Krsna's Teachings

Yesterday when I was asked by my disciple why does a person have to be in front of his Guru to get knowledge and not behind a phone or a video? The Ashrams in India and worldwide teach us to stay in the vicinity of the Guru so that we can get correct knowledge. The Ashram life is not the same as the life we spend in our own house. We do not have strict disciplines at home. We get up when we want, take an off when we want, laze around, procrastinate, take too many things for granted, know that someone is there around us who will bail us out and take our load on his/her head. And so on! You can shut a video chat down or pause a YouTube download or cut the phone line also. You do not have a decorum or discipline of standing or talking to this persona. You maybe just lying and talking or be in the loo for all you care. Ashram life is full of discipline and tough one to live. There is always someone to keep a tab on you. You can never address your Guru lying down or sleeping. You ne

I was very surprised to see this comment in my inbox yesterday and it was written by one of my dearest friends. He said that he did not like what I do! In spiritual! So why did I join the spiritual bandwagon and what is it that makes me write such stuff on this topic? He truly seemed flabbergasted and wanted to know the whys and the wherefores of it! Spiritual does not happen to a person the way you may get married or pass your school or college. It is mentioned in the holy texts that urge and desire to know God or Self comes about very rarely. Every individual knows about God from his own parents or relatives or friends. His knowledge is as trivial as theirs. None of these are qualified to talk about God. Since no one has seen or experienced Him, how can anyone talk about Him? The knowledge that they profess to have is as trivial as their forefathers since neither of them have experienced Him ever. The knowledge of Self or the longing for liberation happens to someone by the