:
>
> जन्मानेकशतै:  सदादरयुजा भक्त्या समाराधितो
>
> भक्तैर्वैदिकलक्षणेन विधिना सन्तुष्ट ईश: स्वयम् ।
>
> साक्षात् श्रीगुरुरूपमेत्य कृपया द्रूग्गोचरस्सन् प्रभु:
>
> तत्त्वं साधु विशोध्य तारयति तान् संसारदु:खार्णवात् ॥ (225)
>
> [The Lord, being pleased with the constant and unflinching devotion and
> worship in the prescribed manner, extending over many lives on the part of
> the seeker, manifests Himself, in His infinite mercy in the human form of
> the Guru, thereby becoming accessible to the shishya for shushrUshA and
> vichara which culminate in his crossing over the perilous ocean of
> samsara.]
>
> When such a thing happens, the aspirant is left in no doubt that he has
> obtained a true guide. Ishwara does this anugraha in several ways. It can
> happen through sat sanga, that is, the aspirant coming to the company of an
> exalted person through a friend.  It can also be that the 'āpta' is a
> non-human entity.  For example, in the case of Sri Ramana it was in the
> form of Lord Arunachala.
>
> Ultimately one has to conclude that owing to one's punya of the previous
> lives one gets  to be associated with a great soul.  Durlabham
> trayamevaitat daivānugraha- hetukam. manushyatvam, mumukshutvam,
> mahāpuruṣasamśrayaḥ of the Vivekachudamani sums up the topic. If
> daivānugraha has to be there, the antecedent karma, punya karma, has to be
> there.  Says Bhagavatpada in the Mundaka 3.1.2 bhashyam: *कदाचिदनेकजन्मसु
> शुद्धधर्मसंचितनिमित्ततः* केनचित्परमकारुणिकेन दर्शितयोगमार्गः
> अहिंसासत्यब्रह्मचर्यसर्वत्यागशमदमादिसम्पन्नः
> समाहितात्मा सन् जुष्टं सेवितमनेकैर्योगमार्गैः कर्मिभिश्च यदा यस्मिन्काले
> पश्यति ध्यायमानः
>
>
> Here we see the Acharya clearly stating the kārya-kāraṇa bhāva:  the
> effect, kāryam, of obtaining the grace and guidance of a Mahātma is
> dependent on the cause, kāraṇam: one's puṇya sanchaya over several lives.
> When this happens there will be no doubt to that aspirant that he has come
> under the grace of the 'apta'.
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