Tag: Guru

With so many faked gurus around, I think we should construct a cheat sheet with guidelines based on each one's experience on how to recognize (or at least suspect) a bogus guru...

The following comments were posted originally in the blog Importance of Baba's Punya Tithi but the author asked to remove them fr

I have been searching and meeting few gurus, but I am always very concerned about their honesty and being genuine and true enlightened spiritual master.

Radha Ma, the beloved sage from Tiruvannamali, has graciously conveyed to us the following special message to be published on GurusFeet.com.

You can outsource your administrative tasks, your call center, your software development. Why can't you outsource your spiritual effort?

I would like to open this discussion. I'm sometimes doubting whether I should stick to one guru or rather be open to teachings and satsangs of several.

Compare a perfect plastic flower to an imperfect genuine flower - which one of them is more perfect?

Is there anyone you know personally in direct physical contact that you are most certain that he/she is realized?

You said, "Also, I would distrust gurus who charge money, period. There's nothing wrong with money, but nobody exchanges truth for cash... the truth is common, open to all.

Mouth to mouth resuscitation has figurative connotations, sexual ones. We occasionally laugh about it - "Yes, I would give this chick a mouth to mouth resuscitation if only she fainted" and so on.