Tag: Master

The Master Is The Way

In this video I sing a few verses from the lovely GURU GITA. The Guru Gita (Song of the Guru) is a Hindu scripture that is said to have been authored by the sage, Vyasa. The text is believed to be part of the larger Skanda Purana.

In any endeavour, a teacher, a master or a mentor is essential. Those who have practical knowledge of a subject, who have have experimented scientifically (through actually doing the practices and seeing how it works), gained mastery over their area or subject and then are available to share that, are indeed a blessing. If you want to learn to repair a car, you could read a book; but in order to become a great mechanic, you need a master mechanic to teach you over time. Similarly on the spiritual path, a master who has travelled the journey, understands the inner world, can teach and guide. Of course the journey is yours, but a Master brings it alive, challenges you and shows you the guidepost. In our Indian tradition we have called it GURU – a movement from darkness, to light.

Guru Gita with Guitar

That has been my experience of having a spiritual master. An outer master, who could actually connect one with ones deep Inner Self, or ones own Inner Master; a divine blessing in indeed. In this video I sing a few verses from the lovely GURU GITA. The Guru Gita (Song of the Guru) is a Hindu scripture that is said to have been authored by the sage, Vyasa. The text is believed to be part of the larger Skanda Purana. There are several versions of the Guru Gita, varying from around 100 to over 400 verses. 

Embodiments of Wisdom! Who will take the Mantle?

A lot of the great spiritual masters of our time are reaching over 65 plus in age and have matured to provide the world with fabulous teachings and understandings – Ram Dass, Ram Butler, Krishna Das and many others whom I am not mentioning here. On these shoulders we stand. These teachers have been students as well, have gone through the fire of doing their sadhana, applied the teachings they have learnt over a lifetime to their everyday lives, taken the commitment of their relationship to great masters to transform themselves and the world around them, and have become embodiments of wisdom to the world.

As this decade moves ahead, who will come forward to take on this mantel and make sure today’s world, today’s youth see the same grand vision they saw inside. How will this amazing process move on? How will the teachings be passed on over the next decade, so that the world we live in still retain these lights (new lights) whose presence, fire, devotion and understanding have woken up many. How will the universe ensure there are individuals who will chose the path of silence, understanding, knowledge, beauty and wisdom, and channel those to others in the world through a state of non-doership?