- To teach others, a person must have the badge of authority. Without it, the teaching is ridiculous. We do not teach ourselves, but go preach to others instead! It is like the blind leading the blind.
- The ego of an embodied soul ends with just three cries if one has a real teacher. But if the guru is unripe, both the guru and the disciple undergo suffering.
- Guru, father, and doer – these three words prick my body like thorns. I am His son, His eternal child.
- One should have faith in the words of the guru. There is no need to consider the guru’s character. A saying goes, ‘Though my guru visits a tavern, he is yet my ever blissful guru.’
- He has nothing to fear if God, having come down as the guru, cuts asunder the bonds of maya.
- What is the way for worldly people? Keeping the company of holy men and listening to spiritual talk. And one must listen to the instructions of a Sadguru. There are signs of a Sadguru. One should listen about Kashi from one who has visited Kashi, who has seen it. A man of mere learning will be of no help.
- It is not good to be a professional guru. One cannot become a religious teacher without receiving a command from God. He who says that he is a guru is a man of low intelligence. Haven’t you noticed the pans of a weighing scale? The pan that is lighter goes higher. The person who considers himself higher is, in fact, lighter [of lesser substance]. Everyone wants to be a guru – a disciple is hard to find.
- One can see the roof, but it is very difficult to climb onto it. But if someone has already reached the roof, he can pull another person up with a rope.