Spirituality is neither a tradition nor a culture. Spirituality is not at all about following something or somebody. When it is said that you must follow the Guru, the Guru is the Truth, not a person not a man. Spirituality would never say, “Follow the words of a man.” Spirituality says, “Let the mind follow the Center, the Truth or you may call it the Heart or God.”
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Questioner: In the Indian tradition, there is more than.... I would say, western the newcomer found it worse to practice or whatever to follow Guru or rituals, that’s a kind of difference between western and Indian culture.
Acharya Prashant: Spirituality is neither a tradition nor a culture. Spirituality is not at all about following something or somebody. When it is said that you must follow the Guru, the Guru is the Truth, not a person not a man. Spirituality would never say, “Follow the words of a man.” Spirituality says, “Let the mind follow the Center, the Truth or you may call it the Heart or God.”
Questioner: Disposition is devotion, for instance, you are probably inclined to love a teacher.
Acharya Prashant: You may be inclined to love anything, anybody that’s all right.
