The relationship between a Guru and a devotee is not a business deal; It is a relation based on Bhakti and Shraddha.
Sadguru is an ocean of peace and mountain of kindness. His form is love and Shamadamadi Sath Swarupam. Sadguru gives strength to do Sadhana. Guru Kripa is essential for developing love and devotion to God.
The grace of Guru gets you the Grace of God. The Grace of God dissolves all past Karmas. The Guru is your friend, philosopher and guide. He is Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara.
A Satguru is like sunshine or the mirror. He showers his grace equally on all. Just as the mother attends on the spoilt child the Guru ministers to the needs of a frustrated devotee. Just as a Guru is sacred to the devotee, a true devotee is equally so to the Guru. The Saduru goes in search of a true disciple.
The Sadguru is always in search of sinners. For they need his help. By holding one's Guru and by serving him in however humble way, the disciple will experience at least a fraction of the eternal and unlimited bliss. This leads him on to further progress on the spiritual path.
Sadguru is like gold, sugar cane and sandal wood.
- Gold : the more you burn it the purer it become.
- Sugar cane: the more you sqeeze it, the greater is the quantity of juice that it yields.
- Sandal wood: the more you rub, the greater is the scent that it yields.
Sadguru speaks to his disciple through the language of the heart. Service to Guru is service to God. Guru is omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient. He transforms the disciple into a sublime personality. A Sadguru always remains with the disciple and protects him from all calamities. The need for a Guru is predestined. He enters the life of a human at an opportune moment when he can ferry them across the ocean of samsara. Guru-Kripa enlightens us to distinguish between good and evil and to select the right path for salvation and release from bondage.
Ignorance is the root cause of all our sufferings, miseries and sorrows in the world.
Ignorance gives rise to desires which in turn lead us to act in order to fulfil those desires.The wonderful combination of Ignorance-Desire-Action (Avidyaa-Kaama-Karma) is called HRIDAYA GRANTHI (Knot of the heart) in our scriptures (Mundaka Upanishad). To cut this Granthi or knot we need the guidance and grace of a Guru who must be a "Srotriya" (well versed in texts), Brahmanishtha (established in Brahman or Reality).