The Guru-Disciple Relationship

There comes a time in the life of each truth seeker when he or she wants to understand the ultimate mysteries of life. “To answer the anguished cry of His child,” Sri Mrinalini Mata explains, “the compassionate Lord sends an enlightened teacher, one who has realized the Self and knows the Self to be Spirit—a true guru. The life of such a one is an unhindered expression of the Divine.” Drawing on decades of dedication to the Self-realized master, Paramahansa Yogananda, she goes on to describe in detail the liberating bonds that constitute the sacred and eternal relationship between guru and disciple.

The Guru-Disciple Relationship is one of a series of booklets presenting inspiring and practical guidance from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi, on how to live in a spiritually harmonious way—with grace, simplicity, and with an inner equanimity in the face of life’s seeming contradictions.