The Sadguru the Destroyer of Ignorance

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The akarma, the "non-deeds" (the things done, but not claimed by the doer as having been done by him) of the one who faithfully adheres to the advice of the Master, turn into good deeds. His deeds themselves are converted into Brahman. He is full of purity. He is so pure that whatever the actions (karma), nothing affects him. The image of the Master should be perpetually borne in your heart.

The sunlight is unbearably scorching because when the sun rises, once again, the daily life, along with all its day to day transactions begins, and with it comes back all the tensions, worries and anxieties. These anxieties bring about a burning (scorching) of the mind. During the night, while you sleep, there are no anxieties. In the sleeping state, the king and the beggar are both alike. The Sadguru is compared to the Sun. The transactions of the mind are carried out in both the waking and the dreaming states. The light of the Sun, in the form of the teachings of the Sadguru, destroys the darkness of Ignorance and brings about the dawn of Knowledge. When the Sun in the form of the Sadguru arises, it destroys the night of Ignorance and with it vanishes all of the sorrows generated by Ignorance. When the Sadguru accepts you as His disciple, He convinces you that the delusion of the worldly life is untrue. Such a Master should be offered a salute (namaskar). Why? Because we need Him, as He is the Sun, in the form of Knowledge.

The Sadguru penetrates the night of Avidya (Ignorance), the objective knowledge and brings about the dawn of a "Golden Day" in the form of advice (teachings). Night means the Ignorance regarding our, "True Nature," Swaroopa, and regarding "Who am I?" True Knowledge cannot be realized unless worldly knowledge is proved to be untrue. The bird in the form of the individual (Jiva) is given the "Eyes of Knowledge" and is divested of the feeling of "I am the body" by the Master. He becomes convinced that He is the Self.

The Sadguru convinces you that you are the Self by advising the intellect. He also destroys the duality that has seeped into the intellect. He eliminates the discriminating viewpoint (duality) which taints the sight of the traveler treading the path of Self-Realization. When the inspiration "Soham," "I Am He" is generated deep within, the Sun in the form of Knowledge is at its zenith. The delusion, which has obscured the Self, thus far vanishes. How then, can the dream in the form of this world persist? Now, He who is the King of the land in the form of our house, the Self (Atman) has dawned. He destroys both, the apparent and the non-apparent.

There are two types of delusions, one is the delusion of the Maya (Illusion) and the other is the delusion of the Vedanta. The world is made apparent by the delusion of Maya. The delusion "I do not know the Self" is the Vedantic delusion. The Sadguru is always beyond these delusions. He may not be physically glowing but, it is as if He, that Nivrittinath, (Nivrittti-devoid of concepts, nath-the Lord, the Lord who is devoid of concepts) has undertaken the venture of illuminating everything. I offer my namaskara (salute) to Him. When we come to know the greatness of the Lord, we can praise Him.

How do we praise the Sadguru? If we please God, he will grant us a boon or a gift by virtue of which we will get, even more entangled in the delusion of Maya. Vedanta is a marvelous invention. For the sake of the ignorant, the Saints and Sages of the old days have written down their direct experience as Vedanta. There are fourteen sciences and sixty-four arts. The "Science of Brahman" is the fourteenth science. Supremacy can be achieved with the aid of this Science. This Science which can be owned even by an individual (Jiva) is called the "Science of Brahman" and it can be achieved only by the teachings of the Sadguru. Therefore, it should be learned from the One who Knows Brahman and is proficient in the "Knowledge of Brahman."

-Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj - Date Not Given