Guru Kumhar shish kumbh hai gadh gadh kadhe khot
Antar haath sahaar de baahar mare chot……
- Kabir
You must have seen how a potter makes his pots. Kabir observes that the Guru is the potter and the disciple is the pot. The Guru prepares the disciple in the same way the potter makes pots. He makes you ready so that your vessel is ready to receive the divine.
If you observe the potter, you will see that although he holds the pot from the inside he keeps beating it from outside. How similar are the Guru’s actions! While holding you from within he keeps raining blows externally. Both are necessary. The pot’s sides are made possible with his supporting hand from inside, or else it will collapse. The external blows make the pot strong enough to retain water. With his grace even these blows will seem delightful to you and you will consider yourself fortunate and blessed.
Blows are very essential for strength. The guru will strike you from all directions. This is the real test. As soon as the guru starts testing, the disciple runs away. He starts thinking, “My guru is not even glancing in my direction, and he does not even talk to me. Add to that he is saying things to hurt me!” This is where he fails.
The guru acts with both hands. He will support you from inside so that you don’t collapse now. And he will strike with one hand from the outside that you never fall.
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Antar haath sahaar de baahar mare chot……
- Kabir
You must have seen how a potter makes his pots. Kabir observes that the Guru is the potter and the disciple is the pot. The Guru prepares the disciple in the same way the potter makes pots. He makes you ready so that your vessel is ready to receive the divine.
If you observe the potter, you will see that although he holds the pot from the inside he keeps beating it from outside. How similar are the Guru’s actions! While holding you from within he keeps raining blows externally. Both are necessary. The pot’s sides are made possible with his supporting hand from inside, or else it will collapse. The external blows make the pot strong enough to retain water. With his grace even these blows will seem delightful to you and you will consider yourself fortunate and blessed.
Blows are very essential for strength. The guru will strike you from all directions. This is the real test. As soon as the guru starts testing, the disciple runs away. He starts thinking, “My guru is not even glancing in my direction, and he does not even talk to me. Add to that he is saying things to hurt me!” This is where he fails.
The guru acts with both hands. He will support you from inside so that you don’t collapse now. And he will strike with one hand from the outside that you never fall.
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