Knowledge Sheet of H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Friday, August 8, 2014
Discipleship Ends
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Knowledge has an end. Knowledge completes.
So also does discipleship, for the disciple is aimed at acquiring Knowledge. Once you cross the water, however nice the boat is, you get out.
After twelve years, the disciple completes his studies. The master does a ceremony called Samavarta. He asks the disciple to now behave at par with him and allow the Divine - the Bramhan - to manifest; he thus ends the discipleship.
Sakha is a beloved companion in life and death. A sakha only wants the beloved, he longs only for the beloved. He does not care about Knowledge or liberation. His love is infinitee, and infinitycan never be full. His love is complete in its eternal incompleteness. There is no end on the path of love.
Arjuna was Sakha to Krishna, and although Krishna was a perfect Master, he was a Sakha, too.
What are you:
So also does discipleship, for the disciple is aimed at acquiring Knowledge. Once you cross the water, however nice the boat is, you get out.
After twelve years, the disciple completes his studies. The master does a ceremony called Samavarta. He asks the disciple to now behave at par with him and allow the Divine - the Bramhan - to manifest; he thus ends the discipleship.
Sakha is a beloved companion in life and death. A sakha only wants the beloved, he longs only for the beloved. He does not care about Knowledge or liberation. His love is infinitee, and infinitycan never be full. His love is complete in its eternal incompleteness. There is no end on the path of love.
Arjuna was Sakha to Krishna, and although Krishna was a perfect Master, he was a Sakha, too.
What are you:
- a shishya(disciple),
- or a Sakha (beloved companion)?
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