He Considers His Disciples to Also Be Guru

The main thing about my whole experience of Parikrama with Guru Maharaj was the very high intensity of Gurudeva while loudly chanting Sankirtan and the way he would explain everything in very simplified terms.

All sorts of people used to come in Parikrama – people from North India, Mumbai, Bengal, Assam, South India; there were people who were well educated and qualified, people who were from rural village backgrounds, and old ladies. All kinds of people were there, but I felt all were feeling spontaneous attraction for Gurudeva equally, irrespective of their bodies and backgrounds.

Guru Maharaj always said, "You are acting as a Guru because you are sitting in front of me, and that is forcing me to think about Mahaprabhu and speak. That is what my Guru Maharaj ordered, and you are facilitating that – this is Guru Karya. Guru Karya means the work of Guru which you are doing.”

I also have heard on Ramnavami day that Guru Maharaj would say, "Shishyas also act as Guru, because they always observing the activities of their Guru, and sometimes their Guru may forget Anhik, so the shishya will tell Gurudev, "It's Anhik time."

This was the first time I heard this kind of statement from someone on such a level. Basically for Gurudeva, humanity is not something that was purified, it was as natural as ego. He was perfectly established—he never feels himself as Gurudev. He always thinks of himself as a disciple of his Gurudeva. He has absolute affection towards his Gurudeva, due to which he was performing all these lilas.

—Rasavihari Das



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