Thread by @sureshseshadri1

The 24 Gurus in our life....a #Thread

In general, humans work hard to nurture religion, economic progress, sense satisfaction, and spiritual knowledge, with the goal of extending their lives, gaining reputation, and enjoying material riches.

श्रीब्राह्मण उवाच
सन्ति मे गुरवो राजन् बहवो बुद्ध्युपाश्रिता: ।
यतो बुद्धिमुपादाय मुक्तोऽटामीह तान् श‍ृणु ॥

Many spiritual gurus have protected me. I now travel the planet in a liberated state, having obtained transcendental wisdom from them. Pay attn as I explain them to you.

पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापोऽग्निश्चन्द्रमा रवि: ।
कपोतोऽजगर: सिन्धु: पतङ्गो मधुकृद् गज: ॥
मधुहाहरिणो मीन: पिङ्गला कुररोऽर्भक: ।
कुमारी शरकृत् सर्प ऊर्णनाभि: सुपेशकृत् ॥
एते मे गुरवो राजन् चतुर्विंशतिराश्रिता: ।
शिक्षा वृत्तिभिरेतेषामन्वशिक्षमिहात्मन: ॥

Shelter of 24 gurus
Earth, Air, Sky, Water, Fire, Moon, Sun, Pigeon, Python, Sea, Moth, Honeybee, Elephant, Honey Thief, Deer, Fish, Prostitute Pingala, Kurara bird, Child, Young girl (Bangles), Arrow maker, Serpent, Spider and Wasp.

Learning from #Earth
I learnt patience and doing good to others from the EARTH, for it endures every injury man commits on its surface, and yet it does him good by producing crops, trees, etc.

Learning from #Water
I learned the quality of purity from WATER. The sage, who is pure and free of selfishness, desire, egoism, rage, greed, and other vices, washes those who come into contact with him, just as pure water cleanses others.

Learning from #Air
AIR, despite flowing around, never becomes attached to anything; similarly, I have learned to be unattached from the air, despite moving with many individuals in this world.

Learning from #Fire
The sage should be glistening with the grandeur of his knowledge and Tapas, just as FIRE burns brightly.

Learning from #Sky
The SKY contains the air, stars, clouds, and other elements, yet none of them come into contact with it. The Atman, or Soul, is all-pervading, but it has no interaction with any object, according to the heavens.

Learning from #Moon
The MOON is always complete in itself, but the earth's shadow on the moon causes it to appear to decrease or increase. This has taught me that the Atman is always perfect n changeless, n that the only things that cast shadows on it are the limiting adjuncts.

Learning from #Sun
Brahman seems different because of the Upadhis (bodies) created by the reflection via the mind, just as the SUN appears different when reflected in numerous pots of water. This is the lesson the sun taught me.

Learning from #Pigeon
A fowler once spread a net and caught some pigeons, which I witnessed. The mother pigeon was fiercely protective of her young. She didn't care if she lived or died, so she threw herself into the net and was captured.

Because the male pigeon was bonded to the female pigeon, he was caught in the net as well. This taught me that attachment is the root of bonding.

Learning from #Python
The PYTHON does not move when it is looking for food. It is content with whatever it receives and remains stationary. This taught me to be unconcerned about eating and content with whatever I am given (Ajagara Vritti).

Learning from #Ocean
The intelligent man should stay unmoved in the face of all kinds of temptations, challenges, and troubles, just as the OCEAN remains undisturbed despite hundreds of rivers flowing into it. This is the lesson the ocean taught me.

Learning from #Moth
A passionate guy who falls in love with a beautiful girl will come to sorrow, just as MOTH, fascinated of the brilliance of fire, falls into it n gets burned. The lesson I learned from moth was to regulate my sense of sight and to focus my mind on the Self.

Learning from #Honeybee
Just as the HONEYBEE collects honey from a variety of flowers rather than just one, I collect a small amount of food from one house and a small amount from another to satisfy my appetite (Madhukari Bhiksha or Madhukari Vritti).

