The person most qualified to accept what a teacher says is the one with devotion in his heart. When devotion is there, there is acceptance. If one is lacking in devotion, then evaluation will not come from the heart, it will come from the mind.
"Let my love be measured by giving and not by gain"
A life dedicated to service
Biography
Gururaj was born and raised Parsotam Narshi Bhana in India. He lived most of his life beyond age 20 in Cape Town, South Africa. A brief synopsis of Gururaj's life up to age 44 is given below under chronology. Most pertinent, to this profile, is the
Teachings about Unconditional Love
Self-study and also study of Scriptures
Now the next principle of Niyama is Svadhyaha – that’s a Sanskrit word which means – you can have this piece of paper – Svadhyaha means self-study. Self-study and also study of Scriptures. Now, I’ve given you an example before – I don’t know if it was here or in America or wherever – it’s worth repeating: what does self-study mean? Self-study can be interpreted as self-analysis, for one, and it can also be interpreted as self-evaluation, self-evaluation.
Other teachings about Ananda
Teachings about Mind and Manifestation
Personal and Impersonal God
Questioner: Guruji, this question arises from the difficulty I have with the concept of the Personal God, God with form and I ask myself what is that form? And then I understand from the things that you have said in the past that the Personal God, Ishvara, continues to exist during the present cycle of […]
More teachings about mind and manifestation
Teachings about Ego
Grief because of our loved ones
About life, death and suffering when our loved ones part VOICE: Dear Gururaj, what is the nature of grief in the loss of a loved one? GURURAJ: What is the nature of grief in the loss of a loved one? First we must know what grief is all about, and we must also know what […]
More teachings about ego
The Seeker and the Path
Am I self realized?
Knowing Self Realization TAMAJI: Guruji, if and when meditation leads us to the state of no form, no name, and no senses, how do we know we’re there? And how do we translate that state into daily life? GURURAJ: Beautiful. Do we really know now, even with the senses, where we are? We are at […]
More about the seeker and path
Other posts from Gururaj and his disciples
Gururaj Ananda Yogi
Gururaj was born and raised Parsotam Narshi Bhana in India. He lived most of his life beyond age 20 in Cape Town, South Africa. From age 44 until his demise, which he predicted, at age 56, he devoted himself to teaching groups of people, amounting to tens of thousands of students, the art of personalised […]
Early Gururaj Ananda Pictures from USA
This is a gallery show of pictures taken by Priya Drews during the courses of Gururaj Ananda Yogi in the USA. Many of these pictures are also in the different posts in this web dedicated to the teachings of Gururaj Ananda Yogi.