Salutations to the Guru who, with the salve of wisdom applied like a fine brush, opens the eyes of one left sightless by the darkness of ignorance.
अज्ञानतिमिरान्धस्य ज्ञानाञ्जनशलाकया । चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः
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The Guru Gita (Song of the Guru) is a 182-verse scripture from the Uttara Khanda of the Skanda Purana, presented as a dialogue in which Parvati asks Shiva to reveal the nature and glory of the Guru. Shiva teaches the guru-disciple relationship and the identity of Guru and Brahman.
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- Hindu
- Source text
- Guru Gita
- Verse / page
- GG.34
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- GuruKnowledgeOnenessUnderstandingDarkness
Same theme, different voices
By the grace of Vyasa I have heard this supreme secret, this yoga, directly from Krishna, the Lord of yoga, as he himself declared it.
व्यासप्रसादाच्छ्रुतवानेतद्गुह्यमहं परम् | योगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयतः स्वयम् ||१८-७५||
While preachers only talk about God, a True Master reveals Him.
The master spirit of the earth will not rest peacefully in the wind until the needs of the most vulnerable among you are met.
Various teachers have praised love greatly, as St Paul does, when he saith, “to whatever height I may attain, if I have not love, I am nothing.”