Who is your Guru

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3 February 2013 Once I was driving through Vrindavan and our car stopped in a traffic jam. Everyone

in

the

car

was

busy,

but

I

heard

a

lecture—there

was

a Bhagavatam glass going on in one of the temples. Everyone was sitting on the ground in a big pandal, and the man giving the class said, "I am the chaukidar (, the security) of this Bhagavatam, and you are all the landlords because you are using the 'land'." Then he asked the audience, one by one, "Who is your guru?" Somebody said, "My wife is my guru." "Yes! Of course, because you are always following what your wife says. It is correct." Somebody else said, "My guru is television." "Yes, it is correct! Because you are always watching television." Then he explained, "I am a Guru for one hour only—you will listen to my lecture for an hour, after that you will go home and forget everything. You will put on the TV, take the remote and start flipping through the channels. Then, your wife will squeeze your ear and tell you what to do. So, yes, the television is your guru, the wife is your guru." I was very happy to hear this—very nice. He was telling how much maya there is... ••• Once while driving to Vrndvan our car stopped in a traffic jam.


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