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  1. In this age of technology, why is a Guru important?

    What is the need to ask this question? If the question has arisen, then there is a need for an answer, and there is a need for a person to answer it. Whoever answers that question, he becomes the Guru! What is the need for medicines? If we have illness ...
  2. What should I do to keep my attention on the Guru Tattva?

    You should feel that everyone belongs to you, and you should have patience. You know in a day I have to listen to around 2000 to 3000 questions. Do I listen to them or not? How many every questions are asked, I reply to all of them. And I listen to them wi ...
  3. Gurudev, please explain how the relationship between Guru and disciple begins and how should it develop?

    What is your relationship with yourself? Do you hide anything from your own self? No, so the same is the relationship between the Guru and the disciple. Who are you to yourself? Are you a son, father, brother? What are you to yourself? (Ans: I ...
  4. When one is with the Guru, and following the path, is it necessary even then to participate or conduct rituals?

    If you have unshakeable faith on the Guru Tattva, then there is no need for anything else. But if you feel that you should perform certain rites and rituals, then that is fine too. Also, doing anything without faith in the Guru Tattva, does not bring ...
  5. Dear Gurudev, in one of the knowledge sheets you have mentioned, the Guru is not a person but a presence. How do I see my Guru as a presence and not as a person?

    Every human being, what are they, the body or the mind? If they are the body, then when the spirit is gone, why it is that no one cares for the body. It is the spirit that we value. Try to see the spirit as separate from the body. ...
  6. Dear Gurudev, if God and the Divine are not objects of perception, then what are you?

    You find that out. To know who I am, first you have to find out who you are. Start from where you are. If you know yourself, then you will know me. You can’t know me if you don’t know yourself. ...
  7. Gurudev, please explain the relevance of covering the head in the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib.

    This is a tradition that has been prevailing from a long time. There are five things that go with the Sikh tradition, uncut hair (covered in a turban), a comb, a dagger, a bracelet, and a specific style of clothes. These are all the five symbols of Si ...
  8. Dear Gurudev, how to manage a woman who is irritated at me for everything! Please help, I love her very much.

    I am so inexperienced in this matter! You are asking a wrong person! What do you do with a person who is irritated at you, and you love them so much? I guess you have to just accept it, and simply move on. There is a story of a gentleman who was so bo ...