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Association with the Guru
by Sri Swami Krishnananda

The presence of the Guru is a great influence upon the mind of the chela. Whatever we are today, in our own humble capacity, is entirely due to our personal association with Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, and not due to the books that we have studied or the texts that we have mastered or the lectures that we have heard. These are nothing; they are a husk. It is due to the force of Swami Sivananda that we somehow or other imbibed—by his grace, I should say. Sivananda was everything for us—father, mother, brother, everything. When he passed away, sometimes it looked as if the earth itself was giving way, cracking under our feet. We had nobody; everything went off.

Anyway, he is working still. Some spiritual force is working, from where our strength comes. Otherwise, this asthmatic body cannot do so much work. I have asthmatic complications; I cannot eat, and have to take so many medicines. Necessity is the mother of invention. When necessity arose, strength also came, perhaps. The Guru’s strength is spiritual strength; it is God’s strength. Guru and God are regarded as identical. Gurur brahma gurur vishnu gurur devo maheshwara, guru sakshat parabrahma tasmai sri gurave namah. We do not regard the Guru as a human being, and he is not supposed to be regarded as a human being. Therefore, he is not a body; and therefore, he does not die. The immortal Guru maintains an immortal relationship with the chela, who is also an immortal part, a spark, a ray of divinity.

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July 14^th is the 57^th Punyatithi Aradhana of Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj (anniversary of the physical passing of a saint).

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The following article has been posted at Sri Swami Krishnanandaji's site:

• Worship of the Guru

Yours in the service of Gurudev,

Pannirselvam

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BOOK SYNOPSIS

Sri Swami Sivananda and His Mission
By Swami Krishnananda

The Guru-disciple relationship is the most revered and intense of all relationships. During the years of concentrated study and training that a disciple undergoes under the guidance of his or her Guru, the highest Truth is imparted. Such was the relationship between Swami Krishnananda and his Guru, Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, at whose feet Swamiji spent nineteen years studying and serving.

Swami Krishnananda arrived in the Ashram in May 1944 and was loved and cared for like a dearest son by Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. Swamiji loved and worshipped Sri Gurudev as the Almighty walking on Earth in human form.

Though Swami Krishnananda gave individual talks about Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj on many occasions over the years, it was during Sadhana Week in 1985 that Swamiji gave a series of discourses entitled Sri Swami Sivananda and His Mission. With Swami Krishnananda’s usual holistic approach, the world circumstances that precipitated the incarnation of Sri Gurudev are discussed, followed by details of Gurudev’s early days in Rishikesh and the founding of The Divine Life Society.

May the blessings of both these great Masters, Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj and Worshipful Sri Swami Krishnanandaji Maharaj, be upon us always.

For more information, please see: Sri Swami Sivananda and His Mission

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TELLING ONE’S CHARACTER: One day, while the Master was working in the office, he suddenly heard footsteps on the stairs next to his office. He lifted his glasses and looked through the window. He then turned to the disciples and smiled, saying, “I wanted to know who it was trotting like a horse!”

Then he explained that by watching the manner in which a person walked he could tell his character. “This man is crude and uncultured,” he said.

The Master himself was delicate in all his movements, even in the way he wrapped a shawl around himself. When he closed a tin, one would not hear any sound. His own footsteps were always slow and majestic.

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“Guru is Brahman Himself. Without the help of the Guru, no Sadhana or Self-realisation is possible.” – Swami Sivananda

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