PrintDecember 31, 2010
If I Do It, It Is Holy
Whatever a great man does is good because, well, he's great. Sound familiar from our contemporary politics? The same principle is found in Indian spirituality: whatever the guru does is holy because he is the guru. He is not good because of what he does, but instead what he does is good because he is good. His behavior may appear immoral, unethical, or even illegal, but that is because our consciousness is too impure to evaluate the actions of the holy man. Jesus said, "By their fruits ye shall know them," but for the seeker of enlightenment, the task of separating the false prophets from the true has nothing to do with evaluating a candidate guru's fruits. No, the seeker's task is to find a perfect master, follow his behests blindly, and accept all he does no matter how inimical it may appear.And how is the seeker to know who is a saint? Usually the master is too modest to do more than drop sly hints about his (or her) divine...(Read Full Article)
