HOW CAN WE DISTINGUISH TRUE GURUS FROM FALSE
GURUS?
The answer from Ram Dass
The relation between a
guru and a chela happens in the innermost heart.
If a guru doesn't feel safe to
you in your innermost heart,
you should have no business with
him.
My book of Maharajji stories, Miracle of
Love, has been translated into Japanese,
and published by Pawanasuta
Press.
Perhaps there will be some
quotes by Maharajji which will be of help to you.
My prayers are with you.
Namaste!
Ram Dass
The answer from Darshani
1
A true Guru will never exhibit his powers.
His or her powers may surface in
the attempt to save a disciple's life,
cure an illness, or grant peace to someone in agony.
Such powers are used only to
help the afflicted but NEVER as a 'display'.
2
A true Guru will never say,
"I am God," except in the Vedantic context
which states that the "I
AM" in every human being is GOD in that form.
3
A true Guru will never make you spiritually
dependent upon him or her.
On the contrary, he will help
you to become spiritually independent of him.
His entire thrust will be to
show you thatwhatever he has become,
you can also become!
Whatever stage he has reached,
you can also reach it.
To transform you into what he
is, is his sole purpose.
4
A true Guru will seldom if ever
disclose his identity in previous lives.
5
A true Guru will honor and respect all other contemporary
Gurus,
teachers of other traditions,
and all Gurus who have lived before him.
He or she will never place
himself or herself above other spiritual teachers.
6
A true Guru will discourage your interest in magic, in the occult,
And in astral phenomena except
for rare cases
in which such interest can
somehow be of spiritual benefit to you.
Darshani