The Buddha taught that believing in gods was not useful for those seeking to realize enlightenment.
BUDDHA SAID: -
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it.
Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held.
Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books.
Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin.
Believe nothing just because someone else believes it.
Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be
true.
A
religious guru or yogi is too enthusiastic to have everyone as his disciple,
and he will push himself on others with his advises authoritative scriptural
knowledge. Religious guru or yogi wants to keep everyone in the domain of
religion and yoga.
More than
he wants to help people, he wants to help his ego. A serious seeker of truth
will he only uses people and impose his inherited idea of religion and god on
them, usually unintentionally because he himself is more unconscious than
others of the ultimate truth.
A Gnani is
not enthusiastic to have anyone as his disciple. He never identifies himself as
guru. He does not impose his
ideas on anyone. A Gnani sows the seed of truth by sharing Self-knowledge or Brahma
Gnana and tries to guide the serious seeker and guides them. It is very
difficult to identify a Gnani, because he never claims himself to be guru or
teacher.
Most
people are not aware what really they are seeking. They start their pursuit
with their inherited religious ideas and as they go deeper they will feel that
religion and yoga are inadequate and useless in quenching their inner thirst.
A serious
seeker will realize the fact that, he is looking for something else, and he is
now sure it is not self-assurance, fulfillment of dreams, fulfillment of social
demands. He will realize the fact that, religion and yoga are not means to
quench his inner thirst.
A Gnani
dearly cares about the serious seeker but will stay aloof, he knows that if
seeker needs to be assisted by him, he will approach or rather be drawn to
approach him. He has no self-interest whatsoever and so anyone considered
equally, for his love as anybody else, whoever comes, comes and if no one comes
it is also fine.
