A GURU IS...

On the plane, this composition rolled out onto some paper:

A GURU IS OR WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A GURU

A guru is not a king

Perhaps the center of a ring

Moving on levels of dignity

Crowned by acts of humility

Apolitical in every sense of the word

Repeats what his ears have heard

And registers through what he’s seen

A guru’s life is thoroughly clean

He bonds with brothers

Cutting bondage from mundane others

Limiting a maya’s scope

Convinced of noose and rope

He walks the tight cord

Only kindness (love) he will hoard

Hard on his own person

Soft on the other garçon

To the gentle and fair gender

He believes “Protect and defend her”

No need to fear or fret

No need to shy from a threat

A guru sits on a scale

Of balance and parallel rails

Living a truth he dispenses

While controlling the raging senses

A guru is happy in his skin

Always looking within

Observing external turmoil

Drawing out all that’s royal

He’s a parrot, a swan, a lotus

A thunderbolt, a rock – you’ll notice

He teaches and reaches

Is rare among creatures

–By Bhaktimarga Swami

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