Can a follower/disciple be more awakened than the guru?
By Guru, if you mean a Self-Realised being, then No.
The disciple may be more intelligent in many ways, but the Guru is Brahman itself.
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By Guru, if you mean a Self-Realised being, then No.
The disciple may be more intelligent in many ways, but the Guru is Brahman itself.
#spiritualawakening
A classic example is Swami Vivekanand, disciple of Shri Ramakrishna Paramahams.
I am the disciple of a man who could not write his own name, and I am not worthy to undo his shoes. How often have I wished I could take my intellect & throw it into the Ganges!
Swami Vivekananda
I am the disciple of a man who could not write his own name, and I am not worthy to undo his shoes. How often have I wished I could take my intellect & throw it into the Ganges!
Swami Vivekananda
If Guru here means one adept in Spiritual knowledge but not Self-realized, then yes.
Such a Guru will be proud of his disciple, encourage him/her to move further, even send him/her to other Masters.
One may rarely attain all of Guru's teachings & still be moving further
Such a Guru will be proud of his disciple, encourage him/her to move further, even send him/her to other Masters.
One may rarely attain all of Guru's teachings & still be moving further
Buddha moved further from the Masters Alara Kalama and Uddaka Rāmaputta, and stopped at nothing short of Nirvana.
Siddharth T Jannakiraman
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Siddharth T Jannakiraman
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