01.02.05
Why do ‘gurus’ seek to keep an organisation? Maybe it is as silly as asking why do teachers keep schools? We must distinguish between a guru and a realised person. While a guru, whether realised or not, needs an apparatus to take forward his teachings, a realised person would at best spread his teachings only on a one-to-one basis. At best there may be congregations of disciples. But there is no necessity for a realised person to have any paraphernalia. Certainly gurus like Mata Amritanandamayi are realised persons. Then why do they also have all the paraphernalia about them? The difference would be that they are totally detached from their paraphernalia and use it only as a means to spread spirituality. The problem arises only when there is an aggrandisement through the paraphernalia.
Why do ‘gurus’ seek to keep an organisation? Maybe it is as silly as asking why do teachers keep schools? We must distinguish between a guru and a realised person. While a guru, whether realised or not, needs an apparatus to take forward his teachings, a realised person would at best spread his teachings only on a one-to-one basis. At best there may be congregations of disciples. But there is no necessity for a realised person to have any paraphernalia. Certainly gurus like Mata Amritanandamayi are realised persons. Then why do they also have all the paraphernalia about them? The difference would be that they are totally detached from their paraphernalia and use it only as a means to spread spirituality. The problem arises only when there is an aggrandisement through the paraphernalia.
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