{"id":2278,"date":"2005-05-08T12:57:33","date_gmt":"2005-05-08T12:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/poems-topic\/poems-topic-ii\/poems-guru\/"},"modified":"2012-06-12T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T20:35:00","slug":"poems-guru","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/?page_id=2278","title":{"rendered":"Poems about Gurus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GURU AND DISCIPLE<\/p>\n<p>What is a Guru?<br \/>\nA Guru is he who devours<br \/>\nThe ignorance-sea of his disciple.<br \/>\nWhat is a disciple?<br \/>\nA disciple is he who swims<br \/>\nIn the wisdom-sea of his Guru.<br \/>\nWhat is a Guru?<br \/>\nA Guru is he who finds himself<br \/>\nIn the soul of his disciple.<br \/>\nWhat is a disciple?<br \/>\nA disciple is he who loses himself<br \/>\nIn the heart of his Guru.<\/p>\n<div id=\"bookexcerpt\">Sri Chinmoy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/books\/0106\"><em>The Golden Boat, Part 10,<\/em><\/a> Agni Press, 1974.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>~<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>MR. GURU AND MR. DISCIPLE<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Guru,<br \/>\nYou say<br \/>\nYou have realised God.<br \/>\nCan you prove it?<\/p>\n<p>Mr. disciple,<br \/>\nYou feel<br \/>\nYou are not another God.<br \/>\nCan you prove it?<\/p>\n<p>Yes I can, Mr. Guru.<br \/>\nMy ignorance-sea<br \/>\nBefore you<br \/>\nIs my unmistakable proof.<\/p>\n<p>I too can prove, Mr. disciple.<br \/>\nMy love-compassion-sky<br \/>\nFor you<br \/>\nIs my undeniable proof.<\/p>\n<div id=\"bookexcerpt\">Sri Chinmoy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/books\/0117\"><em>The Goal Is Won,<\/em><\/a> Agni Press, 1974.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>~<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A REAL GURU<\/p>\n<p>Who is a real Guru?<br \/>\nA real Guru is he<br \/>\nWho does not call you stupid,<br \/>\nUndivine and useless.<br \/>\nA real Guru is he who says:<br \/>\n&#8220;You have knowledge,<br \/>\nBut you need more knowledge.<br \/>\nTry, you certainly can!&#8221;<br \/>\nA real Guru is he who says:<br \/>\n&#8220;You are divine,<br \/>\nBut you can be more divine.<br \/>\nTry, you certainly can!&#8221;<br \/>\nA real Guru is he who says:<br \/>\n&#8220;You are useful,<br \/>\nInfinitely more useful<br \/>\nThan you ever can imagine.<br \/>\nBut you can be more useful.<br \/>\nTry, you certainly can!&#8221;<br \/>\nA real Guru is he who says:<br \/>\n&#8220;You are God&#8217;s chosen instrument.<br \/>\nYou are useful,<br \/>\nYou are fruitful,<br \/>\nYou are indispensable<br \/>\nTo the divine Vision of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"bookexcerpt\">Sri Chinmoy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/books\/0106\"><em>The Golden Boat, Part 10,<\/em><\/a> Agni Press, 1974.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>~<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Everybody has his own beloved.<br \/>\nIn my case, my Beloved<br \/>\nIs my Eternity&#8217;s Guru:<br \/>\nMy Supreme.<\/p>\n<div id=\"bookexcerpt\">Sri Chinmoy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/books\/1298\"><em>Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 14,<\/em><\/a> Agni Press, 1999.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poems about Guru&#8217;s and the role of a Guru<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2260,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2278","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2278"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4548,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2278\/revisions\/4548"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}