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8.8 – Guru Worship Need for a Guru – Sastraic authority:- “Acharya Devo Bhava” is mentioned in Taittiriya Upanishad. Acharyavan Purushoveda says, “it is the man who has a Guru that can get knowledge or realization.” Mundaka Upanishad says, “to get Brahman, Knowledge realization, one should go with his Guru who has realized God.” Srimad [...]

That is a correct description of Baba’s Marga. It has been called Guru Marga in Guru Gita. Guru Marga is a form of Bhakthi Marga in which faith in and devotion to the Guru is the only Sadhana for achieving everything including salvation, Mukti or Brahmaiktya, Satchidananda conquest of samsara, and also all yoga, siddhis [...]

As we roamed aimlessly through forest, we met a man who works in the forest. He asked us “where are you going in this heat into the forest?” We gave no direct reply. He warned us politely not to get lost into the thick woods and that too needlessly. He offered his food to us. [...]