MASTER AND
TEACHERS
Believe it or not! But it is true that these two
personalities have great impact on every one’s life. Both should be given
highest form of regard. Good and capable Master/Teachers are rewarded on the
basis of our past karmas. Even after having a good and capable Master/Teachers,
your devotion and love towards Master/Teacher, learning skills and sincerity are other
factors which matter the most. Let me first clear the difference between Master
(The Guru) and the Teacher(The Adhyapak) .
Master(Guru) is the greatest among all. “GURU BRAHMA, GURU VISHNU,
GURUDEVO MAHESHWARA”. Master can be
any one in the universe even your parents, friends, spouse etc.can be your
master. You can even accept any form of
God as your Master but only if God appeared to you in physical form or in
meditation and has accepted to you as his disciple also. “Guru bina Gat
Nahin” is a famous quote. Even Lord
Rama, Lord Krishna, Lord Hanuman, all God and Goddesses, 9 Narayan, 84 Sidhas,
33 Koti Deities all have accepted some one as Master. Only Lord Shiva is exception who himself
takes both form i.e. the Master and the disciple. For example Lord Shiva was
the Master of Lord Rama but Lord Shiva in the form of Lord Hanuman was the disciple
of Lord Rama. Similarly Guru Matsyendra
Nath was the direct disciple of Lord Shiva but Lord Shiva himself in the form
of Guru Gorakhnath was his disciple. You can have only one Master but can have more
than one teacher at a time. For example
you can have separate teachers for learning mathematics, yoga, music and
spiritualism etc. You can make several
arguments with your teachers with due respect but with Master you are just
supposed to follow an order (The Aadesh). If you have any doubt upon the
capabilities of your Master, you can not succeed at all.
Yeh tan vish ki belri, guru amrit ki
khan,
Sheesh kata ke guru mile to bhi sasta
jaan.
Remember, only Master, Teachers and the Parents are
the persons who feel happy if you supersede them. Even God will not like that some one to
supersede him. Once you have accepted someone as your Master then show full
trust in him/her. The same concept
applied for teachers also. Let me give
you an example: The present coach of
great tennis player Federar can not defeat Federer but he can make him capable of winning the
world which is not possible for him independently.
So completely surrender yourself towards your
Master. Don’t try to win him. Bulleshah
has righteously said:
Jit Jit Umar Gavaai Hun Tu Haar Faquira, जित जित उमर गंवाई हूण तू हार फकीरा,
Jitte Da Mul Adh Kasira Haare Da Mul Heera. जित्ते दा मुल अदद कसिरा, हारे दा मुल हीरा।
Therefore at the end I sincerely apologize my
Master and my all teachers for any mistake done knowingly or unknowingly.
Govind Chandhok
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