The Guru is needed on the path of religion and yoga. Guru is not needed in the path of wisdom. The Gurudom is nothing to with the ultimate truth or Brahman.
The one who thinks of himself as a Guru and the one who thinks of himself as a chela (disciple) will not be able to get Self-Knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana because both of them accept themselves as the body. And all their understanding, practices, knowledge based on the false Self. Therefore, the Guru –Shisya concept is a great obstacle in the pursuit of truth.
A Gnani never accepts himself as a Guru or accepts anyone as his disciple because he is fully aware of the ultimate truth.
There was no division of illusory form, time, and space in his consciousness, even though he was in the midst of the division or the duality.
The one who claims himself as a Gnani is not a Gnani. A Gnani never claims himself as Gnani, he guides the seekers, not posing himself as a Guru, and he does not force his wisdom on others.
Remember:~
Manduka Upanishads: ~It is very difficult to find out who is a Gnani, because he bears no external mark. Neither nudity nor the religious robe has anything to do with him.
Sage Sankara clearly indicates in Viveka Chudamani (2) that the Knower of the Atman (A Gnani) "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).
Sage Sankara page 482: On Gnani: ~ "The knower of Brahman wears no signs. Gives up the insignia of a monk's life…his signs are not manifest, nor his behavior."
Sage Sankara: ~ The Knower of the Atman or the knower of Brahman or Brahma Gnani.
When the knower of Brahman (Gnani) wears no signs it means he does not identify himself as Guru or yogi or teacher or Swami, because a Gnani sees the form, the time and space are one in essence. Thus, there is unity in diversity in his realization.
Swami Vivekananda said: - “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your own Soul.”: ~ Santthosh Kumaar
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