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Each
person struggles through
life. For some the trials are
overpowering, for others a bored
status quo prevails,and
for a minority mountains are
pounded to dust in
the search for meaning and joy.
Within the invisible depths of
each soul there is a yearning.
A need to know ‘Why?’.
‘Why do we live?’,
‘Why do we experience problems?’,
‘Why are we travellers on the
journey of life?’.
In the search for answers to
their uncertainties many turn to
the God-realised Sadhu.
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| Travellers
On The Journey Of Life |
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all walks of life |
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On a normal day, Pramukh Swami Maharaj meets
men from all walks of life... lawyers, celebrities and even fishermen!
There are those who have known him for years, and those who for
the first time come to meet him in search of guidance...
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Sam Needleman: Is a guru really necessary?
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Swamishri: [firmly] Absolutely.
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Are you saying that without a guru, one cannot attain God?
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Swamishri: That’s right. Just like when we go to school we
only acquire knowledge by learning from the teachers.
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But there are many who educate themselves.
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Swamishri: Even they need books don’t they! The book becomes
their guru.
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So then why only follow one guru?
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Swamishri: If one approaches many gurus, they will teach him different
things. What does he accept? So then nothing substantial is achieved.
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Sam Needleman: [with relief and joy etched on his face] In coming
here, I have finally realized the fruit of 69 years of penance.
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(6 August 1991, Edison, New Jersey)
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