{"id":438,"date":"2012-09-10T08:12:30","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T13:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=438"},"modified":"2012-09-10T08:12:30","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T13:12:30","slug":"i-have-found-my-teacher-and-i-am-assimilated-in-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/i-have-found-my-teacher-and-i-am-assimilated-in-him\/","title":{"rendered":"I have found my Teacher \u2013 and I am assimilated in Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>William Arthur Ward\u00a0(1921\u2013March 30, 1994),\u00a0author of\u00a0&#8220;Fountains of Faith&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Kabir &#8211; The couplet<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u0905\u092c \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0926\u093f\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u092f\u093e, \u0917\u093e\u0935\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u091b\u0941 \u0928\u093e\u0939\u0940 |<br \/>\n\u0915\u092c\u093f\u0930\u093e \u091c\u092c \u0939\u092e \u0917\u093e\u0935\u0924\u0947, \u0924\u092c \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0928\u093e\u0939\u0940 ||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>transliterated:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nAb Guru dil mein dekhiyaa, gaavan ko kachhu naahin |<br \/>\nKabira jab hum gaavate, tab jaana Guru naahin ||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Translation:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nNow I see the Teacher in my heart, I have no more praises to sing |<br \/>\nWhile I sang His praise, I had not yet realized him ||<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My thoughts:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nI have finally understood my Teacher \u2013 and He is me.<\/p>\n<p>The Teacher is my guide to all of Knowledge \u2013 and all Knowledge is already in me, for I am the entirety of existence.<\/p>\n<p>Till I find my Teacher, I sing in praise, but not with understanding \u2013 for the Teacher who will help me understand is not yet found by me. When I find Him, I have nothing more to say \u2013 for now I understand it all.<\/p>\n<p>William Arthur Ward is right \u2013 and I have found my inspiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.\u201d William Arthur Ward\u00a0(1921\u2013March 30, 1994),\u00a0author of\u00a0&#8220;Fountains of Faith&#8221; Kabir &#8211; The couplet \u0905\u092c \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0926\u093f\u0932 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u092f\u093e, \u0917\u093e\u0935\u0928 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u091b\u0941 \u0928\u093e\u0939\u0940 | \u0915\u092c\u093f\u0930\u093e \u091c\u092c \u0939\u092e \u0917\u093e\u0935\u0924\u0947, \u0924\u092c \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0928\u093e\u0939\u0940 || transliterated: Ab Guru dil mein dekhiyaa, gaavan ko&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}