Honey is collected by bees with much difficulty, but a HONEY-GATHERER comes along and gathers the honey with ease. Even so, people struggle to accumulate wealth and other valuables, but they must abandon them all at once when the Lord of Death seizes them.

Learning from #Elephant
Even at the sight of a paper-made female elephant, the male ELEPHANT, blinded by passion, falls into a pit. The goad captures it n tortures it. Passionate men fall prey to women's traps and suffer the consequences. As a result, lust should be eradicated.

Learning from #Deer
The hunter uses the DEER's love of music to seduce and catch it. Even Nevertheless, a man is drawn to the music of ladies of questionable morals n ends up being destroyed. It is never a good idea to listen to obscene music.

Learning from #Fish
The man who is greedy of food, who allows his sense of taste to overcome him, loses his independence and is quickly wrecked, just as a FISH who is covetous of food falls prey to the bait. As a result, food lust must be eradicated.

Learning from #Prostitute
In the town of Videha, there was a PROSTITUE named Pingala. One night, she was tired of seeking for customers. She had lost all hope. She was then pleased with what she had n slept soundly. Abandoning hope leads to satisfaction.

Learning from #Raven
A RAVEN snatched a morsel of meat. Other birds chased it down n battered it up. It let go of sliver of flesh n found serenity n repose. We'll have a plethora of problems n sufferings when he pursues sensual pleasures, when we abandon pleasures, we're happy

Learning from #Child
A CHILD who suckles milk is free of all worries, anxieties, and worries, and is constantly pleasant. The virtue of cheerfulness was taught to me by the youngster.

Learning from #YoungGirl
The parents of an YOUNG GIRL were on the lookout for a suitable groom for her. In the house, the girl was alone. During the parents' absence, a group of individuals came to the house to view her on a comparable thing in connection with a marriage proposal

"The guests will notice, by the clatter of the bangles, that I am husking the paddy myself, and that my family is too poor to hire others to do the labour," the sensible girl reasoned. Allow me to break all of my bangles, with the exception of two on each hand."

As a result, she broke all of the bangles on her hands except two. Even these 2 bangles made quite a racket. She shattered another bangle on each hand. Despite the fact that she continued to husk, there was no further noise.

The following are some of the things I've learned from the girl's experience:
Discord, disruption, conflict, and contention would result from living in a large group. There may be useless words or animosity even btw 2 ppl. The ascetic or Sannyasin should live alone and in silence

Learning from a #Serpent
A SERPENT does not construct its own hole. It lives in the holes that others have dug. Nonetheless, an ascetic or a Sannyasin should not construct a dwelling for himself. He should reside in the caves and temples that others have constructed.

Learning from a #ArrowMaker
An ARROW MAKER'S mind was once completely consumed with sharpening and straightening an arrow. A king with his entire retinue passed in front of his shop as he was engaged in this activity.

After a while, a man approached the artisan and inquired if the king had walked by his shop. The artisan stated that he was not aware of anything. The truth is that the artisan's attention was completely focused on his task, and he had no idea what was going on around him.

Learning from a #Spider
The SPIDER spits lengthy threads out of its mouth, which it weaves into cobwebs. It gets tied up in a web of its own making. Nonetheless, man weaves a web of his own thoughts and becomes ensnared in it.

As a result, the intelligent individual should forgo all worldly concerns and focus solely on Brahman. This is the lesson the spider has taught me.

Learning from a #Wasp
When the WASP captures a worm, places it in its nest, n stings it, poor worm, always fearful of the bug's return n sting, thinking continuously about the wasp, transforms into a wasp. Whatever form a man thinks abt all the time becomes his form over time.

A man becomes what he thinks. I learned from the bug and the worm how to transform myself into Atman by constantly meditating It, releasing all connection to the body and achieving Moksha (freedom).

When Dattatreya was happily walking through a forest, he came across King Yadu, who, upon observing Dattatreya's happiness, inquired about the secret of his happiness and the name of his Guru.

Dattatreya said that the Atman was his only Guru, but that he had gained wisdom from 24 others who were thus his Gurus.

श्री गुरुभ्यो नमः🙏

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