I just browsed the Wikipedia and found some meaning of who a Satguru is. It is defined as below:
Satguru means the true (Sat) guru. The term distinguishes itself from other forms of gurus, such as musical instructors, scriptural teachers, parents, and so on. The Satguru is a title given specifically only to an enlightened rishi/saint whose life's purpose is to guide initiated shishya along the spiritual path, the summation of which is the realization of the Self through realization of the God.
The recommendation says that the first and the foremost qualification of the True Master (Satguru) is that he must have known the True Lord (God) himself. In one of Kabir's songs, the Satguru is described as the real Sadhu:
He is the real Sadhu, who can reveal the form of the Formless to the vision of these eyes; Who teaches the simple way of attaining Him, the is other than rites and ceremonies; Who does not make you close the doors, and hold the breath, and renounce the world; Who makes you perceive the Supreme Spirit wherever the mind attaches itself; Who teaches you to be still in the midst of all your activities. Even immersed in bliss, having no fear in his mind, he keeps the spirit of union in the midst of enjoyments. The infinite dwelling of the Infinite Being is everywhere: in earth, water, sky and air; Firm as the thunderbolt, the seat of the seeker is established above the void. He who is within is without: I see Him and none else."
Vashista, Lord Rama's Guru was the Satguru in Treta Yuga. Swami Shankar Purushotamam Tirtha quotes Yoga Vashistha:
According to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, a Hindu Satguru is always a Sanyasin, an unmarried renunciate.
However, not all writers include the stricture. For instance,"Tukaram, a Hindu Satguru, is known to have had a family. Mounuddin Chishti also had children. The Satguru Kabir had a son, Kamal, who was very Devout."
From the above definition, what we can say is most of us or rather all of us have failed to realize the true meaning of Satguru. In todays's world, we define Satguru to be the person whom we seek when we are in trouble. When we face some sort of material problems, we go to this particular person and seek his advise on what should be done to overcome the problem. This person goes on trance, tells us to cut lime, throw around the house and we will see improvements. It might sound funny when it is put on words, but that is exactly what is happening today! We fail to realise that this 'Samiyaar' is merely reducing our self confidence, merely attracting devotees and followers, merely making a living out of this. He has not realize god himself, what more making us realize god! Once we seek such kind of Samiyaars to solve our problems, we are bound to go to him again and again whenever we face a problem. To the extend we lose our self esteem and motivation. One fine day, when we do what he says and we realize that it is not helpful, we consider him to be not powerful anymore. We turn to other Samiyaars. A Satguru doesn't have powers, he doesn't put up magic shows to attract people. A Satguru is an ordinary man with an ordinary soul, only that he has realized the Parabrahma and now he is making others realize the Parabrahma.
A true guru doesn't solve our problems and request us to do certain Parigara to overcome our problems. He teaches us how to face problems with a brave heart, how to overcome these problems our self through Sadhanas (good practice) and by building our self confidence and motivation.
A Satguru doesn't preach, what he does is to teach. A priest in a temple or churche preaches, he talks about the greatness of God, he even conducts seminars or courses for a fee. He has a number of followers or even devotees who worship him. On the other hand, a Satguru teaches, he does talk about God etc, but then he doesn't stop there, he teaches us how to self realize god within us. He teaches us to see God not externally but internally within ourselves and in every every other living beings. In short, he enlightens us, he cultivates love within all human beings, anger and hatred is thrown away.
Hence a Satguru does not have followers or devotees. He seeks for Shishyas (students). He does not charge fees for the knowledge he passes on, he realizes that the knowledge he has is far beyond the dollars and cents!
A follower follows blindly whatever the guru says, he accepts every single word that the guru utters. This does not help in growing the knowledge. The knowledge fades away with the follower. However, a student will study the knowledge gained, he analyses the teachings, he debates his thoughts on the teachings with the Satguru and when the student has come to a certain level of enlightenment, he passes on the knowledge gained from the guru and also what he understands out of it. This way, the knowledge has multiplied itself and continues to grow.
A good example will be Swami Vivekananda and his Satguru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. When Swami Vivekananda was a student of Ramakrishna, he argued a lot with the guru and challenged his teachings. He took time to study the rationale behind the guru's words. This way, he was able to get enlightenment and today we have Raja Yoga or Hatta Yoga is because of this great student of Ramakrishna. Ramakrishna confined himself in his asrama, he was teaching his students under 1 roof, but Swami Vivekananda spread the knowledge he gained from his Guru blended together with his own studies throughout the whole world. This is the greatest success of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa When someone called Swami Vivekananda a Guru, he said, " I'm not a guru, it's all my guru, Swami Ramakrishna.
