Guru's Place 🙏

There was a king. He was very fond of reading and writing. Once he arranged a teacher for himself through the Council of Ministers. The teacher started coming to teach the king. Many months passed since the king was educated, but the king did not get any benefit. Guru used to work very hard every day, but the king was not getting any benefit from that education.

The king was very upset, it was also wrong to question the talent and ability of the guru because he was a very famous and capable guru. Finally one day the queen advised the king that Rajan, you should see the answer of this question by asking Guru ji only.

One day the king courageously placed his curiosity in front of Guruji, "O Master, I am sorry, I have been taking education from you for many months but I am not getting any benefit from it. Why is it like this ?"

Guruji replied in a very calm voice, “Rajan, the reason for this is very simple…”

"Please Guruvar, please answer this question soon", pleaded the king.

Guruji said, “Rajan, the matter is very small but you are not able to understand it because of your ‘big’ ego and are upset and sad. Suppose you are a very big king. You are higher in rank and prestige than me in every respect, but here you and I have a relationship of a guru and disciple.

As a guru, my position should be higher than you, but you yourself sit on a high throne and make me sit on a lower seat than you. This is the only reason why you are neither getting any education nor getting any knowledge. Being your king, I was not able to say this to you.

From tomorrow if you make me sit on a high seat and sit down yourself, there is no reason why you should not be able to get education.

Everything came to the understanding of the king and he immediately accepted his mistake and received higher education from Guruvar.

Friends, the essence of this short story is that no matter how big we are in relationship, position or wealth, if we do not give our guru its proper place, then it is difficult for us to do well. And here the meaning of place is not just sitting high or low, it really means what place we are giving to the guru in our mind.

Are we really giving them respect or are we boasting of our own superiority? If we keep a contempt for our guru or teacher, then we will not get any benefit of his abilities and goodness and if we respect him, give importance to him, then we will get his blessings easily.