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Guru Purnima and

Guru Dakshina

SWAMI SWAROOPANANDA

hy did God create such a enjoy the romance and beauty.
Wworld and place us Then it turns into horror. By and
therein to suffer? This is a by, it becomes boring. Seated in
question asked often and the middle of the row, you
Gurudev would answer it wonder how to get out. At a
beautifully: On a bright and distance, there is a green light
beautiful day, you are walking saying ‘Exit’. The moment you
along, enjoying the fresh air. get up, suddenly you see a
Suddenly you see a cinema beam of light showing you the
theatre. You stand in the long way. You can’t even see who is
queue, buy a ticket, get in and holding the light, but it guides
are seated comfortably. As long you to the exit and you are out
as the lights are on, the screen in the open, smelling the fresh
is blank. Then the lights go off air again.
and in the darkness, you see a This is how Gurudev
movie projected on the screen. explained the role of the Guru
It is a sequence of impressions in our life. Due to our own past
already gathered through väsanäs, we have created this
photography. Initially, you movie for ourselves. When you
have had enough of it, you
From a talk at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya
on July 19, 2016. decide to get out. The moment

The Guru: Though he moves all over the
Nagaveni country, spiritually he remains a permanent
traffic constable at the junction between the
Badethalav two roads that lead to opposite directions –
Sydney, Australia to the world of sorrow and to the world of
joy. Obey the Traffic Constable!
Swami Chinmayananda

Tapovan Prasad 20 July 2018