Doctor and Guru — Symptom vs. Root
Doctor:
A doctor observes the symptoms first.
Fever, pain, cough — he prescribes medicine.
His purpose is to give immediate relief.
But the root cause of the disease is not his concern.
Because the root lies in society, lifestyle, psychology, habits, and environment.
The doctor cannot go that deep; his work is only temporary management.
Spiritual Gurus:
They also do the same.
They see people’s sadness, fear, greed, insecurity —
and provide mantras, rituals, sermons, practices as temporary relief.
But they too don’t go to the root.
👉 The difference is: a true Vedantin, a true Rishi, does not stop at symptoms — he goes directly to the root.
And the root is — ignorance, ego, identification with illusion, the false “I”.
If Vedanta was just fashion or business,
then Upanishads, Gita, Vedas would never have reached us.
Because truth can never be a matter of business.
Truth is always gift, grace.
Today, doctors, lawyers, and spiritual gurus stand in the same line,
because all have turned service into business.
Where there is business, there is no true seeking.
Doctors are not guilty; their role is immediate treatment.
Gurus are not guilty either; they share only what they know.
But the real difference is:
If someone calls himself a “Vedantin” or “spiritual,” he must take seekers to the root — not just treat symptoms.
Otherwise, he too stands in the same queue where service becomes business.
The Dharma of Truth can never be business.
Truth is only the call of the soul.
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🙏🌸 — 𝓐𝓰𝓎𝓪𝓣 𝓐𝓰𝓎𝓪𝓷𝓲
