What is Guru-karya?
What is Guru-karya?
Guru-karya can be defined as any
work performed selflessly which gives joy to the soul. We can carry this
further and say that everything that we do in our day-to-day activity could be
considered to be Guru-karya – for instance your housework, office work, speaking
with guests, being nice to strangers, any and everything under the sun done
with the sole purpose of giving joy to the soul – that is Guru-karya.
Sadhaks consider that the work they
do for the Trusts or the Foundation only is Guru-karya – I find that a lot of
sadhaks compete for Guru-karya and feel bad, sad, jealous if other people get
the opportunity to do that Guru-karya. When we have such feelings we are hampering
our own spiritual progress, we are hurting our heart and throat chakras and
also the Agya (Brow) chakra when the sadhaks doing the missed out Guru-karya
get stuck in our brow chakra!
There is so much of Guru-karya you
can do without being affected by others or without affecting others! You could
speak about Samarpan and Gurutattva to your friends, relatives, you could write
your views, record videos and post them. Help your centre in arranging
meditation camps, contribute financially and if you cannot do any of this, you
can at least pray for those people who are doing the work.
But what do you think is the best
Guru-karya? The best Guru-karya is taking care of your own self – keeping yourself
physically, mentally and spiritually fit and aware. Believe me, if you are not
physically fit then you lose your mental peace and once you do that there is no
way you can progress spiritually. So, the foremost thing you should do is ensure
that you are physically in peak condition – exercise, do yoga, eat healthy
food, rest well, meditate – do everything to keep your body in shape. This in
my view is the best Guru-karya – if you do this then you are less a burden on
your Guru as he does not have to spend energy in protecting you, you do it yourself
by remaining physically, mentally and spiritually healthy.
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