I am in search of a Guru. Please help me.

[Shri Sandeep Sinha asked: Namskaar Swami ji. I am constantly in search of a guru. I got none so far. May be my karma. But that doesn’t change the fact that I am still searching for one enlightened guru who could show me the right path. I had some very petty initial success but later I got stuck. Seeking shelter Swami ji. Sorry if I made any mistake. Bless me Swami ji. By, Sandeep Sinha]

Swami Replied: In the word guru, there are two letters. One is ‘gu’ meaning ignorance and the other is ‘ru’ meaning the destroyer. Hence, guru means the destroyer of your ignorance through preaching of the right spiritual knowledge. This means that knowledge is very important because with the help of knowledge only, you can make an easy journey in the right path. Hence, guru gives you the knowledge of the right path, knowledge of the goal or God and knowledge of yourself, the soul. Unless you have the knowledge of these three (Tripuṭi), you cannot make even the initial starting of the spiritual journey. This means that you must select the guru by the excellent knowledge (prajñānam) that gives you the right direction to the right goal. Therefore, search for the guru by whose knowledge your inner consciousness gets convinced to reach the right goal in the right path. The Veda also says that the identity mark of a guru is his excellent spiritual knowledge, which is useful in your practical spiritual efforts. If you get a guru, who Himself is the goal, such a guru is called as ‘Sadguru’. If you catch the Sadguru, you benefit from all angles.

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