Guru and Spiritual Guidance
Guidance for inner progress
Generally reticent, he had always shunned publicity and public platforms; and preferred to speak to small groups of sincere devotees guiding them for inner progress.
He instructed his followers to strive to become ideal human beings at the first instance so as to reach the ultimate spiritual goal as a matter of course. In his opinion a liberated soul is the right person to serve mankind in the right manner. He looked forward to the dawn of the golden age of ancient times (Rishi Yuga)and urged his followers to make sincere and concerted efforts through ‘Sanghas’ towards this end.
Bhakta Sammilani
He established the unique tradition of "Bhakta Sammilani" (the annual congregation of devotees) for a spirited interaction between the two types of seekers — the household devotees and the renunciates. Thereby, both would commune and proceed together in the path of spirituality.
The Sadguru
The holy presence of Sri Sri Thakura is still felt and his reassuring voice is still heard in the hour of need by his followers who have implicit faith in him, vindicating his sayings and the scriptural proclamation that the ‘Sadguru’ is ‘eternal’. Rightly, his followers deified him as their revered and beloved ‘Thakura’ and worship him as their ‘Guru’ (the supreme preceptor) as well as ‘Ishta’ (the personal God) at the same time.
Sources and attribution
Source text: NSS website. Original article author not credited in the source.
Reproduced from the existing NSS website; no separate reviewer or review date is recorded.