Guru…..
By: Dechamma B.C
“Guru brahma, Guru Vishnu….Guru
devo maheswara….Guru saksthat Para brahma thashmay shri Guruve namah”…..like
the way the symphony of words flow in the guru mantra….we can realize how
powerful is the guru’s position in one’s life……the above mantra compare’s guru
to Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara (3 supreme powers according to Hindu mythology
who represent the embodiment of creation of the world, preservation of the
world and destruction of evil respectively)..And also it says adherence to guru
would bring bliss and enlightenment to an individual….such is the place of a “Guru”….
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The first guru of any
individual is the “Mother”. We being in modern era tend to forget this universal
truth and think we are great; we think that we are more knowledgeable than our
mothers….but the truth is we aren’t …..we can never reach the mark and
standards set by our mother’s…….just for a minute reflect upon varies things
what our mother’s did for us….when we were very small around 9 months or so and
were learning to walk …..it was our mothers who held our hand and guided us…when
we fell and lost our interest in putting effort…they would pacify us and boost
our self-confidence and taught us to walk……..similarly she taught us to speak….she
not only created a unshakable base on which any size of edifice could be built,
but also taught us etiquettes, discipline and moral values……if it was not for our
mothers, I cannot imagine what would have become of us. A mother plays a very
important role as a teacher than anyone else……because she is the one who plants
the seed of life whose direction of growth depends on the nurturing done by the
mother.
When the mother is
convinced that her child has learnt the basic intellect necessities…..she sends
her child under the wings of a guru……in ancient times…it was called Gurukul and
in present day it is called school…but the motive of both the gurus of
different era is the same….”make the children responsible and caring citizens”.in
ancient times the guru’s were revered a lot and their orders were respected by
their disciples till the last word…..and education imparted to them were not
mere bookish knowledge but also spiritual knowledge and knowledge gained by
experience of the guru…….and their education would not be completed until the
guru said so….
Now with time the concept of Gurukul,
Guru and disciples have changed drastically….like I said previously….it has
changed to school, teacher and student…….no more a student has respect for the
teacher…..and the teachers don’t teach spirituality or from their experiences
any more….they just teach mere bookish knowledge…..life has changed a lot……as a
result, lot of catastrophic events take place due to the reason that the
children are not guided in the right path. Along with this, education has
become a business in recent times….Nowadays people weigh education and fix a
rate to impart one……just imagine if Maa Saraswathi(Goddess of knowledge) would
do the same….what would we be left with……..
Not only this in personal life
also we need guru…..here guru is a person who is the eldest in the family. We
need a guru to guide us in our decisions and bring us on the right path when we
go wayward and support us in all our endeavors.
To conclude……I would like to pen
that “A life without Guru, is like a ship without a beacon”.
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