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		<title>8.12 &#8211; Guru Worship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What for a Guru is needed? Is it reaching God or God- reallisation? Is that the highest? The AKtho Upanishad says: Unless somebody else point out to one, there is no other way of finding it. The realization of Self or God is so very subtle a matter that no amount of trouble in various [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://saibaba.siththan.com/archives/215</link>
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		<title>8.11 &#8211; Guru Worship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do we need a Guru? The object of seeking a Guru may be secular, temporal or spiritual. For secular matters, people take very great care to select appropriate Gurus to achieve the highest results. The issue is more often raised in spiritual matters. People are of the opinion that there is no clear reason [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://saibaba.siththan.com/archives/204</link>
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		<title>8.10 &#8211; Guru Worship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8.10 - Guru Worship
Namdev sat at a dinner along with his caste men who were all full of Achara. When the leaves had been spread and covered with dishes, a dog ran up to Namdev, grabbed a roti from his leaf and ran away. Every one cried out, “polluted, polluted.” Then, Namdev lifted up a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://saibaba.siththan.com/archives/191</link>
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		<title>8.9 &#8211; Guru Worship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8.9 – Guru Worship
Story of Namdev
Namdev was an ardent worshipper of Vittal. He had frequent Sakshatkara of
Vittal and Vittal even spoke to him. So Namdev was under the impression
that
a) he had achieved complete God-realization and self–realization,
and
b)there was nothing to achieve further in the spiritual field.
When he had such wrong notions in his mind, he once [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://saibaba.siththan.com/archives/171</link>
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		<title>Guru Worship &#8211; 8.8</title>
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8.8 - Guru Worship
 
Need for a Guru &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://saibaba.siththan.com/archives/166</link>
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		<title>8.7 &#8211; Guru Worship</title>
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 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://saibaba.siththan.com/archives/162</link>
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		<title>8.6 &#8211; Guru Worship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

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. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://saibaba.siththan.com/archives/157</link>
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		<title>8.5 &#8211; Guru Worship</title>
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There are so many souls, which has been immersed deep into the forest of Samsara and lost all knowledge of even the cardinal directions and got confused. Salutation to the Guru is a must that shows the path to get out of this. The Guru alone can help one to enter the spiritual field. On [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://saibaba.siththan.com/archives/149</link>
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		<title>8.4 &#8211; Guru Worship</title>
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Diksha is a special process for removing evil taints and initiating pupil with powers and siddhis. 
 
Kinds of Dikshas are:
 Chakshusi by mere glance
 Sparsa by touching the head.
 Vacha by words blessing.
 Manasi mentally blessing.
 Sastri by teaching sastras.
 Yoga is Guru entering into the pupil’s mind inwardly.
 Howtri Kriyavati performing homas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://saibaba.siththan.com/archives/141</link>
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		<title>8.3 &#8211; Guru Worship</title>
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The Kula Moolavatara Kalpa Sutra Teeka Gata Kulagama mentions six classes of Gurus in regular gradation. They are;
Preraka One who just starts the pupil Suchaka One who indicates and carries further Vachaka One who regularly teaches and coaches Darscaka One who points out the way and goal to the pupil. Sikshaka One who regularly teaches [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://saibaba.siththan.com/archives/139</link>
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