are varil revered as God. They are:
1. Datuvaadi Guru : teaches austerities and penances, the
practice of which can lead thee disciple to the attainment of
salvation. There is a strict spiritual discipline of physical exercises,
rhythmic breathing, fasting, exhalation, and retaining of the breath,
gazing at the tip of the nose or between the eyebrows, bringing the
upward and downward breath together to generate heat inside the
body so that the Kundalini, or the serpent power, can
be awakened.
2. Chandana Guru : releases the spiritual fragrance just by his
presence. He is just like the sandal tree which wafts its fragrance
to the adjoining trees. It is said that the bamboo and the plantain
trees are incapable of being influenced by the sandal tree.
Similarly, those that have no faith will not receive the fragrance
of the Chandrana Guru. It means he is capable of influencing
people who are endowed with faith.
3. Vichhara Guru : is full of wisdom, clarifies every subtle
thing, removes the doubts of individuals, gives them food
for thought, always teaches discrimination and appeals to
the reasons and intellect of people. The way becomes very
clear to the disciple due to the clarity of understanding.
4. Anugraha Guru:is the teacher who teaches just by his grace.
His glance or touch has a power of purity the disciple. He
need not have any scriptural knowledge nor intellectual
capacity, yet he is able to purify the heart and mind of the
disciple just by pouring his grace, for as soon as purity is
attained, truth reveals itself to the practicant. Here it is the
oceanic love of the guru that works the miracle of turning
the heart and mind of the disciple Godward.
5. Parasa Guru: is the Guru like a touchstone. The touchstone
changes metals into gold by a mere touch. Even an impure
soul could be converted into a saint by the touch of the
Guru. This touch should not be mistaken as just a physical
touch; in most cases it is the preparation on the part of the
disciple to receive such as alchemic touch of the Guru. The
guru should concentrate and intend to transmit his spiritual
vibrations through such a touch. It is a scientific fact that
the eyes and the fingers are powerful channels through
which the vibration of one to the disciple, of course, even
without any preparation on the part of the disciple, many
a time the touch of the guru gives he may have. So also
when sinful people touch the guru, it is said, their sins are
forgiven by the guru and due to their sins, the physical
body of the guru suffers.
by Dwarika Mohan Mishra, Orissa,
(Source :http://saileelas.org/articles/misra/guruofgurus.htm)
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