The thing is that the ego cannot cure itself of its own malady of egoism; it's already infected by the disease itself. And that is why it is necessary to go to a guru who knows God and by absorbing his consciousness into yourself, you discover that you aren't this ego. You cross that abyss and you find that you are infinite.
Ultimately when I am with you all, what I see is my Guru. And what is he? He is love.
Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru.
In life you can either have a guru or misery, you cannot have both.
A Guru is not someone who holds a torch for you. He is the torch.
Don't wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
The guru cannot awaken you; all that he can do is to point out what is.
You can never really know what a guru is as long as you are imprisoned by your own thoughts and circular ego.
I do Pilates and yoga to stay in front of the curve. I feel like it's helping me. Does it work for everybody? I don't know. I'm not a guru on how to be in the best condition. Let me sit here and tell you that. But it works for me.
The great thing about gurus is not that they make you feel everybody's love. It's that they make you feel that you can love everybody.
When your guru gives you a command, you better listen to it. I love everybody. Even George Bush.
I am a traditionalist, I'm not a conventional person, but I am a traditionalist in the true form of the word, in that your heart is opening, you're absolutely there for everyone, the face of pain has no tradition, by the way, and in my tradition, a guru simply means the removal of darkness.
A guru trains his disciples to become Krishna dasa, a menial servant of Krishna.
If there's anything weirder than an introverted writer going to lots of social functions, it's an introverted writer being converted into an accidental guru.
Know it for certain that without steady devotion for the Guru and unflinching patience and perseverance, nothing is to be achieved. You must have strict morality.
The Guru and Disciple relationship is where the person has a 100% belief in the Guru and that way you put your trust in the Guru, that he's going to get you out of this mess. If you are a Christian, then Christ is your Guru, and they're all disciples of Christ.
A Guru is there to show you what you are. You are not different from Me. Whatever I am, that is what you are.
I know the guru route, I know you go sit on a mountain. But screw India. I ain't going there.
The reason that 'guru' is such a popular word is because 'charlatan' is so hard to spell.
