India is a land of spirituality, atleast it was when I heard last time. Spirituality is embedded in us by our parent and elders. Our religion also helps us in that regard, the religion means not only Hindu but also other faiths. We are tought to be respecting elders and our spiritual gurus but this has led to marketisation of spirituality.
Its an curious question as "Why people run behind these baba's?". One reason I see is in our religion where the path of redemption is carved using help of a Guru. This guru helps us to get the moksha, the one thing which we all Indians(includes all religion) look to find. This is very important concept in life of once.
Now one will argue that whats the problem with this tradition. To be frank I absolutely no problem with this tradition but if someone is using it is for personal gain then it is not acceptable. Not from the people who are in troubled and tired of there hardships.
One more important thing, as long as I know gods reincarnated (Hindu belief) to be human to teach his or her values but these people declaring themselves as god is act of insanity. If someone is saying that he is god then it is the height of foolishness. These are quite strong words but the act of following them blindly is so childish that these words also pale in front of these acts.
After arguing so much the question arises, Do I believe in gurus? Answer to it is' YES'. For me there are two main gurus, the first guru is our parent and second are our teacher. In my previous blog on Ganeshotsav where even lord Ganesha has shown the importance of our parents. In everyday life, we meet people from them we learn lot of things they are also our guru's in that sense. But if you want to call real guru's then there are only parents and teachers(in my view).
Coincidentally the 'Gurupaurnima' happened few days back. My batch-mates had some gift planned for school where we enjoyed our childhood and also learned few things(:D). In reality we cannot payback what teachers has given us but that was the least we can do. What we can do is remember the teachings of our gurus and implement that in our real life to do some good for others.
Its an curious question as "Why people run behind these baba's?". One reason I see is in our religion where the path of redemption is carved using help of a Guru. This guru helps us to get the moksha, the one thing which we all Indians(includes all religion) look to find. This is very important concept in life of once.
The guru-shishya tradition is the transmission of teachings from a guru (teacher, गुरू) to a 'śiṣya' (disciple, िशष्य). In this relationship, subtle and advanced knowledge is conveyed and received through the student's respect, commitment, devotion and obedience. The student eventually masters the knowledge that the guru embodies.
Now one will argue that whats the problem with this tradition. To be frank I absolutely no problem with this tradition but if someone is using it is for personal gain then it is not acceptable. Not from the people who are in troubled and tired of there hardships.
One more important thing, as long as I know gods reincarnated (Hindu belief) to be human to teach his or her values but these people declaring themselves as god is act of insanity. If someone is saying that he is god then it is the height of foolishness. These are quite strong words but the act of following them blindly is so childish that these words also pale in front of these acts.
After arguing so much the question arises, Do I believe in gurus? Answer to it is' YES'. For me there are two main gurus, the first guru is our parent and second are our teacher. In my previous blog on Ganeshotsav where even lord Ganesha has shown the importance of our parents. In everyday life, we meet people from them we learn lot of things they are also our guru's in that sense. But if you want to call real guru's then there are only parents and teachers(in my view).
Coincidentally the 'Gurupaurnima' happened few days back. My batch-mates had some gift planned for school where we enjoyed our childhood and also learned few things(:D). In reality we cannot payback what teachers has given us but that was the least we can do. What we can do is remember the teachings of our gurus and implement that in our real life to do some good for others.