*A list of disqualifications for a person intends to be a Guru:
*(As per ancient guru sutras)
Himsa (injury) | sinning | bad reputation | devious mind | cruelty (Krura) | selling gold |
thieving | plagued with troubles and worries | bad character | adulterous | foul language | deformed |
sensuous | deceiver | adharma | talkative | greedy | miserly |
liar | hyperactive | lacks reverence | devoid of acaras | many blemishes | money-minded |
Consumption (TB) | Skin disease | diseased nails | diseased teeth | deafness | cataract |
bald | lame | deformed | extra body parts | conjunctivitis | halitosis |
large testicles! | hunchback | leper | impotence | breaks Kaula practices | loudmouth |
pure ritualist | physician | arrogance | vanity | addiction | wicked |
bad company | unbeliever | timid | ignorance of Mantras | epicurean | astrologer |
usurps property from pupil | wastes Sisya's money | harms out of greed | arthic prachara (financial publicity) | ganatkar (fortune-teller) | bahu-bachana (talketive) |
We will find quite lots of disqualification with our self-proclaimed modern age Gurus. Please do understand all the above mentioned qualities have profound impacts on mind and consciousness of a individual, and acts as next to impossible barrier to the process of journey of nir-guna Sattava, which is the only quality of a true GURU. So is truely possible for all these 1000's of self-proclaimed person's to be a guru?
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