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The fortunate ones who found the path of Sanathana Dharma

A spiritual discourse on the path of Sanātana Dharma and the role of the guru.

"Swāmī Śivānandajī of Ṛṣikeś writes: 'The master is that candle which is already lit. The disciple is that candle which is still not lit.'"

"Gurujī said... 'Those who understand the Guru, they become themselves Gurudeva.'"

A speaker describes Sanātana Dharma as a highway, then elaborates on the guru-disciple relationship using the metaphor of a lit candle igniting an unlit one. He shares a teaching from Swami Sivananda and recalls the final words of his own Guruji, emphasizing that a true guru transforms a disciple into a guru, unlike a paras stone which only turns iron to gold.

Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Summer seminar

We are fortunate ones, or you are the fortunate one, that you have found the path of Sanātana Dharma. Sanātana Dharma is like a highway without traffic lights. Gulābjī and Kulisjī taught me one day, "Swāmījī, Sanātana Dharma is like a highway." But these people do not understand. Well, what can we do about it? That is a unique thing. We are under the shelter of Mahāprabhujī in our divine spiritual lineage. Why do you need more? We have found that husband, which is the name for our sūtra, our object of meditation. Swāmī Śivānandajī of Ṛṣikeś writes: "The master is that candle which is already lit. The disciple is that candle which is still not lit. On the day when this candle which is not lit will come to that candle which is burning, you will get the light; the disciple will become the master." That is why Gurujī said his last words, on the last Guru Pūrṇimā before he passed away: "Those who understand the Guru, they become themselves Gurudeva." In that final satsaṅg on Guru Pūrṇimā, Gurujī said that when a person becomes a guru, he becomes a true guru. Therefore, there is a difference between a guru and a paras stone. That is why there is a difference between a guru and a stone, a paras. A paras turns iron into gold. A paras does not turn iron into a paras, but a guru makes the disciple a guru. That is the difference. This is the difference. This is the difference. God of light, God of death, God of death, ... God of death. --- Recording location: Hungary, Vep, Summer seminar

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