Guru in One's Life

Aum Sairam

Sri Sai has always stressed the importance of the Guru. The relationship between the Guru and disciple is incomparable to any other kind of relation. Sri Sai relates the greatness of Guru in the following story:

Once Sri Sai and three others were looking for a temple in the forest on their own and could not find it. At that time a vanjari asked them to sit down and rest for a while and then search again. Three of them would not listen but Sri Sai listened to the vanjari and Lo! He found his Guru in front of him. His Guru asked Sri Sai to follow him. He then tied Sri Sai to a well for five hours in the night and went away. When he came back in the morning, Sri Sai's Guru asked him how He felt, and Sri Sai replied. In eternal Bliss. When I know that my Guru was with Me at all times, there was no fear in Me. In this way, Sri Sai explains the importance of Guru.

Sri Sai has said that there are several ways to attain the right path. One of them is to go through deep and dense forests i.e. face difficulties before attaining salvation and the other is to attain salvation with the help of a Guru. Sri Sai started the Guru Purnima celebrations in Shirdi as a mark of respect for the Guru.

Allah Malik