Guru Quotes

• Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.

  Guru Nanak

  Men, World, Crosses

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• There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, he is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now.

  Guru Nanak

  Kindness, Hate, Self

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• The innermost light, shining peacefully and timelessly in the heart, is the real Guru. All others merely show the way.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Real, Heart, Light

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• If anyone steps on your ego, instantly, he becomes your enemy. But a Guru is a friend who constantly tramples your ego.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Love, Life, Meditation

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• He is the real Guru Who can reveal the form of the formless before your eyes; who teaches the simple path, without rites or ceremonies; Who does not make you close your doors, and hold your breath, and renounce the world; Who makes you perceive the Supreme Spirit whenever the mind attaches itself; Who teaches you to be still in the midst of all your activities. Fearless, always immersed in bliss, he keeps the spirit of yoga in the midst of enjoyments.

  Kabir

  Real, Yoga, Eye

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• The grace of the Guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful. It is no use complaining of the niggardliness of the ocean. The bigger the vessel the more one will be able to carry. It is entirely up to him.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Ocean, Grace, Complaining

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• A Guru is not someone who holds a torch for you. He is the torch.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Love, Life, Meditation

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• If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself becomes the Guru that will reveal the Truth.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Awareness, Ifs

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• All that a guru can tell you is:
  'My dear Sir, you are quite mistaken about yourself.
  You are not the person you take yourself to be.'

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Self, Dear, Mistaken

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• Whatever our destiny is, whatever our Karma is, if we simply accept the mercy of Guru, "Guru Kripa", it can completely liberate us from all of our previous Karmic bondage.

  Radhanath Swami

  Karma, Spiritual, Destiny

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• You yourself are the teacher, and the pupil, you're the master, you're the guru, you are the leader, you are everything! And, to understand is to transform what is.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Teacher, Leader, Pupils

  "Zeitgeist". Documentary, History, 2007.

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• A guru is not a crutch, he is a bridge.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Spiritual, Bridges, Humanity

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• I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.

  Guru Nanak

  Feet, Way, Bows

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• I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism. Glorious and great are the virtues of the Guru, who has eradicated evil, and instructed me in virtue.

  Guru Gobind Singh

  Sacrifice, Evil, Disease

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• One does not become a guru by accident.

  James Fenton

  Doe, Accidents

  "A Master Class in Space Photography with NASA Astronaut Donald Pettit". Interview with Mia Tramz, time.com. July 17, 2014.

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• When you know how to listen everyone is the guru

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  Ram Dass

  Inspiring, Know How, Knows

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• How will you get God's grace? When you discipline yourself. How will you know how to discipline? By observing others that had walked the path successfully to the goal of perfection. Who are these men who had walked to the goal? It is these that are known as Gurus. So you need their help, their personal example, their encouragement and their grace. Thus, we have come round to the answer that a Guru is necessary as well as his grace. Everything is necessary-\-\ Atma Kripa, Guru Kripa and Isvara Kripa.

  Sivananda

  Encouragement, Goal, Perfection

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• Don't wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.

  Krishna Das

  Waiting, Life Is

  Twitter post from May 29, 2015

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• I think one of the beauties so far of the so-called Spirit of Seattle is there aren't any leaders, pop stars, or guru figures that everyone else is falling in line with and following. No [Nelson] Mandela, Havel, or Subcomandante Ski Mask riding in on a white horse and everybody else just wanting to follow them to the promised land. We're stitching it together and doing it ourselves.

  Jello Biafra

  Horse, Stars, Fall

  Interview with Jodi Vander Molen, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. February 1, 2002.

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• Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru.

  Joko Beck

  Inspirational, Life, Depression

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• You are always your own best guru, your own best teacher, the answers are always inside you.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Teacher, Truth, Teaching

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• He was the editor of our paper. He created the publishing house in Hebrew. He was - I wouldn't say the "guru" - but really he was our teacher and a most respected man. I wrote for the paper of the youth movement.

  Shimon Peres

  Teacher, Men, Publishing House

  "Israel's Statesman of Peace". The Academy of Achievement, www.achievement.org. May 2, 2003.

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• The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

  Chanakya

  Education, Secret, Share

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• A lot of people pass through the thinking I'm a guru and take enough trips to understand that no, I was just a witness. I was just a witness.

  Terence McKenna

  Thinking, People, Enough

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• I know the guru route, I know you go sit on a mountain. But screw India. I ain't going there.

  Susan Powter

  Hiking, Mountain, India

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