How to Find and Follow Your Guru. Nisargadatta Maharaj.

This video shares the words of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj on The Guru - the need for one, how to find a teacher you can trust, and what it means to truly follow.

The text is drawn from the collected talks of Maharaj, many of which remain freely available for seekers. I am really grateful to everyone who preserved and made these teachings accessible, and to the community of students who continue to keep them alive. 🙇🏻

00:00 Introduction
00:40 Is a Guru Necessary?
02:36 How to Find a Guru You Can Trust
05:04 Obedience to the Guru’s Word
06:34 Effort and the Grace of the Guru
09:26 What the Guru Demands
10:50 The Function of the Guru
11:18 Who is the Real Guru?
13:49 The Search for God, Guru, and Self Is One

The words are faithful to the talks - in a few cases they've been edited due to archaic expressions - or for clarity and flow.
The responses in this one are longer than in the "practice" QA videos.

I hope you enjoy it
🙏🏻 ❤️
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This is not his real voice - Maharaj didn't speak English - This voice was created by editing two Anglo-Indian actors voices then importing that into an AI voice program.
The seeker voice in this one is a professional Elevenlabs voice actor.
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Subtitles are done manually - so they should be good in most languages - as should the auto dubbing. Please let me know if there's a problem in your language.
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