Guru Brahama, Guru Vishnu
Guru Devo Maheswaram,
Guru Sakshat Param Brahma,
Tasmay Shri Guruve Namah !
A teacher takes responsibility of your growth,
A Guru makes you responsible for your growth.
A teacher gives you things you do not have and require,
A Guru takes away things you have and do not require.
A teacher answers your questions,
A Guru questions your answers.
A teacher helps you get out of the maze,
A Guru destroys the maze.
A teacher requires obedience and discipline from the pupil,
A Guru requires trust and humility from the pupil.
A teacher clothes you and prepares you for the outer journey,
A Guru strips you naked and prepares you for the inner journey.
A teacher is aguide on the path,
A Guru is a pointer to the way.
A teacher sends you on the road to success,
A Guru sends you on the road to freedom.
A teacher explains the world and its nature to you,
A Guru explains yourself and your nature to you.
A teacher makes you understand how to move about in the world,
A Guru show you where you stand in relation to the world.
A teacher gives you knowledge and boosts your ego,
A Guru takes away your knowledge and punctures your ego.
A teacher instructs you,
A Guru constructs you.
A teacher sharpens your mind,
A Guru opens your mind.
A teacher show you the way to prosperity,
A Guru shows the way to serenity.
A teacher reaches your mind,
A Guru taouches your soul.
A teacher gives you knowledge,
A Guru makes you wise.
A teacher gives you maturity,
A Guru returns you to innocence.
A teacher instructs you on how to solve problems,
A Guru shows you how to resolve issues.
A teacher is a systematic thinker,
A Guru is a lateral thinker.
A teacher will punish you with a stick,
A Guru will punish you with compassion.
A teacher is to pupil what a father is to son,
A Guru is to pupil what mother is to her child.
Once can always find a teacher,
But a Guru has to find and accept you.
A teacher leads you by the hand,
A Guru leads you by example.
When a teacher finishes with you,
you graduate,
When a Guru finishes with you,
you celebrate.
When the course is over you are thankful to the teacher,
When the discourse is over you are grateful to the Guru