Satguru means the true (Sat) guru. The term distinguishes itself from other forms of gurus, such as musical instructors, scriptural teachers, parents, and so on. The Satguru is a title given specifically only to an enlightened rishi/saint whose life's purpose is to guide initiated shishya along the spiritual path, the summation of which is the realization of the Self through realization of the God.
The recommendation says that the first and the foremost qualification of the True Master (Satguru) is that he must have known the True Lord (God) himself. In one of Kabir's songs, the Satguru is described as the real Sadhu:
He is the real Sadhu, who can reveal the form of the Formless to the vision of these eyes; Who teaches the simple way of attaining Him, the is other than rites and ceremonies; Who does not make you close the doors, and hold the breath, and renounce the world; Who makes you perceive the Supreme Spirit wherever the mind attaches itself; Who teaches you to be still in the midst of all your activities. Even immersed in bliss, having no fear in his mind, he keeps the spirit of union in the midst of enjoyments. The infinite dwelling of the Infinite Being is everywhere: in earth, water, sky and air; Firm as the thunderbolt, the seat of the seeker is established above the void. He who is within is without: I see Him and none else."
Vashista, Lord Rama's Guru was the Satguru in Treta Yuga. Swami Shankar Purushotamam Tirtha quotes Yoga Vashistha:
According to Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, a Hindu Satguru is always a Sanyasin, an unmarried renunciate.
However, not all writers include the stricture. For instance,"Tukaram, a Hindu Satguru, is known to have had a family. Mounuddin Chishti also had children. The Satguru Kabir had a son, Kamal, who was very Devout."
From the above definition, what we can say is most of us or rather all of us have failed to realize the true meaning of Satguru. In todays's world, we define Satguru to be the person whom we seek when we are in trouble. When we face some sort of material problems, we go to this particular person and seek his advise on what should be done to overcome the problem. This person goes on trance, tells us to cut lime, throw around the house and we will see improvements. It might sound funny when it is put on words, but that is exactly what is happening today! We fail to realise that this 'Samiyaar' is merely reducing our self confidence, merely attracting devotees and followers, merely making a living out of this. He has not realize god himself, what more making us realize god! Once we seek such kind of Samiyaars to solve our problems, we are bound to go to him again and again whenever we face a problem. To the extend we lose our self esteem and motivation. One fine day, when we do what he says and we realize that it is not helpful, we consider him to be not powerful anymore. We turn to other Samiyaars. A Satguru doesn't have powers, he doesn't put up magic shows to attract people. A Satguru is an ordinary man with an ordinary soul, only that he has realized the Parabrahma and now he is making others realize the Parabrahma.
A true guru doesn't solve our problems and request us to do certain Parigara to overcome our problems. He teaches us how to face problems with a brave heart, how to overcome these problems our self through Sadhanas (good practice) and by building our self confidence and motivation.
A Satguru doesn't preach, what he does is to teach. A priest in a temple or churche preaches, he talks about the greatness of God, he even conducts seminars or courses for a fee. He has a number of followers or even devotees who worship him. On the other hand, a Satguru teaches, he does talk about God etc, but then he doesn't stop there, he teaches us how to self realize god within us. He teaches us to see God not externally but internally within ourselves and in every every other living beings. In short, he enlightens us, he cultivates love within all human beings, anger and hatred is thrown away.
Hence a Satguru does not have followers or devotees. He seeks for Shishyas (students). He does not charge fees for the knowledge he passes on, he realizes that the knowledge he has is far beyond the dollars and cents!
A follower follows blindly whatever the guru says, he accepts every single word that the guru utters. This does not help in growing the knowledge. The knowledge fades away with the follower. However, a student will study the knowledge gained, he analyses the teachings, he debates his thoughts on the teachings with the Satguru and when the student has come to a certain level of enlightenment, he passes on the knowledge gained from the guru and also what he understands out of it. This way, the knowledge has multiplied itself and continues to grow.
A good example will be Swami Vivekananda and his Satguru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. When Swami Vivekananda was a student of Ramakrishna, he argued a lot with the guru and challenged his teachings. He took time to study the rationale behind the guru's words. This way, he was able to get enlightenment and today we have Raja Yoga or Hatta Yoga is because of this great student of Ramakrishna. Ramakrishna confined himself in his asrama, he was teaching his students under 1 roof, but Swami Vivekananda spread the knowledge he gained from his Guru blended together with his own studies throughout the whole world. This is the greatest success of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa When someone called Swami Vivekananda a Guru, he said, " I'm not a guru, it's all my guru, Swami Ramakrishna.
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