{"id":6569,"date":"2016-07-20T12:57:23","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T12:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/guruvani.us\/?p=6569"},"modified":"2016-08-06T12:11:51","modified_gmt":"2016-08-06T12:11:51","slug":"what-is-the-personality-of-a-sadguru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/2016\/07\/20\/what-is-the-personality-of-a-sadguru\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the personality of a Sadguru?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6869\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/guruvani.us\/index.php\/2016\/07\/20\/what-is-the-personality-of-a-sadguru\/saibaba_5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/saibaba_5.jpg?fit=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"saibaba_5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/saibaba_5.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/saibaba_5.jpg?fit=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6869\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/saibaba_5.jpg?resize=400%2C533\" alt=\"saibaba_5\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/saibaba_5.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guruvani.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/saibaba_5.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: #ee7600;\"><em>The most important attribute of a Sadguru is His <strong>compassion<\/strong>. He is the Cloud of Compassion for the devotees. He relieves them of all their miseries.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: #0000ff;\"><em>His activities are beyond the <strong>limits of time<\/strong>. His (divine) activities are <strong>selfless<\/strong>. His instructions are without any contradiction. His movements are <strong>spontaneous<\/strong>. His words are <strong>sacrosanct<\/strong>. He is the very basis of all <strong>knowledge<\/strong>. He is the essence of all <strong>scriptures<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: #ee7600;\"><em>The all powerful Guru is capable of<strong> destroying the sins<\/strong> of the devotees. Even when (the devotee is) forsaken by everyone, only the <strong>Guru remains with him<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: #0000ff;\"><em>He, who takes shelter under the Sadguru with <strong>unwavering faith<\/strong> in moments of crisis in life, receives His kind blessings.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: #ee7600;\"><em>Guru is the <strong>path finder<\/strong> in life and is the only <strong>companion<\/strong> of the devotee at the time of death. The Guru neutralizes the debts of past lives (of the devotee) and leads him to<strong> God realization<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; color: #4b0082;\"><em>Shri Guru Bhagavat (Vol. 2) by Dr. C B Satpathy, Page 6-7<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 11px; left: 12px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 11px; left: 12px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify\">The most important attribute of a Sadguru is His compassion. He is the Cloud of Compassion for the devotees. He relieves them of all their miseries. His activities are beyond the limits of time. His (divine) activities are selfless. 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