Can you gain enlightenment on your own and avoid all the so-called gurus? Or do you need guidance from someone who has already discovered what you seek? Q&A with Swamiji #9.
According to the non-dual teachings of Advaita Vedanta, the guru's words function as a pramana, a means of knowledge that can remove ignorance (ajnana) of your true nature (atma) as sat chit ananda, limitless, eternal, conscious existence, the so-called inner divinity, the actual source of contentment and happiness. Discovery of your true self is moksha, enlightenment, liberation, freedom from suffering (duhkha). The guru must be a shrotriya, one who has the skill of using the teachings of the sages of ancient India (rishis) to remove a student's ignorance. The guru must also be brahma nishtha, established in knowledge of brahman, absolute reality.
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Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: www.arshabodha.org/
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