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“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Kahlil Gibran<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong> \u0939\u0930\u0940 \u0930\u0942\u0920\u0947 \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0920\u094c\u0930 \u0939\u0948, \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0930\u0942\u0920\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0920\u094c\u0930 ||<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong> Hari roothe guru tthour hai, guru roothe nahi tthour!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/strong> To find God, we needed the right guide \u2013 be it Jesus, Prophet Muhammad, Krishna, or some other wise person \u2013 to whom we ascribe all the qualities of Godhood. These wise ones understand our deepest yearning and strive to put us on the path we need to be rather than the one we want to be on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, our base tendencies tend to drive us away from those teachers who point us to the right rather than the desired path \u2013 and much later, we wonder why we ended up on a path full of brambles rather than where we needed to be!<\/p>\n\n\n\n The teaching here, be it Gibran or Kabir, is not to ignore the one who corrects us but rather to be intelligent and rational, rather than emotional and desire-led, in our choice of guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.\u201d – Kahlil Gibran Kabir – The couplet\u0915\u092c\u093f\u0930\u093e \u0924\u0947 \u0928\u0930 \u0905\u0902\u0927 \u0939\u0948, \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0914\u0930 | \u0939\u0930\u0940 \u0930\u0942\u0920\u0947 \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0920\u094c\u0930 \u0939\u0948, \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0930\u0942\u0920\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0920\u094c\u0930 || Transliterated:Kabira te…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy","category-philosophy-and-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736","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=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Kabir – The couplet<\/strong>
\u0915\u092c\u093f\u0930\u093e \u0924\u0947 \u0928\u0930 \u0905\u0902\u0927 \u0939\u0948, \u0917\u0941\u0930\u0941 \u0915\u094b \u0915\u0939\u0924\u0947 \u0914\u0930 | <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Transliterated:<\/strong>
Kabira te nar andh hai, gure ko kehte aur |<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Translation:<\/strong>
Blind is the man who ignores the guru |
If the Lord turns away, the Guru will show the path, but if the Guru turns away, there is no one left to give direction ||
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My understanding:<\/strong>
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