It is written in the Ramayana, “ Guru bin hoi ki gyan, gyan ki hoi virag binu. Gawahin ved-puran, sukh ki lahahin hari bhagati binu. '' Knowledge of God is impossible without the Teacher. St. Tulsidas explains, “Bandaun Guru pad kanj kripa sindhu nar roop hari mahamoh tam punj jasu vachan ravi karani kar ” - “I bow to Shri Guru Maharaj Ji, whose word acts like the sun”. The darkness of night is not removed by any amount of electric lights but the moment the sun rises, it totally removes the darkness of night. ‘ Jasu vachan ravi karni kar' - the Spiritual Master wipes out the darkness of ignorance through spiritual Knowledge. What is human ignorance? It is due to the absence of spiritual knowledge. Some learned scholars are of the opinion that the name of the Guru of St. Tulsidasji was Narhari Das, so this verse refers to him, but Tulsidasji has written ‘ nar roop hari ', which means the one who, in human form, wipes out sins. For such masters, St. Brahamanand Ji said, ‘ Chetan dev ki seva karo nar, janam safal ho jaye tumharo. ' It means that, having been initiated into the treasure of spiritual knowledge after serving the living divinity, the Spiritual Master, be attuned to the primordial Name, because in this Age one can only cross over the ocean of mind with the help of the Name.
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