Swami Swaroopananda is the acharya of Sivananda Yoga Centre and Ashrams in the Middle East and in the Bahama and is one of the foremost diciple of Swami Vihnudevananda.
斯瓦米·斯瓦如帕南達是中東和巴哈馬悉瓦南達瑜伽中心和靜修林的靈性導師，他是斯瓦米·威斯奴帝瓦南達最重要的弟子之一。
Necessity of Guru 古魯的必要性
People often ask: how important it is to have a Guru? Do we really need a Guru to progress on the spiritual path and attain the goal? If so, must the Guru be in a physical human form？The answer is that having a Guru is essential and extremely important for those who are living a spiritual life. In fact，it is the most Important thing. The Upanishads declare that one who has a Guru knows while one who does not have a Guru does not know. In our tradition，knowledge comes only through a Guru，not through books or any other means. Thus, we need a living spiritual master in a physical form. There are few exceptions to this rule. There are great yogis and saints like Dattatreya and Ramana Maharshi who did not have a Guru in a physical form. Yet ,these were rare exceptions. Most of us need a human Guru in a physical form to guide us to our goal.
人們常問:有一位古魯有多重要?我們真的需要一個古魯來在靈性道路上進步并達到目标嗎?如果是這樣，古魯必須是有實際肉身的活生生的人嗎?答案是，擁有古魯對那些靈修的人來說是至關重要的。事實上，這是最重要的事情。《奧義書》中申明，有古魯的人“知道”，而沒有古魯的人“不知道”。在我們的傳統中，知識隻來自于古魯，而不是書本或其他任何方式。是以，我們需要一個有活生生的靈性導師。這條規則幾乎沒有例外。的确有些偉大的瑜伽士和聖人，如達塔特雷亞和羅摩那·瑪哈希，他們沒有實際的真人古魯。然而，這些都是罕見的例外。我們大多數人都需要一個實際的活生生的人作為古魯來指引我們達到目标。
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