The only business of the Gnani is to enable serious seekers to attain Gnana, to come to his level.+

The only business of the Gnani is to enable serious seekers to attain Gnana, to come to his level. There is nothing else for him to do.

Let no wise man cause unrest in the minds of the ignorant. That is why a Gnani cannot be distinguished from others, because he would work with those who are ignorant as if he were one among them.

A Gnani has nothing to gain by activities in the world," does not mean that one must sit quietly like Yogis and do nothing. The emphasis must be placed on the word "gain". It means that when you are active, you don't expect anything.

If one says that being engaged in work is of no use to the Gnani, what is the use of actionlessness to him?

Our actions help in the realization of the invisible Soul, provided we seek the truth, which is beyond form, time, and space. "A Gnani sees action in inaction, and inaction in action."

When everything is known to be the consciousness, how can the presence or absence of things affect the invisible Soul, the Self?

Gnani does not want to think of the ego; therefore, he does not do or say anything to make himself appear superior to others or to pretend to know more than others. If a person spends his time in Samadhi, he is not a Gnani, but he is only a yogi.

The Gnani is as alert and awake to what is happening to him externally as all other people: he is not a yogi in Samadhi.

A yogi does not know the ultimate truth or Brahman because he believes his Samadhi as Brahman.

The Gnani has realized the world in which he exists is merely an illusion created out of consciousness. And consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman.

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People think that their physical Guru or Guru's grace guides them, and they have surrendered to their Guru, and it is the Guru’s responsibility; such blind acceptance leads to hallucination.

Those who think their physical Guru’s teaching is the ultimate truth will never be able to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana, or Atma Gnana.

Sage Sankara: ~ "Though I wear these robes of a Sanyasin, it is only for the sake of bread."

So he wore a Guru's robe only for the sake of the ignorant. So he was identified as Guru with parampara by religious people. For the truth seekers, Sage Sankara is a Brahma Gnani.

Sage Sankara himself said: ~ “A Gnani "bears no outward mark of a holy man" (Stanza 539).

Thus, it proves that the religious Gurus and yogis are not Gnanis because they identified themselves as holy people.

Even Swami Vivekananda was Ramakrishna Paramahansa's disciple. Swami Vivekananda himself 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.”

The Guru is useless so long as the ultimate truth is unknown, and the Guru is equally useless when the ultimate truth or Brahman has already been known.

A Guru is needed in the religious and the yogic path. There is no need for a Guru to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana.

Those who are stuck with the idea that without Guru and Guru's grace it is impossible to get Self-realization are not seeking truth but are stuck with their orthodox ideas. Such a mindset is unfit to acquire Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana. : ~ Santthosh Kumaar