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Transition in the role of a "TEACHER"

                                         "GURU" If you trace back to the past, you could understand how sacred was the concept of teacher. Only a real scholar, proven master, spiritually enlightened person, was recognized, appointed, and respected as Guru. As you know, India has a very old  (Guru Shishya) tradition. For his selfless service, teacher, the Guru, was held teacher in a very high esteem by the society and was respected by even kings. He was revered more than parents and enjoyed a unique status, even higher than that of gods:  "Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu Gururdevo Maheshwara! : Guru Sakshat Parambrahma Tasmai Shree Guruve Namah!! "  The Guru was an epitome of good qualities of head, heart and hand, spirituality, knowledge, scholarship. A true teacher was supposed to be a student till the end of his life. It is like our concept of teacher- a lifelong learner. He was “Guide by the side”, not the “Sage on the stage.” Gurus were an inst

A true and unique experience: Would you call it a miracle or simply a belief?

THE TRUE STORY By the grace of GOD, I have the privilege of sharing a true story. I had been a great devotee of Lord Hanuman Ji since 90s'. And  it was my sincere and earnest prayer to Him only, without performing any rituals had helped me in fulfilling some of my interests. He had saved me from great distress. Of course, all my wants and desires couldn't be fulfilled, as I couldn't focus completely in my devotional practices or ways of praying. I got married to another of his devotees in 1997 and was blessed afterwards with a daughter and a son(expressing gratitude for all this to Mahaveer Ji ). Not only for myself but I had prayed for others also. We both husband and wife had taken many of our friends to Shiruli Mahaveer  and got their wishes fulfilled. In this way, several days passed on.   Around 2016, I also started following Shiridi Sai Baba as one of my nieces told me about Him. I stated my limitations of not being able to perform so much of rituals for wor