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Have you read the Guru Gita?
- Thread starter Sirona
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Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
No, I have also not read it. My preference is for older writings the 10+ Mukhya Upanishads. The later books only repeat those ideas.
Furthermore, I do not see the necessity of having a guru. For me the older books have been enough. A guru can actually mislead you if you don't get the right one.
I am not one to be lead (I am not a sheep). I will find out anything that I want to know myself. My label clearly announces that - "Be your own guru".
Furthermore, I do not see the necessity of having a guru. For me the older books have been enough. A guru can actually mislead you if you don't get the right one.
I am not one to be lead (I am not a sheep). I will find out anything that I want to know myself. My label clearly announces that - "Be your own guru".
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I've read it, but that was a long time ago. If I remember right, it explained some stuff about Guru protocol well.(I haven't.)
What do you think about it?
(I haven't.)
What do you think about it?
The one from Skanda PurAN is only 108 shlokas.
It is very sweet and meaningful and one of the many Shiv-Parvati conversations where Shiva extols the Guru tattva (Principle) and truths about the Guru I can very much relate to.
It explains how to understand the Guru and what the Guru is and stands for.
The popular shloka
Gurur BramhA Gurur VishNu Gurur devo Maheshwarah: |
Guruh: sAkshAt ParaBrahman tasmai Shri Gurave namah: ||
is from Guru Geeta of Skanda purAN and called Guru mantra, although a mantra that a Guru gives to their disciple is also called Guru mantra.
You can read it here : Vedanta Spiritual Library
2. There is a section of Shri Gurucharitra that also carries the Guru Geeta shlokas -- they are very relevant because Gurucharitra is the life and avatAr kArya of 3 Kali-Yuga incarnations of Dattatreya, who is Guru Tattva in particular.
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