Vedas say: mata pita guru deivam

God is mentioned after Guru, it is God indeed who is the Guru, or the Guru points us to God hood or He is the boat that carries over the ocean of transmigration to liberation.  He himself constantly in the nature of being and bliss in human flesh readily accessible to ordinary man, just a vision of his holy feet removes karmic tendencies and effects.  Imagine then the state of those who surrender to the Guru. Verily the Guru gives himself to them.  Or even stone turns to gold on contact with the Guru in thought word or deed.

It is sad that Sri Chandrasekhara Saraswati is not bodily present now, but what is the body of one whose form is light? Just lighting a lamp everyday in the house and offering salutations to him will take one to moksha. 

May the Guru ever be present in the heart, or the Guru is the heart as Sri Ramana Maharishi says.  Thanks to the tradition of Tamils that gave such two great Gurus in the same time, one in the Abode of Mother Kamakshi (kancheepuram) and the other in the abode of Lord Siva (Sri Arunachala).  Verily they are the incarnation of the mother and father of creation and they did live and bless and will continute to bless the devotess like the mother and father.  

Sivoham

Sarvam Sivam

Ellam Sivan Seyal

Thannai ari

Let us live by the above great words, following the path of our Gurus who lived them.

--Smt. Vidya Sridhar