Guru, the spiritual master is one who introduces his followers to their inner self and helps them to connect to it. He helps people to lead a perfect life and cautions them of likely deviation from the rightful path.

‘Gu’ in Sanskrit means darkness and ‘Ru’ means the remover. Therefore Guru is one who helps in removing the darkness of ignorance by lighting the flame of knowledge. Guru helps us cut the cobweb of negativity and negative vibrations which we have ourselves woven under ignorance. Guru is one who holds our hands and takes us through the journey from death to eternity.

‘Guru Gita’ describes Guru as one who cuts the attachments of the disciple by the sword of mercy and bestows absolute Bliss.

You are lucky if you get a Guru in this life time, you are luckier if you are able to surrender at the feet of Guru and you are the luckiest if the Guru bestows his mercy on you. However you are unlucky if you cannot find the right Guru, you are unluckier if you have come across a Guru but could not recognize him and you are unluckiest if you could find the Guru but could not surrender at his feet.

Try not to miss an opportunity of recognizing a Guru and surrendering at his feet so as to make life meaningful and purposeful (Jeevan ko saarthak bana sakte hain).

- Ramesh Jain